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The North East of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) is an economic cluster created following the industrial cluster ideas and strategy of Michael Porter. This Process Industry Cluster has been created by the chemistry using industries based in North East England where more than 1400 companies are based in the supply chain of the sector. The sector has over 35,000 direct employees and some 190,000 indirect employees in the north-east of England and together they represent over one third of the industrial economy of the region. Companies in the Cluster manufacture 50% of the UK's Petrochemicals and 35% of the UK's Pharmaceuticals and they significantly contribute towards making the region the only net exporting region of the UK. The region has over £13 billion of exports. NEPIC was created in 2004 by the leaders of local chemistry based process industry companies that are based in the north-east of England. The aim of the organisation being to represent and coordinate industry's collaborative activities on the wide ranging issues that impact on the future and performance of energy intensive process sector; which includes petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, polymers, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and renewables. These issues include renewable and more sustainable energy opportunities, innovation and R&D interests, energy pricing capacity and availability, carbon taxation and carbon emission reduction technologies such as carbon capture and storage (CCS), graduate and technician skills for the sector 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/50/50we81.htm )〕 and industry growth to ensure that the region remains a globally important location for the chemical industry. NEPIC has been recognised by the Chemical Industries Association (CIA) in the UK for its work in informing stakeholders about the sector〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ciaawards.co.uk/2007-awards.asp )〕 and by the professional institutions in the UK for its engagement and representation of industry issues. The Northeast of England is recognised and promoted by the UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) arm of the UK Government as a leading location in the UK for Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) into the chemistry using industries. During 2012 NEPIC was initially audited by the European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis (ESCA) and in March 2014 achieved the Gold Label standard for Cluster management under this quality management scheme. NEPIC is the first UK cluster to achieve this standard and the 37th Cluster to do so in Europe. By March 2014 there were 490 EU Cluster organisations accredited by ESCA.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gold Label of the European Cluster Excellence Initiative (ECEI) )〕 By September 2014 the European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis reported that more than 600 Clusters had been audited and in their report, entitled "Cluster Organisations in Europe - insights from Bronze and Gold Label Assessments", cited the NEPIC Members Directory as best practice as a Cluster global marketing tool. 20 October 2014 at the European Commission's Bi-annual European Cluster Conference, policy makers, analysts and Cluster managers, from all business and industry sectors across Europe, named Dr Stan Higgins NEPIC CEO as European Cluster Manager of the Year 2014. ==Stakeholder activity== NEPIC's work with stakeholders of the process industry in its region includes encouraging school children to study Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics (STEM subjects). It has run programmes for both secondary and primary school children. For showing the relevance of science and industry to primary school children NEPIC promotes the Children Challenging Industry programme operated by the Chemical Industry Education Unit at York University. The Cluster, in March 2009, enabled a group of school children from Morpeth, Northumberland, record in the Guinness Book of Records the world's largest mathematics class.The Cluster also supports a scholarship to encourage young scientists and engineers to experience Parliamentary processes by spending time in the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), based in the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London. This annual scholarship commemorates the life of Chemical Engineer and Member of Parliament Ashok Kumar who as MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland was a supporter of both the Cluster and also of the co-sponsors of the scholarship, the Institution of Chemical Engineers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「North East of England Process Industry Cluster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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