Industry & sector
Who lobbies the Parliament on chemicals & manufacturing?
Industry that makes materials and goods - chemicals and fertilisers, steel and metals, mining, plastics, paper and packaging, machinery, electrical engineering and defence - and its trade and employers' associations.
Organisations classified under Chemicals & manufacturing account for 5,310 declared MEP meetings across the 2016–2026 full record for current MEPs, and the business lobbyists among them self-report about €121M a year in EU lobbying budgets. (As of 8 November 2026.)
Most active organisations
| Organisation | Type | Meetings | MEPs met |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASF SE↗ | Company | 206 | 85 |
| CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council↗ | Business group | 187 | 74 |
| The European Steel Association↗ | Business group | 155 | 84 |
| Finnish Forest Industries Federation (Metsäteollisuus ry)↗ | Business group | 144 | 26 |
| Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V.↗ | Business group | 119 | 35 |
| ArcelorMittal↗ | Company | 112 | 55 |
| VDMA e.V.↗ | Business group | 103 | 50 |
| Orgalim – Europe's Technology Industries↗ | Business group | 101 | 59 |
| European Aluminium AISBL↗ | Business group | 97 | 57 |
| The European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment↗ | Business group | 88 | 65 |
| Technology Industries of Finland (Teknologiateollisuus ry)↗ | Business group | 82 | 28 |
| APPLiA (Home Appliance Europe)↗ | Business group | 73 | 53 |
Also active here: 52 organisations whose main sector is elsewhere but which this site also places in chemicals & manufacturing
- Neste Oyj
- UNIFE
- Hyundai Motor Company Brussels Office
- Industriegewerkschaft Metall
- Tesla Motors Netherlands B.V.
- European Boating Industry
- European Solar Manufacturing Council
- OHB
- Association of European Automotive and Industrial Battery Manufacturers
- ORLEN S.A.
- AEGIS Europe
- Moeve
- European Federation of Associations of Health Product Manufacturers
- Fédération belge des industries chimiques et des sciences de la vie
- TEREOS
- Isar Aerospace SE
- Policy Hub - Circularity for Apparel and Footwear
- OMV Aktiengesellschaft
- Verband für Schiffbau und Meerestechnik e.V.
- Horse Powertrain
- EUTurbines
- Svaz chemického průmyslu České republiky, z.s.
- Belron International Limited
- LATITUDE
- Sympower B.V.
- Cummins Ltd.
- Galloo France
- HEXANA
- SQM Europe N.V.
- AZOMURES SA
- Ball Beverage Packaging Europe Limited
- Women Entrepreneurship Platform
- ClonBio Group Ltd
- Emerson Electric Co.
- Equinix (EMEA) Holdings B.V.
- European Recycling Platform SAS
- Fédération Nationale des Activités de Dépollution et de l'Environnement
- Iridium Communications Inc.
- Novana Oy
- Proxima Fusion
- Gevo
- Industriegaseverband e.V.
- LanzaTech EU B.V
- Modern Building Alliance
- Bernard Krone Holding SE & Co. KG
- CARBIOS
- Eurochem Group AG
- GKN Aerospace
- Global Sea Mineral Resources
- INERATEC
- Verband Deutscher Büchsenmacher und Waffenfachhändler
- Österreichischer Biomasse-Verband
MEPs most met by chemicals & manufacturing organisations
Across the 2016–2026 full record for current MEPs. A member's own page counts this term only, so its sector figures can be lower.
Sector labels are this site's own: reviewers chose the sector for 213 of the 327 profiled organisations here, and the other 114 carry a keyword classification by this site over organisation names, goals and Register categories. See methodology.