ChemCon Europe 2025 Review: Call for Regulatory Simplicity and Digital Transformation
27th – 31st of October 2025
The ChemCon Europe 2025 in Venice brought together experts from authorities, NGOs, associations, and industry and provided a comprehensive overview of current and future developments related to global chemicals legislation. The mix of specialist presentations, panels, and practice-oriented discussion rounds fostered open and constructive exchange.
Time and again, the pressing question arose: How can companies remain capable of taking action in the face of increasing regulatory complexity?
All participants were aware of how profoundly the industry is undergoing change. New and revised regulations worldwide often do not interlock in a meaningful way and sometimes change again in the middle of ongoing implementation processes. The call for simplification, harmonization, and realistic transition periods was therefore unmistakable. These are decisive factors to enable the chemical industry to meet its global obligations without losing its competitiveness.
As an international event, ChemCon offered valuable insights into the global regulatory landscape, including developments in North and South America, China, India, and other Asian markets. Numerous presentations provided practical insights into certification requirements, expected adjustments in international regulations, and the growing importance of cross-border cooperation.
Another central topic was the digital transformation in the industry, particularly the planned Digital Product Passport (DPP), a key component of the EU Green Deal. The DPP is intended to make product and sustainability information accessible across the entire supply chain in the future. The discussions in Venice showed that the biggest challenge for the DPP lies in creating a reliable and consistent data basis along the supply chain. There is a backlog in the digitalization of processes and in the standardization of substance and product information and terminology. The current Chem-X project is working on the so-called “Digital Material Passport” (DMP), which as a “chemical digital twin” is intended to provide the foundation for the DPP. A central question remains how quickly Europe can advance in international cooperation—could we possibly be overtaken because China sets standards first?
Beyond the Digital Product Passport, there was also intensive discussion in the corridors and at the sessions about how increased digitalization and automation of processes can help ease the burden on product compliance. Analyses show that many companies, despite the multitude of available modern technologies, are still strongly characterized by manual data collection and processing.
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Conclusion of ChemCon Europe 2025: Innovative and high-performance technologies and tools, as well as dedicated experts, are ready. What is missing are reliable and practicable regulatory frameworks and strengthened global coordination to maintain international competitiveness. Even today, companies should actively drive their own digital transformation to be prepared for the digital future.
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