The Bavarian Chemicals Associations consist of the Association of the Bavarian Chemical Industry (VBCI), being the employer’s association, and the Association of the Chemical Industry Bavaria (VCI-Bayern) as business association. They jointly represent the interests of 370 member companies, they coordinate opinion-forming processes within the field and represent their economic and sociopolitical interests vis-à-vis politics, authorities, social partners and the public. Safeguarding its sociopolitical responsibilities, the aim is to maintain and improve the framework conditions for the competitiveness of the Bavarian chemical industry.
The VCI-Bayern also include the regional association of the German Pharmaceutical Industry Association (BPI) and the Bavarian district group of the German Coatings and Printing Inks Industry Association (VdL).