The Association for Chemistry and Economics (VCW, Vereinigung für Chemie und Wirtschaft) as an independent division of the German Chemical Society (GDCh, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker). With more than 30 000 members the GDCh is one of the largest European scientific non-profit organizations. The VCW offers the opportunity for interdisciplinary exchange to everyone who's interested and understands itself as: - Network at the interface between chemistry and industry - Forum for future topics of chemical industry - Platform of chemical-economic competence