People and molecules: 100 years of chemistry and pharmaceuticals in Belgium

The chemical, biochemical and pharmaceutical industries have played a key role in Belgium's industrial development, a development with international dimensions. As a result, Belgium enjoys a worldwide reputation for quality and innovation in the fields of chemistry, plastics, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. This century full of social, scientific and economic changes is the reason to tell this story. It is a story of scientific research and technological ingenuity, of hard work and determined entrepreneurship, of people and molecules.