The Société Française de Génie des Procédés (SFGP; French Society of Process Engineers) is a French organization for chemical engineers. It is a member of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering and acts as joint Secretariat, and of la Fédération Française pour les sciences de la Chimie (FFC). It publishes a technical journal "Récents progrès en Génie des Procédés", and news for members "Procédique" (first published April 1988),Procédique Juin 2013 no 46 pp4-6 and organizes a congress every alternate year.SFGP website As of 2014 its membership is in excess of 600.Procédique Juin 2014 no 47 p4
Its history dates back to a congress in 1987, 1er Congrès Français de Génie des Procédés, and the formation the following year of a Groupe Français de Génie des Procédés (GFGP), which in 1989 had 340 members. and formally transformed into the present organization in 1997.Dal Pont, J-P., (2011) Le génie des procédés et l’entreprise, p28, Lavoisier (Paris)
Its mission statement is to: promote Process Engineering. promote exchanges between academics, trainers and researchers, manufacturers developing and operating processes, engineering companies and suppliers at the national, European and global levels. build a network of experts to respond to societal challenges and the innovation needs of Process Industries. be a force for representations to political and institutional decision-makers.
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