The Management Committee of Euro Chlor, the Federation of the European chlorine producing companies, has elected Andreas Amling, Senior Vice President of Bayer MaterialScience, as its new Chairman for a two-year period. Andreas Amling succeeds Michael Träger, CEO of the company Vestolit.

Amling is Head of Industrial Operations Basic Chemicals of his company, responsible for the global operations of chlorine, nitric acid, technical gases and energies. With a capacity of almost 1.3 million tons per year, Bayer MaterialScience is one of the largest chlorine producers in Europe.

In 2002, Amling started his activities within Euro Chlor as member of the General Technical Committee. He became member of the Management Committee in 2007 and Chairman of the "Fachausschuss Chlor" of the German Chemical Federation VCI in 2008.