NEPIC is an organisation that represents 500 Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Speciality, Polymer & Rubber, Petrochemical & Commodity Chemical companies based in North East England. Furthermore, there are at least an equal number of companies in the supply chain of these industries based in this region making this a major economic Cluster. The combined economic power of NEPIC companies and their importance to North East England cannot be over emphasised.

They generate in excess of £10bn of sales and is 30% of the regions industrial base, employing approximately 40,000 people directly and impacting indirectly on the income of a further 280,000.