CHEM UK 2026
20 – 21 May 2026Meet DEKRA Process Safety
Join DEKRA Process Safety at CHEMUK 2026, the UK’s leading expo for the chemical, process engineering and formulated product industries.
CHEMUK is the UK’s annual meeting place for the entire chemical supply chain, bringing together manufacturers, process engineers, safety leaders, laboratory professionals and regulatory specialists for two focused days of insight, learning and collaboration.
Held at the NEC, Birmingham, the event spans five specialist show zones covering chemical supply, chemicals management, process and chemical engineering, laboratories and formulated product manufacturing — making it the ideal environment to explore innovation, regulation and best practice across the sector.
Why meet DEKRA at CHEMUK?
Process safety, regulatory compliance and operational resilience are under increasing pressure across the chemical and process industries. At CHEMUK, our team will be on hand to discuss practical, proportionate and regulatorready solutions that help organisations manage risk, meet legislative requirements and operate safely throughout the asset lifecycle.
We work with operators, manufacturers and engineering teams across the UK and internationally, supporting both daytoday compliance and complex, highhazard challenges.
Our team at CHEMUK
You’ll be able to meet the team from across DEKRA Process Safety, including:
CHEMUK is the UK’s annual meeting place for the entire chemical supply chain, bringing together manufacturers, process engineers, safety leaders, laboratory professionals and regulatory specialists for two focused days of insight, learning and collaboration.
Held at the NEC, Birmingham, the event spans five specialist show zones covering chemical supply, chemicals management, process and chemical engineering, laboratories and formulated product manufacturing — making it the ideal environment to explore innovation, regulation and best practice across the sector.
Why meet DEKRA at CHEMUK?
Process safety, regulatory compliance and operational resilience are under increasing pressure across the chemical and process industries. At CHEMUK, our team will be on hand to discuss practical, proportionate and regulatorready solutions that help organisations manage risk, meet legislative requirements and operate safely throughout the asset lifecycle.
We work with operators, manufacturers and engineering teams across the UK and internationally, supporting both daytoday compliance and complex, highhazard challenges.
Our team at CHEMUK
You’ll be able to meet the team from across DEKRA Process Safety, including:
- Craig Thomson – Head of Sales - Process Safety
- Kari Montgomery – Head of Training - Process Safety
- Henna Masood – Business Development Executive
- Nikesh Shah – Senior Business Development Manager
- Jon Wiggins – Technical Manager – Functional Safety and Cyber Security
- Steve Rowe – Technical Director, DEKRA Process Safety
Whether you’re looking for specific technical guidance or a broader conversation about your process safety strategy, our team is available throughout the event.
Speaker spotlight – Jon Wiggins at CHEMUK
We’re pleased to confirm that Jon Wiggins will be speaking as part of the CHEMUK conference programme.
As operational technology becomes more connected, cyber risks in chemical and process plants are growing, and so are the potential safety consequences. In the session, Jon explores how cyber incidents can escalate into realworld process failures, challenges the myth of the “airgapped” system, and outlines a practical, riskbased approach to managing cyber risk before it becomes a physical event.
DEKRA Process Safety Solutions – what we do
At CHEMUK, we’ll be showcasing the full breadth of DEKRA Process Safety Solutions.
1. Understand & Identify Risk
What could go wrong? What hazards exist?
2. Test, Analyse & Quantify
How severe is the risk? What does the data tell us?
We’re pleased to confirm that Jon Wiggins will be speaking as part of the CHEMUK conference programme.
As operational technology becomes more connected, cyber risks in chemical and process plants are growing, and so are the potential safety consequences. In the session, Jon explores how cyber incidents can escalate into realworld process failures, challenges the myth of the “airgapped” system, and outlines a practical, riskbased approach to managing cyber risk before it becomes a physical event.
DEKRA Process Safety Solutions – what we do
At CHEMUK, we’ll be showcasing the full breadth of DEKRA Process Safety Solutions.
1. Understand & Identify Risk
What could go wrong? What hazards exist?
- Hazard identification (PHA, HAZOP, DHA, CHRA)
- DSEAR / ATEX assessments
- Process and cybersecurity threat assessment
- Consequence modelling and risk screening
2. Test, Analyse & Quantify
How severe is the risk? What does the data tell us?
- Explosion safety testing (dust, gas, vapour, electrostatics)
- Reaction safety testing and calorimetry
- Dangerous substances testing (REACH, UN, CLP)
- LOPA / OBRA quantitative risk assessment
3. Engineer, Mitigate & Design
What must be put in place to reduce risk?
4. Manage, Assure & Enable
How do we stay safe, compliant and competent over time?
Let’s talk at CHEMUK
If you’re attending CHEMUK and want to discuss process safety, explosion risk, reaction hazards, regulatory compliance or Functional Safety, we’d be delighted to connect.
Visit us at CHEMUK 2026 or arrange a conversation with our team in advance to make the most of your time at the event.
What must be put in place to reduce risk?
- Mitigation system design
- Explosion protection and venting
- Relief system design (DIERS)
- Functional Safety and cybersecurity system design
4. Manage, Assure & Enable
How do we stay safe, compliant and competent over time?
- Process Safety Management systems
- COMAH, DSEAR and ATEX compliance support
- Auditing, incident investigation, expert witness
- Training: HAZOP, DSEAR, functional safety, reaction hazards
Let’s talk at CHEMUK
If you’re attending CHEMUK and want to discuss process safety, explosion risk, reaction hazards, regulatory compliance or Functional Safety, we’d be delighted to connect.
Visit us at CHEMUK 2026 or arrange a conversation with our team in advance to make the most of your time at the event.