The Queen's University Ionic Liquid Laboratories (QUILL) Research Centre was founded on the 20th of April 1999 as an industrial consortium, with members from all sectors of the chemical industry. It is based on the well-proven industry/university co-operative research centre (I/UCRC) concept developed by the USA's National Science Foundation and is only the second I/UCRC in Europe. There were seventeen founder industrial members of the QUILL consortium viz. Bioplymer Engineering; BNFL; BP Amoco; Chem Vite; Chevron; DuPont; Elementis; Exxon; ICI; Merck; Sachem; Sasol; Schering Plough; SmithKlein Beecham; Solvay; UOP; and Zeneca and QUILL's current membership includes Chevron; Clea Technologies; Cristal Millenium; Cytec; Eastman Chemicals; Givaudan; Invista; Merck; Petronas; Procter and Gamble; SACHEM; Shell; Strata; Koei; and Umicore. 

 See our Members page for more information about our industrial partners.