BASF completes acquisition of CRI/Criterion’s styrene catalysts business

DOMO chemical plant in Leuna saved

"This was a last-minute rescue in a procedure that was unusual in every respect"

Merck Acquires JSR Chromatography Business

Broadens downstream purification portfolio with next-generation Protein A chromatography for scalable manufacturing

"Government should involve refineries more closely"

en2x sees the 2045 Chemicals Agenda as an important starting signal

Growth in visitor numbers, full halls, clear future topics: analytica 2026 sets standards

AI and automation as innovation drivers for the industry

A flagship for chemical production: BASF inaugurates world-scale Verbund site in China

The Zhanjiang Verbund site sets a new benchmark for sustainable and integrated chemical production

When seconds matter: Protecting AI data centers with nickel-zinc batteries

Nickel-zinc instead of lithium: Fraunhofer and a start-up develop a UPS battery for data centres

Evonik shortens the path from research to market readinessEvonik launches Innovation Factory

The Innovation Factory combines in-house expertise with input from start-up ecosystems and academia

Gennate secures £550,000 in seed funding for its nano-fertiliser platform

The start-up’s nanoreactor approach is designed to overcome previous cost and scalability barriers

VTU Engineering Germany gets new managing director

Dr. Mickael Planasch takes over the management together with Hubert Apfelmaier and is to lead the German business into a new growth phase

ALTANA increases operating sales and earnings despite difficult market environment

Research and development expenditure at record high

€8.5M for blue activity's chemical-free cooling water treatment

The CleanTech startup's technology aims to cut OPEX costs in cooling water treatment by up to 15%

German analysis and laboratory industry cautiously optimistic about the current year

Turnover at 11.2 billion euros, export ratio around 54%

Automation and robotics drive growth in the laboratory

Skills shortage and efficiency pressure accelerate automation

Matthews Engineering and start-up hs-tumbler partner on dry battery electrode manufacturing

Companies aim to enable dry electrode manufacturing through trajectory mixing

Wevo establishes new production site in Singapore

The new plant in the Tuas industrial zone is intended to shorten delivery times and strengthen the company's regional market position

Hormuz blockade puts global supply chains under pressure

Germany mainly affected indirectly

LANXESS cuts a further 550 jobs and reduces working hours to 35 hours

The specialty chemicals group aims to save an additional €100 million per year by 2028 and does not expect a recovery until mid-2026

hubergroup is raising prices in Europe due to the Middle East conflict

Drastic cost increases for resins, solvents and pigments are forcing printing ink manufacturers to take action

Neste launches world's largest chemical plastic recycling plant

€111 million investment for high-quality feedstock for the plastics and chemicals industry

CO2 to E-Methanol, Aviation Fuels and Speciality Chemicals

Six Nominees Announced for the “Best CO2 Utilisation 2026” Innovation Award

AI rebuilds molecules from exploding fragments

Researchers trained a neural network that can use ion momentum to work backward and predict the pre-blast geometry of a molecule

Failed experiment by Cambridge scientists leads to surprise drug development breakthrough

A new light-powered chemical reaction could make drug manufacturing more sustainable

Chemical industry at a turning point: six keys to transformation

New study compares German roadmaps with international strategies

WACKER cuts over 1,500 jobs to reduce costs by €300 million

Chemical giant launches largest cost-cutting program in company history

A flexible electrolyte for solid batteries

Polymer material enables better solid-state batteries: This innovation is the result of some clever chemistry

Plastic bottles turned into Parkinson’s medication

Edinburgh researchers develop an alternative to fossil-based raw materials in pharmaceutical manufacturing

CO2 to E-Methanol, Aviation Fuels and Speciality Chemicals

Six Nominees Announced for the “Best CO2 Utilisation 2026” Innovation Award

How a 270-year-old physics trick could supercharge affordable battery technology

Researchers merge historical physics with modern materials engineering to create durable sodium batteries

Chemistry On Four Paws: How Dogs Change Our Indoor Environment

Surprising effect: Petting releases many pollutants, as skin oils react with ozone to produce ultrafine particles

BAM, HZB and HU are conducting joint research on sodium batteries

Berlin Battery Lab develops batteries that conserve raw materials and is also open to partnerships with start-ups

Merck Acquires JSR Chromatography Business

Broadens downstream purification portfolio with next-generation Protein A chromatography for scalable manufacturing

Tailor-made New Battery Materials

Innovative Battery Materials for Safe and Sustainable Energy Storage

Start-up AveThera acquires Fraunhofer site for biologics production

The young biotech company takes over pharmaceutical biotechnology unit including employees

German food tech company secures €8 million to combat food waste

Foodforecast aims to scale AI technology for ultra-fresh food

What paralyzes Europe's laboratories and which levers have an impact

Growing willingness to innovate meets structural blockades, financing problems and stress

BioNTech co-founders establish new biotech company

Management transition by end of 2026

Amazonian cocoa could become a superfood

Brazilian researchers discovered glycine betaine and proline in unroasted beans as natural cell protectors

Change of management at abberior instruments

Meiko Fiedler takes over as CEO

Plastic bottles turned into Parkinson’s medication

Edinburgh researchers develop an alternative to fossil-based raw materials in pharmaceutical manufacturing

Why does oat milk sometimes foam perfectly and sometimes not at all?

New project makes the functionality of plant proteins measurable - for more reliable production of vegan products

analytica 2026: five exhibition halls full of innovations

More than 1,100 exhibitors will be presenting their innovations

How old are we really?

Blood test reveals biological age

German biotech company chooses Saxony-Anhalt for protein production facility

MicroHarvest relies on regional molasses as a raw material and short supply chains in uncertain times

Growth in visitor numbers, full halls, clear future topics: analytica 2026 sets standards

AI and automation as innovation drivers for the industry

More meat, lower risk of dementia: study reveals gene-dependent effect

Among carriers of the APOE4 variant, high meat consumption was associated with a significantly slower rate of cognitive decline

Cherry compounds may slow aggressive breast cancer

Natural compounds in dark sweet cherries could reduce tumor growth, metastasis and therapy resistance in triple-negative breast cancer

DNA steps out of the "blueprint" role to become an active "field agent"

Already approved drug is effective against aggressive brain tumors

Heidelberg researchers tested 107 cancer drugs on mini-tumors

How climate-friendly is insect protein really?

New study provides insights into the carbon footprint of the black soldier fly

New method identifies hazardous substances in cosmetics and food

For the first time, mutagens with no known chemical structure can be detected

Roche launches AI initiative to tackle lengthy development times

New NVIDIA computing infrastructure in the US and Europe connects laboratories with AI models using the ‘Lab-in-the-Loop’ approach

How can startups revolutionize home cooking?

Nomad Foods seeks startups for new frozen food innovations

Non-destructive battery testing: New method developed

ZULF-NMR scans batteries without opening the casing

Roche grows against the trend and invests over 700 million euros in Germany

Roche sends investment signal for Germany as a business location

Vascular killer LDL cholesterol: are butter, eggs and cheese the culprits?

In addition to drug therapies to lower cholesterol, a healthy lifestyle is important

Automation and robotics drive growth in the laboratory

Skills shortage and efficiency pressure accelerate automation

Vitamin B2 deficiency makes cancer cells more susceptible to programmed cell death

A nutrient found in milk, eggs and meat protects tumour cells, but inhibiting it opens up new treatment options

Research team achieves breakthrough in breeding winter-hardy faba beans

One gene makes the difference

Development of a rapid test for diagnosing hard-to-treat VRE Bacteria

Failed experiment by Cambridge scientists leads to surprise drug development breakthrough

A new light-powered chemical reaction could make drug manufacturing more sustainable

Key Protein SYFO2 Enables ‘Self-Fertilization’ of Leguminous Plants

New perspectives on how the use of fertilizers in crops could be reduced in the future