Force Majeure at Oxea’s Intermediates unit in Bay City, Texas

Sustainable Battery Manufacturing in Sight

Successful Completion of the BMBF-Funded Project IDcycLIB

Green hydrogen economy: Evonik is building a plant for anion exchange membranes

Pilot plant for production of anion exchange membranes in Marl to start operation at the end of 2025

Arkema has decided to increase its PVDF capacity by 15% in North America

Cutting-edge technology for everyone

European innovation platform offers companies access to resource-saving production methods

thyssenkrupp Uhde and Novonesis launch innovative enzymatic esterification technology

A more sustainable alternative to conventional esterification

WACKER Expands Production Capacity for Specialty Silicones in Asia

Asia is already one of WACKER’s most important sales regions

Green specialty chemicals from Verbio with Nobel Prize-winning innovation

Construction of the new ethenolysis plant in Bitterfeld progressing apace

Wevo-Chemie expands production capacity

“With the expansion of our silicone production at the company headquarters in Ostfildern, we are taking an important step into the future”

Perstorp establishes Amsterdam site in key step to enter the growing synthetic ester business

Covestro Expands Production in Ohio

Additional Capacity for tailor-made Polycarbonates

thyssenkrupp nucera Partners with Chlorum Solutions USA for Chlor-Alkali Plant in Arizona

Plant aims to set a new standard in proximity-based chemical production

Busch Group Expands Presence in Romania

“By incorporating Pfeiffer Vacuum into the Busch Group, we can now offer our customers in Romania the best solutions for all vacuum technology applications”

Stellantis and CATL to Invest Up to €4.1 Billion in Joint Venture for Large-Scale LFP Battery Plant in Spain

Production is planned to start by end of 2026 and could reach up to 50 GWh capacity

BASF starts up its expanded ammonium chloride plant in Ludwigshafen

Optimized process enables the production of ammonium chloride in even higher quality

Waldner: Ground-breaking for new powder coating plant

Aramco, SINOPEC, and Fujian Petrochemical break ground on new refining and petrochemical project in China

Integrated refining and petrochemical project aims to maximize chemical output

Waters Corporation Opens State-of-the-Art Precision Manufacturing Facility in Longbridge, UK

Waters triples manufacturing footprint while increasing precision machining and metrology capacity to support future growth

BASF to build additional production capacity for X3D® catalyst shaping technology in Ludwigshafen

First-of-its-kind plant scheduled for 2026 producing catalysts on industrial scale, driving green transformation projects

BASF receives funding approval for the construction of the world’s largest industrial heat pump for CO2-free steam generation

Greenhouse gas emissions from formic acid production at the Ludwigshafen site reduced by up to 98 percent

World's first agile production facility for battery cells opened

Close cooperation between science and industry

"Merck is back on a growth path with all three businesses"

Merck returned to profitable growth in 2024 and delivered on its guidance for the year

VINCI Energies acquires the TEHA Technology Group

A 150-year-old problem resolved using AI

New approach enables precise predictions of the phase transition

Engineers discover key barrier to longer-lasting batteries

University of Texas at Dallas researchers have discovered why LiNiO2 batteries break down

Extremely Low Friction Thanks to New Solid State Lubricant

By combining organic and inorganic chemistry, scientists developed the innovative lubricant - with remarkable capabilities

Novel method to synthesize valuable fluorinated drug compounds

Ruland celebrates 25 years of success

Global battery market continues to see strong growth despite uncertainties and holds opportunities for European manufacturers

New European players must show they can produce high-quality battery cells at low cost

Nylon Eaters – Microscopic helpers recycle plastic waste

Bacterium “eats” individual building blocks of different types of nylon and converts them into value-added products

Converting CO2 into fuel – with the help of battery waste

Upcycling as a climate game-changer: A nanocatalyst has been produced based on spent batteries and aluminium foil residues, converting CO2 into valuable methane

Potential for significant defossilisation of the chemical industry using biomass

Study Confirms Biomass Can Meet 20% of Carbon Demand in Chemicals Sector by 2050 without compromising food and feed supply

thyssenkrupp Uhde and Novonesis launch innovative enzymatic esterification technology

A more sustainable alternative to conventional esterification

A molecular fountain of youth for the brain

Ageing processes in “mini-brains” observed for the first time

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

What does "resolution" mean here? Microscopy puzzle solved

New microscopy method can identify molecules: The question of resolution proved to be a difficult puzzle

Rare side effect discovered in cancer immunotherapy

Meat production increased by 1.4 % in 2024

Meat production rises again for the first time since 2016, but remains almost a quarter below the previous peak

Mayo Clinic researchers map prostate cancer relapse

By using C-11 choline PET and MRI

Nylon Eaters – Microscopic helpers recycle plastic waste

Bacterium “eats” individual building blocks of different types of nylon and converts them into value-added products

Green food revolution

Labomatic and KNAUER enter into strategic cooperation

Customers in the field of liquid chromatography in particular are likely to benefit from the complementary expertise

“Multi Organ Model” - Animal-free alternative for pharmacokinetics research

Dynamic42 and research partners present three-organ system to reduce animal testing

Value-added pancakes

WSU using science to improve nutrition of breakfast staple

Super-sensitive spray-on explosive detector

Natural substance spray against pulmonary fibrosis

Project receiving 800,000 euros from the biomedical start-up incubator IBT Lower Saxony

Sugar tax harms Red Bull and not Pure Bio Energy Drink

New polymer mixture creates ultra-sensitive heat sensor

Polymer gels with tunable ionic Seebeck coefficient for ultra-sensitive printed thermopiles

Obese and healthy

Scientists are trying to work out why some obese people become unhealthy while others do not

Analyze odorous substances without errors

Comparative study confirms established method as gold standard

analytica expands its international network to the USA

US laboratory market with top growth forecasts

Intermittent fasting could be unsafe for teenagers

Mouse study finds impaired cell development

Eating walnuts for breakfast may boost your brain function

How to save energy in the laboratory

Electricity Saving Challenge: Exploring savings potential in the laboratory

A new switch for the cell therapies of the future

A new gene switch can be activated using a commercially available nitroglycerine patch applied to the skin

Tackling global food safety crises

BVL trains experts from 112 countries

Refining the CRISPR scissors

Research team unveils novel anti-CRISPR protein mechanism for precise control of genome editing technologies

Omega-3s can slow down aging process

Epigenetic clocks used for the first time to measure the ageing process

What happens when a diet targets ultra-processed foods?

Biotage AB and McMaster University sign joint agreement to develop new chemistry platform

Potential target for MS therapy discovered

How AI is transforming Unilever Ice Cream’s end-to-end supply chain

The use of MRI to directly observe metal-ion dissolution in lithium battery cathodes

There is enormous promise in how this technique can increase the ability to understand how reactions within these batteries work and how to test alternate battery technology