BASF Group business review 3rd quarter 2012

Qnami acquired by Quantum Design

The University of Basel spin-off specializes in quantum sensing technologies built on diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers

Prospector AI Search, now powered by chemical intelligence

Kimia's AI brings natural language search to Prospector's formulators for the first time

Bacterial factories: A key to climate-friendly chemistry

ETH spin-off uses genetically modified microorganisms and green methanol as an intermediate step in fossil-free chemical production

K+S acquires Qemetica’s salt business for up to 380 million euros

K+S is tapping into new growth opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe with specialty salts for water softening and the food industry

cylib and Vianode are joining forces to close the loop on battery graphite

The goal is to reduce dependence on imported raw materials for battery production and to lower the carbon footprint

hephaistos.bio obtains CHF 150,000 from Venture Kick

Swiss biotech start-up aims to bring tailor-made enzymes to resilient and sustainable chemical manufacturing

technotrans confirms profitable growth trajectory and increases dividend

Dr. Karine Brand elected to the Supervisory Board

Closure of the Strait of Hormuz exacerbates cost pressure in the chemical industry

"Chemistry is struggling, pharma is preparing for even greater challenges"

Röchling Strengthens Profitability Once Again Despite Headwinds

Restructuring of the Automotive division and focus on the Industrial business are driving the company’s forward momentum

New alliance for research-based spin-offs: Renowned research institutions join forces

The new “Academic Spin-out Alliance” aims to facilitate more academic spin-offs in collaboration with the Vienna Business Agency

Focused Energy secures US$240 million: the world’s first laser fusion power plant is set to be built in Germany

Record funding round positions the start-up at the forefront of the international fusion industry

Rubber reborn: McMaster startup converts tire waste into sustainable solutions

This chemical process has the potential to be a gamechanger in the $9 billion silicone construction industry

Greentown Go Make 2026 with Shell and Technip Energies Announces Startup Cohort

Five startups will participate in the open-innovation program focused on catalytic solutions for industrial decarbonization and the energy transition

Million-euro investment: Westfalen doubles industrial gases capacities in Switzerland

Capacity in Eiken is almost doubled and secures gas supply for customers in the pharmaceutical, laboratory, medical, beverage, welding and cutting sectors

Metso introduces an advanced lithium carbonate process to support battery materials production

At the core of the process is soda pressure leaching, which selectively extracts lithium with fewer soluble impurities in one pass

Berlin honors outstanding deep-tech companies

Deep Tech Award 2026 presented for the first time at the Deep Tech Momentum conference

Innovation meets practice: POWTECH TECHNOPHARM takes centre stage for processing technology again in 2026

Bringing start-ups in the field of sustainable chemistry to market faster

ISC3 and Carbon13 agree partnership to protect climate and environment

The CHT Group awarded Best Managed Company 2026

Recognition of a consistent transformation strategy and a clear strategic direction

Chempark Uerdingen gets out of coal: First electrode boiler supplies steam

Important step for the future-proof orientation of the Chempark site

Festo is cutting approximately 1,300 jobs in Germany

Family-owned company responds to intensifying competition in Asia and geopolitical crises with a global transformation program

Water splitting catalyst creates hydrogen at low temperatures

Birmingham researchers’ novel way of producing hydrogen fuel has a lower cost than existing methods

German plastics recycling on the brink of collapse

Six proposals to save the industry

Short circuits in solid-state batteries: the mechanism finally proven

Using cryo-electron microscopy under vacuum, a Max Planck team has resolved a decade-long debate on dendrite-induced cracking

Green hydrogen from sunlight and water - without electrolyzers and without electricity

Photreon, a spin-off from KIT, is developing a photoreactor panel that enables direct solar hydrogen production

Reversible glue technology goes electric

Water-based adhesive joins electronic components and releases them on demand

Job cuts at WACKER: Around 1,600 jobs in Germany affected

Global cost-cutting and efficiency program PACE aims to generate annual savings of over 300 million euros

Sunfire to Build Electrolysis Test Facility at BASF Site in Schwarzheide

Test facility supports the industrial-scale deployment of green hydrogen

Recovering critical materials from batteries

Chinese inventors selected as finalists for the European Inventor Award 2026

Focused Energy secures US$240 million: the world’s first laser fusion power plant is set to be built in Germany

Record funding round positions the start-up at the forefront of the international fusion industry

Cooling without a compressor or refrigerant—quieter, more efficient, and more sustainable than ever before

Fraunhofer Spin-off Raises €2.2 Million Seed Funding to Redefine Refrigeration Technology

IBU-tec is setting up LFP production without Chinese technology

New plant to produce 15,000 tonnes of European battery material, with a significantly lower carbon footprint than Chinese processes

Miltenyi Biotec expands Cologne production site for clinical reagents

Milestone for biotechnology made in Germany: More capacity for cell and gene therapies

New research finds that almost all plant-based meat alternatives contain mycotoxins

Grains, legumes and seeds used in vegan products are particularly prone to mould exposure during cultivation and storage

Common structural analysis of interfacial water is inadequate, according to a new study

Water molecules at the air-water interface characterised layer by layer for the first time

Egg consumption is associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

Eating one egg per day for at least five days a week reduces risk of Alzheimer’s by up to 27%

Ultra-processed foods damage your focus even if you eat healthy

One extra bag of chips a day reduces your ability to focus and raise dementia risk factors regardless of diet quality

Detecting heavy metals in soil and water: New method for on-site analysis

Simple technology replaces expensive laboratory procedures

Cytospire Therapeutics announces oversubscribed £61 million Series A financing

London-based start-up aims to activate gamma-delta T cells in both the blood and the tumour to fight cancer

Future Foods Lab: Nomad Foods advances two startups to concept development

Swedish clean-label pizza brand For Real! Foods and Spanish functional snack maker Mia Puccia enter the next innovation phase

The olive as a laboratory

A new analytical approach predicts the quality of olive oil before it is extracted

The ‘Ozempic Era’ could shift blame for obesity from individuals to the food industry

How weight-loss injections could reinforce the perception of ultra-processed foods as addictive substances

Less hunger, more environmental problems?

Study investigates tradeoffs between human health and sustainability

For the first time, researchers are peering inside record-breaking superconductors

Atomic-level insights into lanthanum superhydrides are expected to enable more energy-efficient technologies in the long term

Coffee doesn’t just wake you up — it may help protect your body from aging

New research identifies a key biological pathway that could explain how coffee helps protect against aging and chronic disease.

Reduce, remove and modify: Research team "cuts" wheat chromosomes to size

Study paves the way for faster breeding

New technology detects bacteria on surfaces in five minutes using a smartphone

UMass spun off HertZ Innovation launches smartphone-based bacterial test

Could cultured chocolate unlock the next food revolution?

Chocolate from a bioreactor: UC Davis and food-tech start-up California Cultured aim to reinvent cocoa

Healthier plant-based diet associated with lower risk of Alzheimer’s, other dementias

Lower risk found even among those who adopted the diet at an older age

Largest study to date on the genetics of blood proteins highlights new disease mechanisms and drug repurposing opportunities

Machine learning combined with genetic analysis is expected to enable a more targeted use of active substances in precision medicine

NanoStruct secures €2.6 million for faster bacterial analysis in food

Nanostructured sensor chips combined with AI are set to replace laboratory tests that take several days

Not all ultra-processed foods are unhealthy

Healthy ultra-processed foods should be exempt from food policy restrictions

New biomarkers for detecting cancer

Able to distinguish between tumour stages

Dietary changes in older people can improve ‘biological age’

An omnivorous diet high in carbohydrates is the most reliable way to lower biological age

Red meat: Evolution’s double-edged sword

Why the food that made us human may be making us sick

First ​“protein map” of neurons that initiate pain reveals new targets for drugs

Deep Visual Proteomics applied to nerve cells for the first time

Europe is pooling billions to turn biotech companies into global champions

EQT will manage the €5 billion fund, investing in biotech, AI and other key technologies

Food processing and packaging machinery industry in good shape

Brain tumor spread in the living brain observed live for the first time

Three-photon microscopy reveals: immune cells of the brain actively influence how far the tumor advances

From the lab to the next generation of startups

IBT Lower Saxony funds research projects from Göttingen and Braunschweig with almost 2.4 million euros

Improving taste and texture in oat drinks

Greek-Swedish scientist selected as finalist for the European Inventor Award 2026

Making biomolecules glow: new dye solves problem

Combating unwanted signals in microscopy: method ensures just labelled biological molecules glow