BASF Group business review 3rd quarter 2012

LANXESS starts fiscal year 2025 with significant earnings increase

Sales stable at EUR 1.6 billion

Swiss start-up gives yesterday's plastics a new purpose

DePoly to launch 500-tonne-per-year showcase plant, as it secures $23M

Renewable hydrogen producer Hy2Gen secures EUR 47 million

Federal Ministry supports start-up project on pioneering filter technology

Novel spectral filters will enable future sensors to work more accurately and reliably

DyStar Further Consolidates Manufacturing Operations in Americas to Accelerate Growth

Twelve ideas for the defossilisation of the plastics industry

“Start-ups provide crucial impulses for the future of our industry”

“We’re working at full force to put Bayer back on a profitable growth path”

Progress on strategic priorities

French start-up develops biosourced polymer as a plastic alternative for industrial companies

Start-up portrait: Lactips - Natural revolution against microplastics in the industry

Focus on a climate-neutral future: We Do - tesa Sustainability Report 2024 shows impressive progress

Focus on climate-neutral production: 39% CO₂ reduction already achieved in Scope 1 and Scope 2

How to Defossilise the Chemical Industry?

New report presents policy proposals for a Renewable Carbon Future

CHT Group focuses on sustainable growth

Investments at record level

H.C. Starck Tungsten receives millions in funding for battery recycling

Over 60 million euros for the recycling of battery black mass

EcoBean: Brewing sustainable chemicals from coffee grounds

Reducing the environmental impact of the chemical and coffee industry: OHAUS as partner

Siemens to establish global AI Manufacturing Technologies R&D Center for Battery Production in Canada

Investment of CAD$150 million (ca. €97 million) over five years

New approaches in battery production

From raw material processing to recycling

European chemical companies pessimistic for 2025: recovery not foreseeable until 2026

Green transformation remains one of the top management priorities alongside digitalization and AI

New solar cells from the 3D printer

The future of energy generation?

BASF and Forestal collaborate on advanced e-methanol production

Forestal will utilize BASF's proprietary OASE® technology for efficient CO2 removal in the production of e-methanol

Boost for the Startup Scene in the Rhine-Main Region

Four Universities and Futury Launch the Future Factory

Lauda launches 5-year premium warranty

Green hydrogen: A cage structured material transforms into a performant catalyst

Very interesting class of materials for electrocatalysts discovered?

Chatbot opens computational chemistry to nonexperts

New tool turns complex process of simulating molecules in solution into a user-friendly chat

New Method for Detecting Nanoplastics in Body Fluids

TU Graz and start-up BRAVE Analytics have developed a method for detecting nanoplastics in liquids and determining their composition

Scientific breakthrough in chemistry

Scientists succeed in fully synthesizing one of the strongest natural cytotoxic substances: a great step forward for cancer research

How methane and CO2 can be used to combat plastic pollution

New, non-toxic synthesis method for “miracle material” MXene

No more toxic hydrofluoric acid

Marine litter: what biodegradable plastics can do to solve the problem

A third generation of biodegradable plastics could bring hope in the fight against plastic waste

New approaches in battery production

From raw material processing to recycling

Record-breaking efficiency achieved in all-organic solar cells!

While conventional solar panels generate problematic waste, all-carbon based solar cells promise an environmentally friendly alternative

“We’re working at full force to put Bayer back on a profitable growth path”

Progress on strategic priorities

What innovation potential does the use of graphene offer for lithium-ion batteries?

French start-up develops biosourced polymer as a plastic alternative for industrial companies

Start-up portrait: Lactips - Natural revolution against microplastics in the industry

Research breakthrough: Lab-grown teeth might become an alternative to fillings

This research offers a potential way to repair teeth and a natural dental treatment alternative

Unilever reaches new business arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel

Unilever announced it has reached a new arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel which will ensure the ice cream stays available to all consumers

analytica expands its international network to the USA

US laboratory market with top growth forecasts

High blood pressure? Eat more bananas

New mathematical model demonstrates ratio of potassium to sodium intake key to regulating blood pressure

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

What our brain does when the mind is at rest

New insights into the brain’s default mode network

Heidelberg start-up develops system for precise drug monitoring with just one drop of blood

Start-up portrait: QuantiLight revolutionizes blood tests with home monitoring platform

Mondelēz International Continues Progress Against “Snacking Made Right” Priorities

An elegant method for the detection of single spins using photovoltage

This could lead to a much more compact design of quantum sensors

How does the immune system age?

Research team shows very precise and comprehensive correlation between immune profiles and age, gender, smoking, obesity and diseases

Design2Market: New delivery box for Frittenwerk in just 6 weeks

Chemeleon to Collaborate with Mayo Clinic to Finalize Ultra-Rapid Assay, Launches $10M Series A

Results in seconds rather than hours: Groundbreaking instrument-free assay nears completion

New Method for Detecting Nanoplastics in Body Fluids

TU Graz and start-up BRAVE Analytics have developed a method for detecting nanoplastics in liquids and determining their composition

Eating mangos daily shown to improve insulin sensitivity and blood glucose control

New research finds mangos may be key to reducing insulin resistance in adults who are overweight or obese

Battery research: visualisation of aging processes operando

‘A lot happens at the interfaces between the anode, separator and cathode while a battery is charging or discharging’

Chlorotonil: Game-Changer in the Fight Against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens

Researchers decipher novel mode of action of natural product antibiotic

New highly effective bitter compound identified

Mushroom study expands knowledge of natural bitter compounds

Scientists achieve breakthrough in laser-alignment for macromolecular single-particle imaging

Visualization of molecular structures with unprecedented detail

Power vaccination against cancer boosts the immune system

New hope: Researchers are mobilising the immune system's defence against tumour cells within just two weeks using a two-phase vaccination regimen

Label battle: Paulaner wins in dispute against Karlsberg brewery

Printed Skin to Replace Animal Testing

Skin models with living cells

Breakthrough in methane research: Activation mechanism of methane-producing enzyme decoded

"Nature" publication reveals the evolutionary link between two fundamental biological processes

Meat consumption remains at a low level

ProVeg speaks of "intermediate plateau" and underlines call for a future nutrition plan

Nanotechnology: DNA origami boosts sensitivity of rapid tests

Early detection of strokes and heart attacks

How ibuprofen affects fat metabolism in the brain

Alzheimer's research: New in vitro laboratory study provides important insights

AI food scanner turns phone photos into nutritional analysis

NYU Tandon researchers develop technology to calculate calories and nutrients from food images

New model predicts a chemical reaction’s point of no return

Chemists could use this quick computational method to design more efficient reactions that yield useful compounds, from fuels to pharmaceuticals

Chronic Sleep Disorder or Busy Whiling Away Time?

A meta-study shows that sleep disorders and sleep deprivation leave different traces in the brain

UtZ® Introduces New Limited-Time Flavors and A Redesigned Barrel For Cheese Balls

Munich-based lab automation startup raised €2.77M

AI-driven biotech research: Connected labs for faster scientific progress