Horvat succeeds Oswald as Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE

Kai Beckmann to become Merck's new CEO on May 1, 2026

At the 31st Annual General Meeting, Belén Garijo symbolically handed over leadership of the DAX company to her successor after five years

Evonik reorganizes its executive leadership: CEO stays on, CFO joins

Christian Kullmann to remain CEO until 2030

Leonhard Zirkler takes over management of HÖFER CHEMIE

Izatt-Christensen Award 2026 for Frank Würthner

A professor of chemistry at the University of Würzburg receives the highest international honour in the field of supramolecular chemistry

Endress+Hauser tops four-billion-euro mark for the first time

Swiss Group invests 370.8 million euros – more than ever before

Alfa Laval appoints Olaf van Heerekhuizen as new Managing Director for the DACH region

The manager will take over the management of Alfa Laval Mid Europe and will be responsible for activities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

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

Roland Fornika elected President of FECCIA

VAA Executive Board takes over leadership of 100,000 chemical and pharmaceutical professionals in Europe

Alexandra Knauer mit Pittcon Heritage Award ausgezeichnet

Visa problem prevents arrival: KNAUER managing director honored via video

OXEA completes global leadership team for strategic realignment

Chemicals company launches next phase of transformation with seven executives and five strategic pillars

Arkema appoints Nicola Tei managing director for Italy

DyStar Group Announces Board Transition to Drive Innovation

Yao Jianfang will be stepping down from the Board

Change on Endress+Hauser Supervisory Board

Matthias Altendorf leaves Endress+Hauser after nearly four decades

New management at Ruland Engineering & Consulting GmbH

Founders hand over management

Generation change at AZO

The son takes on the role of CEO and will manage the family business together with his father in future

trinamiX with new management

BASF considers restructuring or partial sale of its subsidiary

EDL Anlagenbau expands management team

Leipzig-based plant designer from the Pörner Group to introduce dual leadership in future

Change of leadership at ViscoTec

Technical Managing Director hands over responsibility

Die Köttermann Group appoints Joerg Hoffmann as CEO

Experienced industry leader set to drive growth and innovation across expanding markets

Atoms in the sunbath for a sustainable future

Dr. Shanmugapriya Periyannan has been named "MSCA Fellow of the Month"

Biodegradable barrier coating developed for paper packaging

DOMO chemical plant in Leuna saved

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

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

Electrochemical Process Enables Recovery of Valuable Raw Materials

Vacuum pump without motor: Thin films - the stuff new pumps are made of

Research team presents vacuum pump prototype with double film drive - spin-off mateligent brings the technology to 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

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

Scientists discover new way metals bind oxygen, possibly starting ‘new chapter’ in chemistry

Neodymium binds dioxygen via pi interactions — a first for lanthanide chemistry

A turning point for Europe’s resource sovereignty: tozero launches production of lithium and other critical raw materials

Industrial demo plant represents one of the fastest scale-ups in battery recycling to date

New startup aims to replace fossil fuels in industrial process heating

The technology covers temperatures ranging from 30 to 1,000 °C and is designed for use in sectors such as the food industry, the paper industry, and chemical plants

1.7 trillion euros of high-tech potential lies untapped in Germany

Germany is at risk of falling behind in the technology competition - but six key technologies could change that

German chemical industry with decline in sales and employment

Exports of Chinese chemical producers to Europe rise sharply - increasing competition for German companies

Parents' consumption of artificial sweeteners could affect their children's metabolism

Sucralose and stevia alter gene expression even in the second generation

Scientists are fixing the big fat problem with vegan cheese

Oleogelation transforms liquid vegetable oils into spreadable fats and is intended to replace coconut and palm oil

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

1.7 trillion euros of high-tech potential lies untapped in Germany

Germany is at risk of falling behind in the technology competition - but six key technologies could change that

Paulaner develops a beer specifically for the Chinese market for the first time

Paulaner drives international growth through a strategic partnership with Tsingtao in China

The olive as a laboratory

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

No need to pull all-nighters here: this laboratory plans its own experiments

KIWI Biolab at TU Berlin combines robots, analysis devices and AI - and uses them to carry out even complex experiments fully automatically

Hydroponics without flying blind: New monitoring system tracks nutrient solutions in real time

Is this the future of crop cultivation?

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

More immune protection, less dominance: A new phase in the corona-development?

For the first time, no new variant is replacing the dominant strains – BA.3.2 mainly infects children

Ever heard of the barunut?

gebana brings the baruna nut to Europe as a novel food

Skoltech startup outpaces Nobel Prize-winning AI in virtual drug screening

Ligand Pro has made screening more than 30 times faster: AI model makes large-scale virtual screening viable for mid-sized labs

Helium shortage jeopardizes pharmaceutical production

Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has consequences for drug production and drug supply

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

Study paves the way for faster breeding

Merck Acquires JSR Chromatography Business

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

Dynamic42 and EPO Close the Gap in Brain Cancer Research

Strategic collaboration integrates organ-on-chip technology into preclinical glioblastoma research to improve translational relevance

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

New biomarkers for detecting cancer

Able to distinguish between tumour stages

Start-up AveThera acquires Fraunhofer site for biologics production

The young biotech company takes over pharmaceutical biotechnology unit including employees

Amazonian cocoa could become a superfood

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

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

Biotech start-up TIBEAY secures 35 million euros for first therapy for severe traumatic brain injury

Ronopterin to pharmacologically slow down neurological sequelae after traumatic brain injury for the first time

Older men most likely to reach for saltshakers, while women’s salt-adding behavior more nuanced, study suggests

Habit of adding salt to food after preparation depends on different factors for men and women, study shows, highlighting a behavior that can have severe consequences on overall health

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

New treatment approach against sepsis discovered

Genetically modified marmosets as a model for human deafness

A new primate model provides significant opportunities for future gene therapies

New process developed to produce universal blood plasma for all blood groups

Revolution in emergency medicine

Lipid Identification: Chemical Fingerprint Instead of Dye