BASF bought back shares for EUR 726 million in 2004

Making Automation More Accessible for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

KUKA Group and KOMSA Enter Strategic Partnership

BASF and HSCC are pursuing a potential joint venture across the polyamide 6 value chain

Endress+Hauser receives Swiss Manufacturing Award 2026

The award recognizes achievements in the fields of innovation, growth, resilience and employment

More than half of the manufacturing sector has no plans to set up new production facilities in Germany for the time being

One in three companies with a turnover of 100 million euros or more is relocating or scaling back

SPOLCHEMIE opens ZEBRA, a new plant for next-generation fluorochemical precursors

The facility is now entering full-scale operation

WALDNER is investing a double-digit million amount in its Wangen and Öhringen locations

The new DOSOMAT Campus is taking shape step by step in Wangen

Stuttgart-based startup Variolytics Wins the 2027 German Sustainability Award

Technology for the Targeted Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Wastewater Treatment Plants Receives Award

From wood to chemicals: UPM inaugurates pioneering biorefinery in Germany

With an annual capacity of 220,000 tonnes, it is the largest facility of its kind in the world

AkzoNobel and Axalta to be called Axanzo following merger

Greg Poux-Guillaume becomes CEO

Analytik Jena inaugurates new buildings: Investment of 96 million euros

Endress+Hauser Group company expands capacity for development, production and sales of laboratory measurement technology

Climate Change as an Economic Factor: The 2026 Heat Wave Costs Germany About 25 Billion EUR

El Niño is already casting a shadow: Adaptation and prevention are key to economic resilience

​​Covestro NV intends to reorganize polycarbonate production at Antwerp site ​​

Planned portfolio adjustment in Europe

cylib selected as Strategic Project under EU Critical Raw Materials Act

cylib is building a facility in Dormagen designed to process up to 140,000 EV batteries per year

Storskogen acquires laboratory analytics provider Duratec

The current owners will remain actively involved in the business

thyssenkrupp nucera Establishes Its First Company-Operated Electrolyzer Cell Assembly Hub in Europe

“For us, the Assembly Hub is a milestone in automation and assembly efficiency”

Raw material transition in the chemical industry: Former Covestro executive joins Cyclize in an operational role

Proven natural gas substitute poised to enter chemical plants

EWE and VERBUND Establish a Joint Venture for One of Europe's Largest Hydrogen Projects

European Partnership for Energy Security and Decarbonization

Tioxide is significantly expanding its workforce at Greatham site

Manufacturing restart gathers pace

Bio-based raw materials and green hydrogen: Startup Furanova brings cutting-edge technology to Gendorf

FDCA from Sugar: Furanova Builds Pilot Plant for Bio-Based Plastic Feedstock

Grenova and Peak Robotics merge to form Grenova Robotics

Companies unite under a new brand to deliver a broader portfolio

Rapeseed oil instead of crude oil: Verbio starts industrial production of renewable chemicals

Nearly EUR 100 million invested

Two chemical giants, a potential deal: BASF and Evonik in talks

BASF confirms exploratory talks regarding potential takeover of Evonik

Evonik is cutting 3,200 jobs worldwide and sharpens growth strategy

Businesses and German sites with clear roles

AkzoNobel and Axalta to be called Axanzo following merger

Greg Poux-Guillaume becomes CEO

How chemistry chooses a mirror-image form: the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for asymmetric synthesis

The Nobel Prize goes to Kagan and Soai for their discovery of homochirality

Microplastics Cause Fatty Liver Disease in Mice

Green hydrogen from seawater

Electrolysis with Untreated Seawater: Fraunhofer Tests Materials and Membranes

Tavion raises €50 million and starts development of its first battery parks in Polan

CleanTech start-up bets on Poland as Europe's most attractive battery storage market

EWE and VERBUND Establish a Joint Venture for One of Europe's Largest Hydrogen Projects

European Partnership for Energy Security and Decarbonization

LEVACO Chemicals Acquires LANXESS's Tank Farm and Strengthens Its Leverkusen Site

LEVACO Enhances Autonomy in Key Raw Material Processes

Enzymes Overcome the 100-Degree Heat Barrier

The process is of interest to the chemical industry

Europe’s last Acetyls site halts production

INEOS Idles Europe's last world-scale Acetyls plant as Energy prices hit 12 times US level

A blood test can detect over 50 types of cancer

“We’re at a watershed moment”

Arla is investing more than 63 million euros in the future of high-protein dairy products

Demand for skyr, cottage cheese, and protein solutions is driving investment in Europe

Two new bioinformatics tools improve the diagnosis of genetic disorders

AI algorithm detects pathogenic structural variants in the genome more reliably

BioNTech Founders Launch New Venture

Şahin and Türeci's new startup in Mainz focuses on mRNA therapies

AI as a Tool in Flavor Research: De Novo Design of Bitter Peptides

Predicting bitterness in food with precision: AI passes the taste test

New Managing Director for Shimadzu Europa GmbH

Jürgen Semmler to retire

A tiny bacterium with a huge impact

Vaccenic acid from gut bacteria activates a receptor that combats fatty liver and high blood sugar

75 percent of Gen Z buy protein products—social media is driving the trend among Gen Z

A SINUS study shows that eight out of ten 14- to 28-year-olds consider a balanced diet important. TikTok and Instagram are their main sources of information.

AI scientist autonomously generates and validates new biological discoveries

Researchers at Chalmers University have developed a closed AI laboratory that plans and evaluates experiments with baker’s yeast itself

A first in Germany: Charité successfully treats 19-year-old with CRISPR therapy

Exagamglogene Autotemcel used for the first time in Germany following approval

Energy Drinks: Consumption Is Rising Among Schoolchildren

DAK Calls for New Warning Labels on Energy Drinks to Protect Minors

Genes or environment? Which has the greater influence on who we are?

What’s in our genes: International research team identifies over 1,000 markers linked to human personality

Microplastic substitute from the fermenter: BIOWEG builds Europe’s largest plant for bacterial cellulose

EU microplastics ban drives multi-million investment in North Rhine-Westphalia biotech plant

Germany's appetite for fish is growing

Salmon tops the popularity list. Discount stores account for just under half of all fish purchases.

Danaher accelerates life sciences research with new AI-powered autonomous lab

The lab is designed to deliver up to eight times faster progress from idea to validated reagent

A Matter of Quantity: A Universal Target for CAR-T Cells Against Cancer

“Here, we are demonstrating for the first time an innovative method for identifying new targets for cancer therapies”

International FoodTec Award 2027: Winners Announced

21 award winners honored for innovation, sustainability, and efficiency

Altmann Analytik Acquires Laboratory Supplier Kobe

Kobe Acquisition Strengthens Altmann Analytik's Position in the University and Research Market

Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats

AI agents discover an unknown enzyme system after 21 hours of autonomous database analysis

Ultra-Processed Foods: The Degree of Processing Affects Metabolism and the Brain

Why Ready-Made Meals Affect the Body Differently Than Freshly Cooked Food

Molecules Build a Honeycomb

Researchers Decode the Blueprint for Molecular Fibers

Microplastics Cause Fatty Liver Disease in Mice

Ammeraal Beltech to Present Food Conveyor Solutions at EHEDG World Congress

Ammeraal Beltech will participate as a Gold Sponsor at the EHEDG World Congress in Vienna, Austria, on 7–8 October 2026

Press Release: Detecting Diseases Through Body Odor?

New Laser Technology Shows Potential for Non-Invasive Diagnostics

Concern over European biotech: the window for change is narrow – and closing fast

Peanuts leave a unique fingerprint in the blood

Researchers identify a specific fatty acid pattern associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes

Aventix raises €1.2 million pre-seed to build the future of bioanalytics

AI-powered volume measurement in 30 seconds – contactless

Researchers transform old blood cells into young brain cells

60 years younger after 50 days: Study opens a window to a better understanding of cellular rejuvenation processes

Blue light could cut food poisoning from raw chicken

The low-cost technique is also a viable alternative to chlorination

When does the molecule emerge from the column?

Researchers are developing an AI method that can predict the retention times of small molecules more reliably