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

The facility is now entering full-scale operation

21-Oct-2026 - SPOLCHEMIE (Spolek pro chemickou a hutní výrobu, akciová společnost) was founded in 1856 and proudly commemorates its 170th anniversary this year. The company was also celebrating the official opening of its latest state-of-the-art manufacturing plant. Known as the “ZEBRA facility,” this new ...

Shimadzu acquires European electron microscopy pioneer for $711 million

The combination is set to deliver complete solutions for semiconductors, life sciences and materials science

13-Jul-2026 - Shimadzu Corporation completed the acquisition on July 10 of all shares of Glass HoldCo s.r.o., which indirectly holds all shares of TESCAN GROUP, a.s., a Europe-based pioneer in electron microscopy, thereby making TESCAN a wholly owned subsidiary. This transaction completes the share acquisition ...

Silicone specialities: WACKER builds new production site in the Czech Republic

The investment volume is in the low triple-digit million-euro range

24-Jun-2024 - Wacker Chemie AG strengthens its focus on silicone specialties in Europe with the construction of a new production site. The chemical company, together with project partners and officials representing the city and the region, broke ground symbolically in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. From the end ...

WACKER Plans New Production Site for Silicone Specialties in the Czech Republic

The investment volume is in the low triple-digit million euro range

15-Jan-2024 - Wacker Chemie AG plans to further expand its silicone specialties business and is reorganizing its production operations in Europe. A new production site for silicones is to be built in Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic. The main drivers of this expansion measure are megatrends such as ...

How to produce fluorescent nanoparticles for medical applications in a nuclear reactor

12-Nov-2018 - Under the leadership of Petr Cígler from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB Prague) and Martin Hrubý from the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (IMC), both of which are part of the Czech Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers has developed a revolutionary method for ...

Arsenic for Electronics

Covalently modified two-dimensional arsenic

17-Oct-2018 - The discovery of graphene, a material made of one or very few atomic layers of carbon, started a boom. Today, such two-dimensional materials are no longer limited to carbon and are hot prospects for many applications, especially in microelectronics. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, scientists ...

Tikkurila to change its business model in Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic

18-Nov-2011 - Tikkurila has signed a letter of intent to sell the entire share capital of its three sales companies in Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The intention is to sell the companies to a Czech company to be established by Tikkurila's local management. The new company will continue the retail ...

ABB expands its power semiconductor business amid rising demand

01-Apr-2010 - ABB has agreed to acquire the semiconductor business of Polovodice a.s. in the Czech Republic. The additional production capacity for high-power semiconductors will help ABB to cope with the expected rising demand fueled by growth in renewable energy and efforts to improve energy ...

Gifted guardians of life and the environment: Europe honours the inventors of the year

04-May-2009 - Health and the environment were the big winners when the European Commission and the European Patent Office presented the 2009 European Inventor of the Year awards. In the presence of the Head of the Czech Parliament Miloslav Vlcek and over 400 guests in Prague Castle, EPO President Alison ...

Bayer MaterialScience takes over Czech polyurethane systems house Brahe

Strengthening systems business in the growth region of central and eastern Europe

28-Aug-2007 - Bayer MaterialScience is extending its global network of polyurethane systems houses even further. The company has now signed the contract for the acquisition of the Brahe a.s. systems house in the Czech Republic, which is to be integrated into the BaySystems network under the name BaySystems ...