Fuel prices, security of supply, and dependence on raw materials are presenting energy providers with new challenges. Researchers at Fraunhofer IEG are investigating how heat and strategic raw materials can be extracted from the subsurface simultaneously. The idea: Hot deep groundwater provides heat...

BASF has inaugurated a new plant in Düsseldorf, Germany, to produce specialty emollients, particularly for skin care and sun protection products. With this investment in the mid double-digit million-euro range, BASF is strategically expanding its capacity for these specialty products to meet growing...

An international research collaboration has developed a new molecular strategy for controlling one of the most critical interfaces in perovskite solar cells. The resulting solar cells reached a power conversion efficiency of 26.19% in the n i p architecture, together with strong operational stabilit...

Ströbel GmbH, a manufacturer and supplier of packaging materials based in Langenzenn, Middle Franconia, is realigning its sales operations and, with the creation of a new position, is focusing on providing technically sound, personalized customer consulting. In addition to Sebastian Schingale, the i...

The chemical and pharmaceutical industry in Germany is struggling to emerge from the crisis. Although the first half of 2026 performed slightly better than the second half of 2025, there is no sign of a sustained recovery. Production was about three percent below the previous year’s level, and reven...

Whether start-ups survive a crisis does not depend solely on their financial situation or the sector they operate in. The personality traits of their founders also play a decisive role. A recent study by ZEW Mannheim and the Technical University of Munich finds: Risk-taking founders are more likely ...

BASF has released preliminary figures for the second quarter of 2026. Sales increased by 16% in the second quarter of 2026 to €17.2 billion (Q2 2025: €14.8 billion). The increase compared with the prior-year quarter resulted primarily from higher prices (+11%) and higher volumes (+7%); currency effe...

INERATEC and Zeopore announce a successful technology collaboration driving a more efficient and economically competitive production of CO₂- neutral e-Fuels and e-Chemicals. At the center of the collaboration is INERATEC’s newly developed hydrocracking process, designed to upgrade Fischer-Tropsch wa...

Magritek, the global leader in benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instrumentation, announced that NexMR, developer of advanced photohyperpolarization technology, is joining the Magritek group. The move brings NexMR's science into the platform best positioned to develop it and bring it to cust...

ICIS announced Greg Poux-Guillaume, CEO of AkzoNobel, as the winner of the 2026 ICIS CEO of the Year Award for outstanding achievement. "I'm honored to receive this award on behalf of the entire AkzoNobel team and thank my peers for their recognition. This distinction is a testament to the dedicatio...

Hosokawa Alpine AG, headquartered in Augsburg/Germany, is continuing its ongoing transformation process. In response to changing market requirements and the company’s strategic development, the German Hosokawa Solids Solutions GmbH will be integrated into the parent company effective October 1, 2026...

Materials manufacturer Covestro and BYD announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a long-term strategic partnership. The agreement focuses on developing and applying advanced material solutions across BYD's growing portfolio of industries, including automotive, energy...

A team led by chemist Professor Frank Glorius from the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the University of Münster has developed a new light-driven reaction sequence. In this triple catalysis, one reaction step triggers the next like three dominoes in a row toppling one after the other. The molecula...

A research team from the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at Kiel University, Germany is developing porous materials specifically designed to harvest water from the air and enable energy-efficient cooling. The team has now succeeded in producing these materials on a larger scale for the first time, ...

In the fight against drug-resistant bacteria, chemists at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg have achieved a major research breakthrough: The team led by Prof. Dr. Dieter Schinzer of the Institute of Chemistry has succeeded for the first time in synthesizing key building blocks of the natural co...

GETEC, a leading European provider of decarbonized energy and infrastructure solutions, has signed an agreement to acquire Cogenio. Cogenio is a company in the decentralized energy sector that supports commercial and industrial customers in Southern Europe in implementing their decarbonization strat...

Arboris GmbH & Co. KG, the Tschira family’s family office, is taking a stake in Green Hydrogen Technology GmbH (GHT) as a long-term investor. The goal of the partnership is to advance the industrial scaling of GHT’s technology, which converts non-recyclable waste at the local level into climate-neut...

Worldwide, discarded electronic toys, computers, or smartphones are becoming increasingly massive amounts of electronic waste. The basis for electronic circuits are printed circuit boards (PCB), which are typically made of glass fiber-reinforced fossil epoxy resin, making them difficult to recycle, ...

Researchers have captured how a molecule redistributes energy after absorbing light, differentiating the roles of individual atoms in the process. They used X-ray flashes from the European XFEL to show that different atoms of the same molecule can reveal entirely different aspects of the process. Th...

A structuring commercial, industrial and financial agreement that strengthens Lhyfe's revenue visibility and consolidates its position among the key players in the renewable hydrogen sector Lhyfe – one of the world's pioneers in the production of green and renewable hydrogen for the decarbonization ...