21.07.2025 • News
Harke Acquires Swedish Vendico
Harke Group, based in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, acquired the Swedish Vendico Group, comprising Vendico Chemical, Inventicon, and Omni International.
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18.07.2025 • News
Thermo Fisher and Sanofi Expand Strategic Partnership to Enable US Drug Manufacturing
Thermo Fisher Scientific recently announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with Sanofi to enable additional US drug product manufacturing.
Ineos Invests £30 Million to Slash Emissions at Hull Site by 75%
Ineos has completed a major £30 million investment at its Hull manufacturing site, converting the facility to run on clean-burning hydrogen instead of natural gas. This results in a 75% cut in carbon emissions.
Marianne Späne to Leave Siegfried Management
The pharmaceutical service provider Siegfried has announced changes to its management team. Marianne Späne, who has been with the Swiss CDMO since 2004 and has held the position of Chief Business Officer since the beginning of 2020, is moving to the Board of Directors of the subsidiary Dinamiqs.
LBB Specialties Expands Distribution Partnership with Clariant
LBB Specialties (LBBS) recently announced the expansion of its distribution partnership with Clariant. This enhances LBBS’s presence in Puerto Rico, providing customers with access to pharmaceutical-grade excipients.
17.07.2025 • News
Bayer Extends CEO’s Term Through 2029
Bayer's Supervisory Board has unanimously decided to extend the contract with the company's CEO, Bill Anderson, until March 31, 2029.
16.07.2025 • News
Covestro Extends Contract with CTO Thorsten Dreier Until 2031
Thorsten Dreier will remain Covestro's Chief Technology Officer for another five years. The Supervisory Board has extended his contract until June 30, 2031.
16.07.2025 • News
Flamma Opens New cGMP Plant in China
The Flamma Group, a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), recently celebrated the grand opening of a new cGMP plant in Dalian, China.
IMCD Appoints New Leads for EMEA and APAC
IMCD recently appointed Andreas Igerl as Regional President EMEA and as Leader of the global Industrial Business Groups, and Narendra Varde as Regional President APAC.
Cargill & Helm Joint Venture Qore Launches in Iowa
Qore, a joint venture of Minnesota-based Cargill and Germany-based Helm, is officially starting production of Qira, the world’s first large-scale 1,4-butanediol (BDO) made from locally grown dent corn.
14.07.2025 • News • Innovation
Green Tech Africa – Nature’s Answer to Industrial Waste
The start-up from Congo developed an organic absorbent fibre from a local invasive plant, the water hyacinth, to clean up oil spills.
Orion Announced Plans to Shut Down Carbon Black Plants
Carbon black manufacturer Orion Engineered Carbons plans to rationalize production lines in North and South America and EMEA.
MSD to Acquire Verona Pharma for $10 Billion
MSD, known as Merck & Co. in the US and Canada, recently announced it will acquire Verona Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company focused on respiratory diseases, for approximately $10 billion.
10.07.2025 • News
Arkema Invests in New Polyamide Unit in Singapore
Arkema is building an additional unit at its Singapore site to produce Rilsan Clear, a transparent polyamide. With an investment of $20 million, the site is expected to open in early 2026.
10.07.2025 • News • Bioprocessing
Wacker Opens Biotechnology Center in Munich
In a new building at the Wacker Consortium, the company's central research site, researchers are working on new manufacturing processes for biopharmaceuticals and ingredients for food and nutritional supplements.
09.07.2025 • News
Industrial Green Chemistry Association Launches
Today, leading chemistry entrepreneurs from across Europe announced the founding of a new Industrial Green Chemistry Association dedicated to represent the interests of chemistry startups and innovation-driven SMEs.
09.07.2025 • News
IMCD Opens New Life Science Hub in Shanghai
IMCD recently announced the opening of its newly reorganised and expanded Life Science Laboratory hub in Shanghai.
09.07.2025 • News
Azelis Acquires Italian Specialty Chemicals Distributor ACEF
Azelis has acquired Azienda Chimica e Farmaceutica (‘ACEF’), a distributor of speciality raw materials and ingredients for the cosmetic, nutraceutical, galenic, and pharma industries in Italy.
08.07.2025 • News
EU Commission Unveils Life Sciences Leadership Strategy for 2030
The European Commission has launched a new strategy to make Europe the most attractive place in the world for life sciences by 2030.
08.07.2025 • News
Bio-Rad Acquires Stilla Technologies
Bio-Rad Laboratories, a life science research and clinical diagnostics company, has completed the acquisition of Stilla Technologies, a developer of digital PCR (dPCR) systems.
Pace Life Sciences Expands Sterile Filling Capabilities
Pace Life Sciences, a US-based contract research, development, and manufacturing organization (CRDMO), is remodeling and expanding its Salem, NH site for aseptic fill-finish processing.
Dow to Shut Down Three Upstream European Assets
Building on the April 2025 announcement, Dow will take actions across its three operating segments to support European profitability, resulting in the closure of sites in Germany and the UK.
07.07.2025 • News
WeylChem Launches Advanced Materials Line and Partners with Novoset
WeylChem Wesseling has announced its entry into the Advanced Materials market with the formation of a new Advanced Materials Business Line in Germany.
Mitsubishi Chemical Group Launches Chemical Recycling Plant for Plastic-to-Oil Conversion
ENEOS and Mitsubishi Chemical have completed their chemical recycling facility at Mitsubishi Chemical’s Ibaraki Plant in Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
04.07.2025 • News
Nippon Shokubai to Boost Nucleic Acid Drug API Output Tenfold
Nippon Shokubai recently announced plans to expand its GMP-compliant manufacturing capacity for nucleic acid drug active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) tenfold.
04.07.2025 • News
CATL and Partners Launch $6 Billion Battery Integration Project in Indonesia
CATL and its partners have started construction on a $6 billion battery integration project in West Java, Indonesia.
04.07.2025 • News
Hikma Invests $1 Billion to Expand US Generics Manufacturing
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA announces $1 billion of new US investment to further expand its domestic manufacturing and development of essential generic medicines.
03.07.2025 • News • Bioprocessing
Sanofi Builds Modern Office at BioCampus Frankfurt
The biopharmaceutical company Sanofi in Germany and the industrial park operator Infraserv Höchst laid the foundation stone for a state-of-the-art office building in the south of the industrial park.
03.07.2025 • News • Bioprocessing
AGC Biologics Expands Cell Therapy Development Operations to Asia
AGC Biologics began its cell therapy process development and clinical manufacturing services on July 1, 2025, at its Yokohama Technical Center in Japan.
Solvay Joint Venture Invests in Production Unit in Chile
Peróxidos do Brasil, a joint venture between Solvay and Produtos Químicos Makay (PQM), announces a new strategic investment in its production unit in Chile.
Tesa Opens Debonding-on-Demand Laboratory in Singapore
With a modern laboratory, German adhesive tape technology specialist Tesa is laying the foundation for adhesive solutions of the future.
AbbVie to Acquire Capstan Therapeutics for $2 Billion
AbbVie has announced it will acquire Capstan Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on advancing in vivo cell engineering through RNA delivery using targeted lipid nanoparticles (tLNPs).
02.07.2025 • News
GenSight Biologics to Partner with Catalent on Gene Therapy Candidate
GenSight Biologics recently announced the successful transfer of the upstream phase of the manufacturing process for LUMEVOQ, the Company’s gene therapy candidate product to CDMO Catalent.
02.07.2025 • News
BASF Completes Acquisition of DOMO Chemicals' Shares in Alsachimie JV
BASF has acquired DOMO Chemicals' 49% stake in the Alsachimie joint venture and is now the sole owner of the production company for essential precursors of polyamide (PA) 6.6, including KA oil, adipic acid and hexamethylenediamine adipate (AH salt) in Chalampé, France. The parties have agreed not to disclose financial details of the transaction.
02.07.2025 • News
Veranova Appoints Matteo Villain as VP of Peptides and Oligonucleotides
Veranova appoints Matteo Villain as Vice President of Peptides and Oligonucleotides, strengthening its position as a key player in the Peptide and Oligonucleotide (TIDES) space.
