Ecolab has successfully closed the acquisition of Ovivo’s electronics business which is a leading and fast-growing global provider of breakthrough ultrapure water technologies for semiconductor manufacturing.

Merck has partnered with Lenovo and Equinix to successfully launch a high-performance computer in Munich, Germany. The computer is capable of accelerating research across diverse sectors such as life science, healthcare and electronics.

Ecolab has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ovivo’s Electronics business. With this move, Ecolab aims to bring together Ovivo’s ultra-pure water technologies with its leading water solutions, digital technologies and global service capabilities, thus further strengthening the company’s global high-tech growth engine.

Aramco collaborated with Pasqal to deploy Saudi Arabia's first quantum computer and the Middle East's first quantum computer dedicated to industrial applications. The move marks a crucial step in building regional expertise and accelerating the development of quantum applications across the energy, materials, and industrial sectors in the Middle East.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of May 2026’ from all over the world. Right from Trillium launching the world’s first demonstration plant for bio-based acrylonitrile to Lanzatech finalizing the site for Europe’s first commercial alcohol-to-jet SAF facility, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Pushing heavy containers and manually supplying materials are things of the past at Bayer—at least in the new tablet production facility, Solida 1. Here, intralogistics work fully automatically. This is made possible by a unique software solution that orchestrates the robotic systems for material flow.

With an aim to strengthen the company’s capabilities for performance and quality evaluation of development products, accelerate the development of new materials for advanced and next-generation semiconductors and ensure a stable supply of high-quality products, Fujifilm has developed a new building for advanced semiconductor materials.

Today Artificial Intelligence has entered every industry and the pharma sector is no different. Major pharma companies are actively making use of AI to accelerate drug discovery and carry out efficient clinical trials. However, integrating this technology into GxP-compliant pharma production still remains a complex challenge.

This smart technology has been in the news for quite some time but how useful is it for industrial plants? Bart Moors, General Manager Process Industries Software at Siemens and Prathamesh Gawde, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Bentley Systems highlight the many benefits of adopting the digital twin technology across industrial facilities.

Foeth has acquired Italian machinery dealer Intimac. With this move, the previously family owned company further expands its position in the refurbished machinery business for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries.