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.

A new report by the World Economic Forum mentions that global investments in clean fuels will need to quadruple by 2030 in order to meet global clean fuel ambitions. It further suggests that global clean fuel investments could rise from ~25 billion dollars today to over 100 billion dollars annually by 2030.

ABB has introduced the GCP100 gas chromatograph which has set a new standard in cybersecurity and real-time analysis of complex gas mixtures in the natural gas, biogas, oil and petrochemical industries.

The three new world-scale plants launched by BASF’s Aroma Ingredients business includes a menthol, linalool and a citral plant in Germany and China respectively.

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.

Equinor and BASF have entered into a long-term contract under which Equinor will supply up to 23 terawatt hours of natural gas to BASF over a ten-year period. The delivery of the natural gas will begin from October 1, 2025.

A throwback to a trade show that made one thing clear: the future of aseptic technology is contactless, data-driven, and within reach. At CPHI 2025 in Frankfurt, it became obvious where pharmaceutical production is headed. Where gloves used to be mandatory in isolators, robots, AI, and contactless systems are now taking over – more precise, safer, and more sustainable than ever before.

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.

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.

Intelligent, innovative and super-efficient technologies which can ease complicated processes such as drug discovery & development as well as optimize production processes are a boon for the pharmaceutical industry. These new technologies can also help to save costs and precious time for the sector.