The acquisition of the biotech firm Targenomix, a spin-off of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, will assist Bayer in its Crop Science R&D as the start-up will provide novel systems biology approaches for innovative crop protection discovery.

With an aim to expand its business in Asia, Biontech has acquired one of Novartis’ GMP-certified manufacturing facilities in Singapore. With this move, the company intends to establish its first mrna facility in the country.

Claimed to be the largest cathode manufacturing plant in the USA, the project will be built in Clarksville, Tennessee and is expected to produce 120,000 tons of cathode material every year by 2027 which will be used in next-generation batteries for electric vehicles.

Siemens has introduced a new 4.0 version of the web-based process control system Simatic PCS which can be used for process plants of any size. It has also launched a new hardware platform for the process control system – the Simatic S7-4100 controller generation and the Simatic CN 4100 communication node.

Air Liquide has sold its Industrial Merchant Business in Saudi Arabia to Abdullah Hashim Industrial Gases & Equipment. With this deal, the company plans to focus on large industries and emerging new opportunities in clean hydrogen and energy transition in the GCC region especially Saudi Arabia.

Many suppliers in the pharmaceutical production industry want to move away from individual machines and towards complete systems, even though the turnkey segment is just as competitive. In this interview by PROCESS PharmaTEC, Thomas Fricke, Commercial Director at Ima Pharma, reveals the company’s competitive positioning, where he sees the company’s strengths and why he needs to keep a close eye on Chinese competitors.

Natron Energy and Arxada have announced the world’s first large-scale production of battery grade prussian blue materials at Arxada’s plant in Visp, Switzerland. The plant will supply the materials to Natron Energy in order to develop a battery capacity of up to 600 MW every year.

Neste, Idemitsu Kosan, Chimei and Mitsubishi Corporation have come together to develop a unique renewable plastics supply chain which will make use of bio-based hydrocarbons (Neste Re) for the production of styrene monomer (bio-SM), and its mass balanced renewable plastics derivatives including acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (bio-ABS) for the production of renewable plastics.

Worley has secured a project management services contract for Vertex Hydrogen’s low-carbon hydrogen plant at Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port, UK. The scope of work incudes the inside battery limit of the plant, as well as outside battery limit works. It will support in creating the infrastructure needed to connect to feedstocks, products, and modifications within the refinery.

Rare-earth magnets are claimed to be strong permanent magnets made from alloys of rare-earth elements which produce significantly stronger magnetic fields than other types of magnets. Solvay has plan to develop a ‘rare earth magnet hub’ in Europe to cater to the fast-growing electric vehicles, wind power, and electronics markets.