BASF has successfully completed the sale of its Styrodur business to Bachl. The transaction was completed with effect from June 30, 2025 and the deal also includes the brand Styrodur.

Under an agreement signed between Total Energies and Data4, Total Energies will be supplying renewable electricity to Data4’s data centers in Spain for a period of 10 years. The deal will represent a total volume of 610 GWh.

With everything changing around us right from the way we secure our knowledge, to communicating with people to the way the workforce across industries is being made to upgrade their existing skill sets to take on more productive tasks, one thing is certain: Change is constant. Smart technologies like Augmented Reality have not only entered the workforce but are transforming the workforce like never before.

Hidrogenii, the joint venture between Olin and Plug Power, has recently announced that it has commissioned a 15 TPD hydrogen liquefaction plant in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, USA.

With an aim to slash energy consumption, improve production flexibility, and enhance overall process efficiency for the producers, Novonesis and Thyssenkrupp Uhde have launched an enzymatic fat-splitting process for scalable and more sustainable fatty acid production.

Beijing Shougang International Engineering Technology pilots BIM workflows to deliver a seawater desalination project for Wanhua Chemical. The engineering company made use of Bentley’s open applications to shorten design by 50 % while supporting intelligent plant operations.

There have been many incidents around the world where a fire or an explosion has occurred at an industrial plant, leading to loss of money, productivity and even life. To curb such accidents from happening again, industry players opt for solutions that are explosion-proof or flameproof as it significantly reduces and even eliminates the likelihood of a dangerous catastrophe.

The expansion of Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials’ custom electrolyte facility has successfully been completed for lithium-ion and other battery chemistries in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, thus, increasing the site production capacity by roughly 300 %.

Asahi Kasei has divested its lead battery separator business – Daramic to Kingswood Capital Management. The Daramic business transfer closed on December 1, 2025.

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.