Everyone wants hydrogen - but isn't it dangerous? After all, the gas is non-toxic but highly flammable and a high level of safety awareness is key to safe operation that protects the environment, personnel and infrastructure - so it's high time to take a look at what needs to be considered when handling hydrogen in pipeline and infrastructure projects, for example. What technology is needed to detect the colorless H2 flames? How do hydrogen leaks become visible? And what concrete steps can be taken today?

With a mega 10-million-euro investment, IFF has expanded its LMR Naturals site in Grasse, France. With this move, the company brings together more than 30 research and development experts under one roof, enhancing the firm’s ability to meet the growing global demand for traceable, sustainable and high-quality naturals.

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.

Repsol has plans to invest more than 800 million euros in the Ecoplant project. The project is expected to become the first plant in Europe to produce renewable and circular methanol from waste through gasification.

Europe’s current high energy costs, regulatory complexity, and burden along with the increasingly fragmented markets pose a long-term risk to the region’s prosperity, shares the MOL Group. For this reason, the company urges Europe to unite behind a new industrial agenda.

With an aim to accelerate localized innovation and customer collaboration in China, Nouryon has recently launched its new innovation center in Shanghai, China. The facility will significantly enhance the company’s technical capabilities with investments in testing and analytical equipment focused on high-growth sectors like agriculture, electronics, construction and pharmaceuticals.

A metaphor for an obvious, unresolved problem that everyone notices but no one talks about – that’s the famous elephant in the room. In the pharmaceutical industry, one specific topic immediately comes to mind: Annex 1. However, PharmaXchange at Bausch+Ströbel impressively demonstrated that this supposed “elephant” was not ignored here, but rather tamed – and viewed as an opportunity.

For decades, Horst Groninger shaped mechanical engineering in Heilbronn-Franken and far beyond. With his courage, technical passion, and entrepreneurship, he created a family business known around the world. Now, the founder of Groninger has passed away at the age of 86.

With an aim to enhance the efficiency of mechanical plastic recycling processes and improve the quality of recyclates, Schneider Electric and Evonik have collaborated to automate a thermoplastic processing plant at Evonik’s Essen Goldschmidt site in Germany.

KBR has secured a Feed contract from Kuwait Oil Company for Phase 1 of its heavy oil program for the South Ratqa field. The project aligns with the company’s long-term strategy and reinforces its commitment to energy affordability, national prosperity, and a sustainable future for Kuwait.