Prange Pharma has successfully completed the acquisition of MSD Animal Health’s manufacturing site in Aprilia, Italy. The site will now operate under the new name Aprilia Animal Health.

Ametek has updated its Magnetrol Pulsar Model R80 radar transmitter by introducing a newly developed solids-measurement antenna. The new solids antenna measures low-dielectric materials and maintains stable performance in environments with dust, vapor, or uneven surface profiles created during filling or emptying.

Industrial plants are increasingly using smart and advanced technologies such as autonomous drones and autonomous robots to monitor plant operations, carry out internal plant inspections, enable predictive maintenance, track emissions as well as ensure the safety of their plant personnel. Combined, these innovations could revolutionize industrial plant monitoring and safety like never before.

On February 28, 2026 the Iran-US war began, triggering the most severe supply shock ever witnessed in the global oil and gas market in recent times. The Gulf countries supply a substantial portion of the world’s energy, and with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and multiple attacks on its energy infrastructure, industry majors in the region have suspended exports of oil & gas as well as petrochemicals under force majeure.

Inox Air Products has commissioned an Ultra-High Purity Liquid Oxygen plant in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India. This move aims to strengthen the country’s semiconductor and solar ecosystem with indigenized 6N Ultra-High Purity Liquid Oxygen supply.

Under a MOU signed between BASF and Sevnce Robotics, both the companies will explore potential applications of Sevnce’s robotic and intelligent inspection solutions at BASF sites.

Phelan Green has selected Honeywell UOP’s Fischer Tropsch Unicracking process technology for its eSAF facility in Saldanha bay, South Africa. On completion, the project is expected to be one of the world’s first commercial-scale eSAF production facilities supplying more than 140,000 tons of eSAF to the EU and UK markets.

Samsung Biologics establishes company’s first manufacturing presence in the USA by acquiring GSK’s manufacturing facility in Rockville, Maryland. The Rockville site comprises of two cGMP manufacturing plants with a combined 60,000-liter drug substance capacity and with this move, Samsung Biologics’ total global manufacturing capacity increases to 845,000 liters.

Total Energies has entered into a Nuclear Production Allocation contract with the EDF Group for a period of 12 years. Under this agreement, EDF will allocate to Total Energies a share of the output of its operating nuclear fleet which will help Total Energies to cover around 60 % of the electricity needs of its refining and chemicals sites in France.

Posco E&C has awarded a contract to Thyssenkrupp Uhde for designing and supplying a new low-emission, top charge coke oven battery for the Posco Pohang Steelworks in South Korea.