As part of the global Marketing & Sales conference and the site's 50th anniversary, BYK Additives & Instruments is today officially opening its new lab building in Wesel, Germany.
Inside of two years' building activity, 8,000m2 of lab space and 130 jobs have been created.
Since end of 2011, some 80 lab staff have already been working there, primarily on developing innovative additives for plastics applications.
Novo Nordisk announced a global workforce reduction of approximately 9,000 positions to streamline operations and reinvest DKK 8 billion (€1 billion) in growth opportunities for diabetes and obesity treatments.
Carbon black manufacturer Orion Engineered Carbons plans to rationalize production lines in North and South America and EMEA.
Building on the April 2025 announcement, Dow will take actions across its three operating segments to support European profitability, resulting in the closure of sites in Germany and the UK.
The German Chemical Industry Association (VCI) welcomes the fact that Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and US President Donald Trump have averted the danger of a trade war for the time being.
