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.
BASF sells a majority stake in its coatings business to the investor Carlyle.
Merck to acquire the chromatography business of JSR Life Sciences, a leading provider of CDMO services, preclinical and translational clinical research, and bioprocessing solutions.
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.
