14.05.2025 • News
Ecolab Life Sciences Opens Bioprocessing Laboratory in US
Ecolab Life Sciences has officially opened its new US Bioprocessing Applications Laboratory in Pennsylvania.
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13.05.2025 • News
Gelest Completes New Production Facility
Gelest, a Mitsubishi Chemical Group company, announced the opening of its new production facility in the US.
12.05.2025 • News
Bristol Myers Squibb Appoints EVP and Announces Major US Investment
Bristol Myers Squibb appoints Cari Gallman as EVP and invests $40 billion in the US over 5 years.
30.04.2025 • News
Petronas Inaugurates Specialty Chemicals Laboratory in Shanghai
Perstorp and BRB, subsidiaries of Petronas Chemicals Group (PCG), inaugurated an innovation hub in Shanghai, China. The laboratory will support growth in the region by increasing technical support for customers.
29.04.2025 • News
Merck & Co. Breaks Ground on $1 Billion Biologics Center in US
Merck Wilmington Biotech will serve as a launch and commercial production facility and the future US home for Keytruda.
23.04.2025 • News
Roche Invests $50 Billion in Pharmaceuticals & Diagnostics
Roche recently announced that it will invest $50 billion (€43.8 billion) into the United States in the next five years.
15.04.2025 • News
Cellasto Invests €60 million to Establish Second Plant in China
Cellasto, the world leader in Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) components, is investing roughly €60 million to establish a second plant in Shanghai, China.
11.04.2025 • News
Asahi Kasei Launches Life Science Division to Boost Bioprocess Innovation
To meet growing demand from the pharmaceutical industry, Asahi Kasei has established Asahi Kasei Life Science to operate its bioprocess businesses under a new organizational structure.
10.04.2025 • News
Novo Nordisk Invests $1.09 Billion in Brazil
Novo Nordisk continues its sizeable manufacturing investments to meet increasing drug demands.
09.04.2025 • News
Solvay Expands Rare Earths Production in Europe
Solvay has officially inaugurated its rare earths production line for permanent magnets at the La Rochelle facility, marking a significant milestone in the Group’s commitment to meeting Europe’s strategic goals.
07.04.2025 • News
Boehringer Ingelheim Opens New R&D Center in Basel
NBE Therapeutics (NBE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Boehringer Ingelheim, officially opened its new ADC R&D facility in Basel.
01.04.2025 • News
Covestro to Launch Automated Lab for Coatings and Adhesives Development
New facility will focus on crosslinkers and binders, with the potential to test tens of thousands of formulations per year. Digitalization and automation enable data-driven research and development, while networked robotics allow more efficient data generation for segment-specific application testing.
28.03.2025 • News
Vynova Alkoxides Awards Engineering Contract for New Plant
Vynova Alkoxides GmbH is beginning the construction of a new alcoholates plant at Chemiepark Lülsdorf GmbH in Lülsdorf, Germany.
27.03.2025 • News
J&J to Invest $55 Billion in US Operations
US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has unveiled plans to invest over $55 billion in the US over the next four years. This significant investment marks a 25% increase compared to the previous four years, the company said.
24.03.2025 • News
OMV Opens Plant for Plastic Recycling
OMV has announced the expansion of its innovative ReOil technology at the Schwechat refinery near Vienna.
24.03.2025 • News
AstraZeneca to Establish Global Drug Research Center in Beijing
Britain’s AstraZeneca wants to invest $2.5 billion in Beijing, China to establish its sixth global strategic R&D center.
19.03.2025 • News
Arkema Launches Acrylic Acid Purification Project
Arkema has announced the launch of its Carat Project at its Carling site in France. This initiative aims to enhance the capabilities and sustainability of the facility, which specializes in producing acrylic monomers and superabsorbent polymers.
11.03.2025 • News
Syngene Acquires its First US Manufacturing Facility
Syngene, a global contract research, development, and manufacturing organization (CRDMO), recently announced the acquisition of its first biologics site in the USA – fitted with multiple monoclonal antibody (mAbs) manufacturing lines.
10.03.2025 • News
Axplora Expands Capabilities at Le Mans Site
Axplora, an API small molecule and ADC (antibody-drug conjugate) manufacturer, is strengthening its position in the commercial manufacturing ADCs by launching a cutting-edge payload manufacturing workshop at its Le Mans site (France).
10.03.2025 • News
Adragos Pharma Commissions New Liquid Filling Line at German Site
German contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Adragos Pharma has completed a €4 million project to install and commission a new, cGMP-compliant liquid drug filling line and associated cartoning machine at its plant in Leipzig, Germany.
06.03.2025 • News
CordenPharma Expands Peptide Manufacturing Platform in Switzerland
Contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) CordenPharma has finalized plans to establish a new peptide manufacturing facility in Switzerland located at Getec Park in Muttenz near Basel. This investment is part of the company’s growth initiatives with a more than €1 billion strategic investment in peptide development and manufacturing.
03.03.2025 • News
Toray Opens R&D Center in Taiwan for Semiconductors
Toray Industries has opened the Toray Taiwan Technical Center. This new facility aims to enhance research and development in advanced semiconductor technologies and materials, and provide technical services in the Taiwan market, which plays a significant role in the global semiconductor supply chain.
27.02.2025 • News
Lilly to Expand US Drug Manufacturing with $27 Billion Investment
Eli Lilly plans to invest $27 billion to bolster its domestic medicine production across several therapeutic areas by building four new manufacturing sites in the US.
27.02.2025 • News
Arkema to Increase its PVDF Capacity in North America
The 15% capacity expansion of Arkema’s PVDF production site in Calvert City, Kentucky, represents an investment of approximately $20 million (€19 million).
25.02.2025 • News
BASF Expands Cellasto MCU Production in India
BASF India Ltd. has broken ground on a new plant to increase the production capacity of its Cellasto microcellular polyurethane (MCU) in Dahej, India.
24.02.2025 • News
Nouryon Doubles Capacity of Chromatography Media in Sweden
Nouryon plans to expand its chromatography media manufacturing facility in Bohus, Sweden, doubling the site’s capacity. Construction will begin in early 2025, and the start of production is expected in early 2027, the company said.
24.02.2025 • News
Henkel Opens New Application Center in South Korea
Henkel recently announced the opening of its new Application Center in Busan, South Korea, marking a significant investment in the global sports & fashion industry.
19.02.2025 • News
Lanxess Opens Application Development Center in India
German specialty chemicals company Lanxess inaugurated its India Application Development Center (IADC) in Mumbai.
TotalEnergies and Air Liquide to Invest €1 Billion in Dutch Green Hydrogen Projects
TotalEnergies and Air Liquide have signed agreements to develop two projects in the Netherlands, for the production and delivery of some 45,000 t/y of green hydrogen produced using renewable power, generated mostly by the OranjeWind offshore wind farm, developed by TotalEnergies (50%) and RWE (50%).
12.02.2025 • News
Fujifilm Ramps up Capacity for Semiconductor Materials in Belgium
Fujifilm plans to invest approximately €25 million to install new production facilities for chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurries, which are used in advanced semiconductors, as well as enhance existing facilities for photolithography-related materials at its site in Antwerp, Belgium.
11.02.2025 • News
First Companies to Produce at Oman’s Ladayn Polymer Park
Global integrated energy group OQ announced that three companies, representing a combined investment of $42 million, will start operations at Oman’s Ladayn Polymer Park in early 2025.
05.02.2025 • News
Repsol Greenlights €800 Million Ecoplant Investment
Spanish energy and petrochemicals group Repsol has approved an investment of more than €800 million to build its Ecoplant in the area of Tarragona, Spain. The first of its kind in Europe, the facility will use urban waste to produce renewable fuels and circular products through gasification, the company said.
04.02.2025 • News
Upperton Completes Sterile Manufacturing Facility in UK
UK contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Upperton Pharma Solutions, has completed its new sterile manufacturing facility in Nottingham, UK, expanding its capacity in addition to its existing 50,000-square-foot site at Trent Gateway.
04.02.2025 • News
Solvias Opens New Testing Center in North Carolina, US
Solvias, a Switzerland-headquartered provider of chemistry, manufacturing, and control (CMC) analytics, has opened the first phase of its 50,000-square-foot testing center for biologics and cell and gene therapy in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina, US.
30.01.2025 • News
AstraZeneca Plans $570 Million Investment in Canada
To support the move to a larger office facility in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, AstraZeneca plans to invest $570 million in Canada, creating more than 700 jobs.
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