(IN BRIEF) Fresenius Kabi’s Santiago de Besteiros plant in Portugal has secured BSI Kitemark™ Certification for Minimized Risk of AMR in its Ceftriaxone production, confirming compliance with the AMR Industry Alliance’s Antibiotic Manufacturing Standard. Key measures include stringent controls to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Pharma & Biotech, Portugal, Science, Technology
Tagged AMR, AMR Industry Alliance, antibiotic efficacy, Antibiotic Manufacturing Standard, antimicrobial resistance, BSI Kitemark Certification, Ceftriaxone, Cristina Fernandes, EHS Management, emissions control, environmental protection, Fresenius Kabi, partnership, PORTUGAL, responsible pharmaceutical production, Santiago de Besteiros, sustainability, wastewater management, Zyad Hatquai
(IN BRIEF) Henkel has implemented a mass balance approach to replace portions of fossil-derived materials with renewable raw materials in the production of its Bref toilet rim blocks across Europe. Working with partners Moeve and BASF, the company now uses … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged BASF, biobased feedstocks, Bref, CO₂ savings, Henkel, Marjon Stamsnijder, mass balance approach, Moeve, net-zero by 2045, partnership, recycled plastic, renewable raw materials, surfactant, sustainability, toilet rim blocks, upstream value chain
(IN BRIEF) At EMO 2025 in Hall 6 (Booth I46), Schaeffler is presenting new products tailored to the machine tool sector’s drive toward automation, digitalization and sustainability. Its KLLT four-row monorail systems handle substructure errors with minimal constraint, while the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 4 000 kN, 8–240 mm, AMOSIN, automation, ceramic rolling elements, digitalization, DKFLA, EMO 2025, Ewellix acquisition, false brinelling, Hall 6 Booth I46, KGT ball screws, KLLT four-row monorail guidance, linear motion, machine tools, PWG planetary screw drives, RGT ground roller screws, rotary tables, Schaeffler, sustainability, X arrangement, YRTA rotary bearings, YRTAG, YRTC series, YRTCG, ZKLF, ZKLN
(IN BRIEF) Latvia’s finance institution Altum has signed up for the InvestEU Ukraine Export Credit Guarantee Facility, becoming the tenth EU country to do so alongside nine others. The facility, backed by the EIF and part of the EIB Group, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Latvia, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Small Business, Technology, Ukraine
Tagged Altum, EIF, EU exports, EU Single Market, European Commission, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fund, export guarantees, InvestEU Ukraine Export Credit Guarantee Facility, Latvia, Mid-Caps, Nadia Calviño, partnership, Reinis Bērziņš, SMEs, sustainability, trade integration, Ukraine accession, Ukraine reconstruction, Valdis Dombrovskis, Yulia Svyrydenko, €300 million, €7.2 million
(IN BRIEF) The EIB and ICF have launched a €100 million loan—the initial tranche of a total €200 million facility—to finance sustainability-focused projects by Catalan SMEs. ICF will use these funds to underwrite investments in renewable energy systems, energy-efficiency retrofits, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Small Business, Spain, Technology
Tagged Climate Action, EIB, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, European Investment Bank, Gilles Badot, green transition, ICF, Institut Català de Finances, Mid-Caps, partnership, renewable energy, small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, Strategic Roadmap 2024–2027, sustainability, Vanessa Servera, waste management
(IN BRIEF) CAF has launched work on a new battery-electric train maintenance depot at Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck, following February 2025 planning approval. The 90,000 m² site will be reconfigured with 14 turnout points, 3,500 m of new track, an electrified charging loop, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged battery-electric multiple-unit trains, BEMU, CAF, depot modernisation, digitalisation, emissions-free transport, Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck depot, Ibon García, Karin Welge, Niederrhein-Münsterland network, NWL, Oliver Wittke, partnership, rapid battery charging, Ronald R.F. Lünser, sustainability, sustainable rail, urban regeneration, VRR, workshop hall
(IN BRIEF) REN and ADAI’s Natureye platform—part of the Agenda Transform forestry consortium—has been honoured with the National Innovation Award for Utilities, Mobility and Infrastructure. Natureye deploys over 80 multispectral cameras on high-voltage towers to monitor one million hectares of … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Portugal, Technology
Tagged ADAI, Agenda Transform, ANI, Awards, BPI Bank, CENTRODEC, Claranet Portugal, COTEC Portugal, fire prevention, forestry digitization, high-voltage towers, infrastructure, INNOVATION, Jornal de Negócios, leadership, multispectral cameras, National Innovation Award, Natureye, Nova SBE, partnership, Predictive Algorithms, REN, rural fires, sustainability, University of Coimbra
(IN BRIEF) Kuopion Energia is exploring SMRs to replace its Haapaniemi CHP plant by 2035 and has engaged AFRY to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment and constructability study, with results due in spring 2027. This next phase follows AFRY’s earlier … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged AFRY, constructability study, Decision-in-Principle, deep percussion drilling, district heating, EIA, Environmental Impact Assessment, Esa Lindholm, Finnish Government, Geology, geotechnical surveys, Haapaniemi CHP plant, Ilkka Suntio, Kuopion Energia, low-carbon energy, partnership, Petri Turtiainen, Small Modular Reactors, SMR, spring 2027, sustainability, sustainable heating solutions
(IN BRIEF) In 2025, Philips won 52 Red Dot Awards for outstanding product design, led by the i9000 Prestige Ultra Series shaver, which claimed Red Dot: Best of the Best. This razor features an ergonomic form factor, adaptive skin-sensing, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged All-in-One Trimmer Series 3000, Avent Hands-Free Breast Pump, Avent Premium Connected Baby Monitor, Awards, Azurion Neuro Biplane, Beard Trimmer Series, Best of the Best, bio-based materials, Body Groomer Series, Cardiac Workstation 7000, Compact Shaver, CT 5300, empathy-driven, i9000 Prestige Ultra Series, leadership, Louis Kalff, Peter Skillman, Philips, Red Dot Awards 2025, seven-year warranty, Shaver 3000 Series, Spectral CT 7500, sustainability, user-centric design, UV Power Charger
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ will equip the ArcelorMittal–China Oriental Group joint venture in Changzhou with essential silicon steel production technology, including three annealing and coating lines, a reversing cold rolling mill, and twelve inductors. This installation supports the NEMM project’s mission … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology
Tagged Andritz, ArcelorMittal, ArcelorMittal Jinxi New Materials (Changzhou) Co., Changzhou, China Oriental Group, decarbonization, final annealing coating lines, foreign direct investment, generators, green manufacturing, inductors, industrial modernization, Jiangsu province, metals technology, NEMM, NEV motors, New Energy Magnetic Material project, New Energy Vehicles, partnership, Q2 2025, reversing cold rolling mill, silicon steel, sustainability, transformers
(IN BRIEF) Arkema is expanding its Singapore operations with a new Rilsan® Clear transparent polyamide unit, following its recent 50% capacity increase at the same site. The US $20 million project, due in Q1 2026, will triple global production of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Arkema, bio-based polymers, consumer electronics, eyewear, healthcare devices, High-Performance Materials, home appliances, LAURENT TELLIER, partnership, recyclable plastics, Rilsan Clear, Rilsan® polyamide 11, Rnew® G820, Rnew® G850, Singapore plant, sustainability, transparent polyamides, Virtucycle®
(IN BRIEF) bp is selling its Netherlands mobility & convenience network and bp pulse EV charging business to Catom as part of its $20 billion divestment initiative and downstream reset strategy. The deal includes approximately 300 retail stations (some with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Retail, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged $20 bn divestment programme, 2025 divestments, BP, bp pulse, Catom, downstream reset, Emma Delaney, EV charging hubs, fleet business, fuels, Jan Willem Westerhuis, lubricants, mobility & convenience, Netherlands, OK retail network, partnership, regulatory approval, service stations, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Continental is boosting the share of renewable and recycled materials in its tires from 26 percent in 2024 to over 40 percent by 2030. The company now uses silica made from rice husk ash instead of quartz to … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged bio-based carbon black, circular economy, Continental, end-of-life tire recycling, grip performance, Jorge Almeida, mass balance approach, pyrolysis oil, Pyrum Innovations, recycled materials, renewable materials, rice husk ash silica, rolling resistance, sustainability, Sustainability Innovation, tire production, ‘tall oil’
(IN BRIEF) PwC’s latest Protecting People & Prosperity report finds that 32 percent of semiconductor output will rely on copper sources exposed to severe drought by 2035, rising to 58 percent by 2050 without emissions cuts. As semiconductors underpin digital … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AI, chip manufacturing, circular economy, climate adaptation, climate disruption, copper supply, desalination, drought risk, ESG, Glenn Burm, global trade, Lynne Baber, material innovation, Protecting People & Prosperity, PwC, renewable energy, Semiconductor industry, supplier diversification, supply chain resilience, sustainability, water recycling
(IN BRIEF) Zalando and ZEOS have launched an AR app that transports users through every phase of Zalando’s fulfilment process—from receiving and stowing to picking, sorting, packing, and handling returns. Powered by ZalOS software, AI routing, and TORU robots, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Berlin, Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Retail, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AI routing, AR tour, augmented reality, bag sorter, cardboard recycling, dynamic storage, ergonomic workstations, fashion logistics, fulfilment centre, logistics, Machine Learning, packaging optimization, pick tower, returns refurbishment, sustainability, TORU robot, Zalando, ZalOS, ZEOS
(IN BRIEF) Wealth Minerals and Voith have entered an MoU to co-develop the Pabellón Lithium Project in northern Chile alongside the CIQO and other partners. Voith will hold 5 percent of Wealth’s 7,600 ha license portfolio and assist in applying … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology
Tagged battery-grade lithium, CEOL, Cerro Pabellón, Chilean Ministry of Mining, CIQO, Direct Lithium Extraction, DLE, exploration licenses, Hendrik van Alphen, Jan Lüder, lithium brine, Los Cóndores hydropower, Pabellón Lithium Project, partnership, pumped storage, Quechua Indigenous Community of Ollagüe, Region II Chile, renewable energy transition, Special Lithium Operation Contract, sustainability, sustainable energy storage, Voith Hydro, Wealth Minerals Ltd.
(IN BRIEF) Diergaarde Blijdorp’s Oceanium has opened “Living with Wind Parks,” an interactive exhibit developed with Ecowende to demonstrate how offshore wind infrastructure can support North Sea ecosystems. Featuring aquaria that simulate turbine bases as artificial reefs and tree-reef nurseries … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, Netherlands, News, Science, Technology
Tagged artificial reefs, bird and bat protection, conservation education, Diergaarde Blijdorp, Ecowende, habitat restoration, IJmuiden, interactive radar game, Kids Panel, Living with Wind Parks, marine biodiversity, North Sea, Oceanium, offshore wind energy, partnership, renewable energy, sustainability, sustainable North Sea, tree reefs
(IN BRIEF) The 2023 KfW Climate Barometer special analysis shows that German SMEs now finance 22 percent of their climate investments through public promotional funds—up three points since 2021—while promotional support makes up only 13 percent of overall SME investment. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Small Business, Technology
Tagged Climate Barometer, climate investments, climate-tech start-ups, decarbonisation, energy-efficient construction, financing gap, Germany, green transition, KfW, large-scale projects, low-interest loans, private capital mobilization, promotional funds, SMEs, state investment grants, Stefan Wintels, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) University of Helsinki researchers, with domestic and Russian partners, used genome-wide SNPs and mitochondrial DNA to chart genetic diversity in the Siberian flying squirrel. They found minimal variation in Finland and maximal, deeply divergent diversity in Russia’s Sikhote-Alin, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology
Tagged boreal taiga, conservation genetics, Finland, Finnish Museum of Natural History, genetic diversity, genome-wide SNPs, habitat fragmentation, Jaana Kekkonen, mitochondrial DNA, partnership, Pteromys volans, Siberian flying squirrel, Sikhote-Alin, Stefan Prost, subspecies, sustainability, taxonomic reassessment, umbrella species, University of Helsinki, University of Oulu
(IN BRIEF) voestalpine and VERBUND are expanding the H2FUTURE PEM electrolysis pilot plant in Linz with a new compression and purification unit and five hydrogen storage tanks, at a cost of €16.4 million. The follow-up project continues their research into … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology
Tagged compression, electric arc furnace, GREEN HYDROGEN, greentec steel, grid-frequency balancing, H2FUTURE, H2FUTURE Follow-Up, Herbert Eibensteiner, industrial research collaboration, Linz Austria, Michael Strugl, net-zero CO₂ emissions by 2050, partnership, PEM electrolysis, project timeline, purification, renewable energy, storage tanks, sustainability, VERBUND AG, Vienna Stock Exchange, voestalpine AG
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