CustomCells secures its future with new investors

New investors secure development and production of state-of-the-art battery cells at the technology cluster in Itzehoe

The investor process for the insolvent CustomCells Group has been completed. As announced by the insolvency administrator Dr. Malte Köster (law firm WILLMERKÖSTER), an agreement to acquire the specialist for battery cell technology has been concluded with a consortium of industry-related family ...

Finalists Announced for the ISC3 Innovation Challenge 2025 on “Sustainable Chemistry & Climate Change”

Ready, set, here are the Changemakers!

The finalists of the €25,000 6th ISC3 Innovation Challenge – dedicated to innovations in Sustainable Chemistry and Climate Change – have been selected! After a rigorous evaluation process, an internationaljury of 36 experts from diverse and relevant fields identified the ten most promising ...

Cellulose instead of Crude Oil: Sustainable Foams Developed

An international research team has developed certified biodegradable and recyclable multi-purpose foams

Foams have numerous possible potential applications, for example ranging from the automotive, household and mechanical engineering sectors to leisure and sports applications. Until now, it has been common practice to produce these materials from crude oil, which negatively impacts their ...

From reactor design to the printed schnitzel

KIT selects the best innovations: ReacTUNE - a software tool for designing reactor geometries - wins the NEULAND Innovation Competition 2025

Completes months of work in under an hour: ReacTUNE, new software from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), automatically calculates the optimum geometry for chemical reactors and generates directly usable files for their production using the 3D metal printing process. At this year's ...

Edible algae-based cups, designed to reduce plastic waste at sporting events

JUGEND GRÜNDET National Finals 2025: ALTANA Special Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Student Duo from Heilbronn

More energy for athletes, less plastic waste in the environment – that is the goal of Maximilian Schmidt and Nico Wittmann, students at the Freie Josef-Schwarz-Schule in Heilbronn. With their business idea “AlgaSprint,” the two young innovators participated in the nationwide student competition ...

ETH spin-offs sweep the board at Venture Awards

Six spin-offs of ETH Zurich were among the 18 finalists in this year’s Venture Awards. Three of them won in their respective categories, and three came in second. The Grand Prize went to spin-off MyNerva. The MedTech company MyNerva clinched the Grand Prize worth CHF 150,000 at the Venture Awards ...

All good things come in threes: Dyphox is back

The Dyphox brand has taken off for the third time at BioPark Regensburg. After two false starts, the new beginning was successful with a fresh vision and expanded solutions. This was also successful because new investors are still convinced of the product and the core team persevered through a ...

Start-up wants to build the world's first stellarator-based fusion power plant in the 2030s

Proxima Fusion raises €130M Series A: “Fusion energy is entering a new era—moving from lab-based science to industrial-scale engineering”

Europe’s fastest-growing fusion startup unlocks funding to advance commercial fusion technology and secure energy resilience for the continent. Proxima Fusion, Europe’s fastest-growing fusion energy startup, announced the close of a €130 million ($150 million) Series A funding round—marking it ...

Europe’s largest e-Fuel production plant goes into operation

INERATEC opens ERA ONE

The German cleantech company INERATEC officially inaugurated ERA ONE, a Power-to-Liquid plant for the production of e-Fuels and e-Chemicals that will usher in a new era of sustainable mobility. The plant in Frankfurt-Höchst is the largest of its kind in Europe and will produce up to 2,500 tonnes ...

Sustainable Chemistry Changemakers: The Road Ahead

INNOVERDA: From ISC3 Start-up of the Month to Innovation Driver in the French Pharmaceutical Industry

In November 2019, INNOVERDA was recognized by the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3) for its contribution to Sustainable Chemistry, becoming the third Start-up of the Month out of more than 60 featured start-ups to date. Founded in 2017, the French Start-up has ...