New Technologies

The European Commission released today a communication on ‘Boosting biotechnology and biomanufacturing in the EU’. The publication was a positive sign for the members of the Circular Choices coalition, a group of 20 EU trade associations representing providers of renewable products and energy solutions – wood, fibre-based, paper, products and packaging, bioenergy industries – supported by EU forest owners and managers.
Circular Choices coalition members gathered today in Brussels for a public event to discuss the need to sustain their sector’s global leadership in innovation as well as its role in the EU ‘open strategic autonomy’, which aims to balance security and competitiveness while limiting external dependencies.

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SABIC has been named a winner of the 2023 R&D 100 Award, a global science and innovation competition, for its innovative solution, demonstrating how the company is continuing to invest in technology and innovation across multiple industries to help its global customers develop and deliver winning solutions.

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Soul Machines, the leader in Biological AI-powered Digital People™, today unveiled "Digital Marilyn," a groundbreaking new project in partnership with Authentic Brands Group (Authentic). This innovative, interactive experience merges Soul Machines' proprietary Biological AI technology with Marilyn Monroe's iconic likeness, offering both fans and brands a unique and personalized engagement opportunity. The company will provide an exclusive first look at Digital Marilyn at SXSW in Austin, Texas, on March 8, 2024.

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Solvay, a global market leader in high-performance materials, and Shanghai Shengjian Environment Technology Co. Ltd. have signed a strategic partnership framework agreement to strengthen their business relations and expand into new markets. Based on over 10 years of mutual success in important segments of the semiconductor, FPD, solar power and other growth industries, the partners will intensify their collaboration across all fields of new product and new application development, market development, technical exchange and material supply.

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The industrial sector is in the grip of copilot fever. But corporate security managers are not always so enthusiastic. In the latest episode of the Industrial AI podcast, the hosts talk to Jens Wonneberger of Mann+Hummel.

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KRAIBURG TPE is about to launch an innovative new technology: Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) for applications in the drinking water and sanitary industry that are in compliance with the strict KTW-BWGL standard, which will become binding for TPEs from March 2025 as well. These outstanding compounds are intended to be used for seals, sealings and components such as showerheads and meet all relevant requirements in the European Union for final products that come into contact with cold water, warm water and, for the first time, hot water.

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EIT Digital and 12 other leading European education, research and technology organizations, announce the launch of "EMAI4EU" a major four-year project to train professionals in the field of emotion artificial intelligence.

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The new grade meets the automotive sector's demand for material solutions to protect electric batteries from fire hazards

Solvay, a leading global supplier of specialty materials, has announced the launch of SolvaLite® 716 FR, an innovative fast-curing epoxy prepreg system designed for a wide range of structural parts and reinforcements in premium battery electric vehicles (BEVs).

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The investment, made through Syensqo’s venture capital fund, will contribute to bring more sustainable products and processes to market

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Exclusive soil release polymer technology that simplifies formulators’ lives by eliminating the need for additional thickeners

Provides excellent extra cleaning benefits for improved cleaning power of laundry detergents
High renewable carbon content enables high-performing eco detergents

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Times change. They always have. Against the backdrop of current technological innovations – above all the explosion of new AI solutions – a more profound change in the labour market is now emerging.

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Solvay’s partnership with iCOMAT will accelerate the commercialization of their patented Rapid Tape Shearing technology

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Arkema becomes a shareholder of the start-up Tiamat, spun off from the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) in 2017 and a pioneer in sodium-ion battery technology. This investment will enable the Group to accelerate the development of technical solutions adapted to these batteries, which do not use lithium. The Group is once again demonstrating its willingness to be a key player in battery materials, offering a unique range of products adapted to all energy storage technologies.

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MOST of the 300 employees made redundant by JFN Ltd now have a new job within five weeks of the business entering administration, including four mechanical engineers who have been taken on by Forth.

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EIT Digital is thrilled to announce a strategic collaboration with the AI, Data and Robotics Association (ADRA), aimed at propelling Europe to the forefront of the global AI industry. EIT Digital is a Knowledge and Innovation Community of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union.

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Vianode, a Norwegian producer of advanced battery materials with a greener footprint, has been selected for a EUR 90 million EU Innovation Fund grant preparation for a large-scale plant to upscale innovative production of synthetic graphite.

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In a breathtaking showdown against 190 countries, Moldova's Robotics Team has once again made its nation proud by clinching the GOLD medal in the Innovation and Engineering category and a SILVER medal for the Renewable Energy Innovation Project at the FIRST Global 2023 held in Singapore from October 6-10. This remarkable victory follows the team's outstanding performance in 2019 when the National Robotics team secured three medals at the "FIRST Global" competition in Dubai.

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The Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2023 report co-published by open access publisher Frontiers and the World Economic Forum has been presented today.

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SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, is highlighting today at The Battery Show North America 2023, in Booth #2905, its latest breakthroughs in advanced polymers and specialty engineering resins for potential use in electric vehicle (EV) batteries and energy storage systems.

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The automotive industry is still in the early stages of exploring the full potential of AI in HMI as the technology develops rapidly.

The future of automotive technology goes far beyond just user interfaces

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