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Shilpa opens bioconjugation site

1 month ago | specchemonline.com | Andrew Warmington

Indian CDMO Shilpa Biologicals has opened a dedicated bioconjugation alongside its commercial biologics manufacturing facility in Dharwad. This is currently undergoing validation and is expected to begin onboarding client programmes by September. The new suite is built to support the manufacture of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and other advanced bioconjugates. It includes 200L single-use bioconjugation reactors and a lyophilisation capacity of up to 65 kg.
Partnership in Prussian blue

Mar 12, 2025 | specchemonline.com | Andrew Warmington

Czech firm Draslovka has formed an R&D partnership with Natron Energy to develop and produce Prussian blue material required for its proprietary sodium-ion battery technologies. The agreement envisages a layered scope of co-operation across Draslovka’s areas of expertise, using its research, production and logistics capabilities on both sides of the Atlantic.
Rainbow invests in US

Mar 12, 2025 | specchemonline.com | Andrew Warmington

Rainbow North America, the US subsidiary of a Chinese crop protection firm, has established a ‘partner production centre’ at Champaign, Illinois, in the heart of the Midwestern agricultural sector. This will begin with a renovation and construction activities on a 12-hectare campus and will continue with multi-phase expansion. Production operations will be in place to support the 2026 growing season.
Axplora expands ADC payloads

Mar 12, 2025 | specchemonline.com | Andrew Warmington

Submitted by: Andrew Warmington CDMO Axplora has opened a GMP workshop at its Le Mans site to make payloads for ADCs. Features include three Hastelloy reactors with a production range of 30-200 L, plus space for a fourth, and a dedicated Hastelloy filter dryer for high-level containment and safety. It can produce batches of up to 1.5 kg. This is part of the France 2030 programme.
Heubach buy completed

Mar 12, 2025 | specchemonline.com | Andrew Warmington

Submitted by: Andrew Warmington Following approvals from regulators and shareholders, India’s Sudarshan Chemical Industries (SCIL) has completed its acquisition of Germany-based Heubach Group, the world’s second largest pigment player, in a combined asset and share deal. Terms were not disclosed. The combined firm will have 19 sites.
Radici sells two businesses

Mar 3, 2025 | specchemonline.com | Andrew Warmington

Submitted by: Andrew Warmington Italy’s RadiciGroup has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Specialty Chemicals and High Performance Polymers business areas to an affiliate of Dallas-based private equity firm Lone Star Funds. Terms were not disclosed and the deal should close in 2H, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
Indian owner for Senn

Mar 3, 2025 | specchemonline.com | Andrew Warmington

Submitted by: Andrew Warmington CDMO Granules India has agreed to acquire Senn Chemicals, as Swiss specialist in liquid- and solid-phase peptide synthesis in a deal that should close within 1H, subject to regulatory approvals. Terms were not disclosed. The two companies have already been collaborating on two GLP-1-based APIs for anti-diabetic and anti-obesity therapeutics, a booming area in which Granules wants to expand.
IPP leases plant to Nuol

Mar 3, 2025 | specchemonline.com | Andrew Warmington

International Process Plants (IPP) has leased a 151 million L/year precision fermentation plant in Little Falls, Minnesota (pictured), to Nuol Green Chemistry, which will use it to produce biochemicals including isobutanol and acetone. Nuol uses fermentation, low-pressure hydrogenation, esterification, transesterification and other technologies to develop biobased alternatives for industries such as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food and biofuels.
Neste Restructures Renewables Focus Amid Weak Financial Performance

Feb 17, 2025 | specchemonline.com | Andrew Warmington

During its annual results presentation, Finland’s Neste announced a performance improvement programme that will, among other things, change its focus in renewables. The company said that this was the result of a “significantly changed market environment and weakened financial performance”, in addition to a comprehensive full potential analysis that started in October 2024.
Halozyme abandons Evotec bid

Nov 27, 2024 | specchemonline.com | Andrew Warmington

San Diego-based biopharmaceutical company Halozyme Therapeutics has withdrawn the offer it made for Evotec after a week after the latter declined to engage with it. The €11/share bid implied a fully diluted equity value of €2 billion for the German drug developer. Some analysts believe it to have been driven by financial investor Triton, which recently increased its stake in the company to 9.99%.