Degussa achieves record results in 2025 and, as a leading precious metals dealer, comments on current price volatility

Degussa looks back on the most successful financial year in its corporate history. In 2025, the company generated revenue of around CHF 3 billion, achieved the highest trading tonnage and recorded the best operating result of all time – clear evidence of trust, quality and consistency in the international precious metals market.

Sustained strong demand shaped both buying and selling activities, reflecting not only high levels of customer confidence but also strong appreciation for expert

The new World Ocean Review: Explaining life in the ocean

WOR 9 summarizes the current state of knowledge about marine biodiversity. Available free of charge, it is the ideal starting point for anyone keen to understand marine life.

Life on Earth is linked inseparably with the ocean. It covers around 71 per cent of the surface and is the largest habitat on our planet. Much of its species diversity is still unknown – and yet it is vital for human well-being. The greater the health and diversity of marine life, the greater the benefits for people

International Companies German Investments More Than Doubled in 2025

Foreign companies put EUR 96 billion into their German business, compared with EUR 43 billion in 2024, says a new study by the think-tank German Economic Institute (IW).

The report, which is based on figures from Germany s national bank, the Deutsche Bundesbank, states that, with the exception of the coronavirus pandemic, international companies invested more in Germany than German ones did abroad (EUR 86 billion) for the first time since 2003.

The IW attributes the positive balance to Germa

Important step towards implementing the European Manufacturing-X vision / Catena-X meets Factory-X: GEC and Cofinity-X realize a showcase for interoperable data exchange

German Edge Cloud (GEC) and Cofinity-X are implementing one of the first showcases for interoperable data exchange between Catena-X and Factory-X. The goal is to enable continuous, sovereign data flows across company and industry boundaries. This marks an important step toward seamlessly networked Manufacturing-X architectures in Europe.

The showcase focuses on the technical integration of two central industrial ecosystems: Catena-X as an open, federated dataspace for the automotive industry an

HMF Strengthens Its International Focus

HMF Smart Solutions is strengthening its international focus by joining the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations (in German: Ost-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft). As part of this well-established and influential network, HMF will work to expand economic relations and build long-term partnerships in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe as well as Central Asia.
The Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations is a lobbying organization recognized by the German govern

“The corridor to the future runs through the UAE”: Abu Dhabi powering the AI era with molecules, gigawatts and partnership

– Opening Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2026, HE Dr Al Jaber hails a new era of human progress, defined for the first time by computational power and digital capability
– New era will see exponential energy demand growth, with data center power requirements set to rise over 500 percent, air travel double, and cities expand by 1.5 billion people
– Artificial intelligence must be powered by actual energy, with 70 percent of energy demand still to be met by hydrocarbons
– UAE economy is structure

“The corridor to the future runs through the UAE”: Abu Dhabi powering the AI era with molecules, gigawatts and partnership

– Opening Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2026, HE Dr Al Jaber hails a new era of human progress, defined for the first time by computational power and digital capability
– New era will see exponential energy demand growth, with data center power requirements set to rise over 500 percent, air travel double, and cities expand by 1.5 billion people
– Artificial intelligence must be powered by actual energy, with 70 percent of energy demand still to be met by hydrocarbons
– UAE economy is structure

ZEISS concludes fiscal year 2024/25 with solid growth

Revenue totaled almost 12 billion euros, with EBIT at 1.552 billion euros. The segments once again presented a mixed picture. Targeted resilience measures and investments in innovative strength are the key to the future.

– Mixed picture in all four segments
– Targeted resilience measures continued
– Expenditure on research and development still high at 15% of revenue
– Current outlook challenging

The ZEISS Group concluded fiscal year 2024/25 with solid growth. Revenue increased to 11

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