BASF officially opened its new Catalyst Development and Solids Processing Center in Ludwigshafen, Germany, at the end of 2024. This research facility will serve as a hub for pilot-scale synthesis of chemical catalysts, enabling BASF to offer its global customers faster access to innovative technologies. This pilot plant will also be of central importance for the development of new solids […]

The global demand for robotics has experienced considerable fluctuation in recent years, with the pandemic-driven sales boom followed by a plunge in 2022 and stagnation in 2024. However, the industry is set to recover significantly, with five years of double-digit growth ahead. AI robotics, the next big tech boom, will be a huge part of this growth. According to data […]

Horeca Trading Distribution (HTD Shop), a key player in the retail and distribution market, targets 1.5 million euros in revenue for 2025, an increase of about  60% compared to the 950,000 euros reached in 2024. At the same time, the company strengthens its presence on the markets of Bulgaria and Hungary and expands to Greece and Poland via marketplaces. With […]

2024 was a good year for hyperscalers and cloud providers who capitalized on their clients’ need for access to more processing and storage due to escalating growth in data volumes.  The hyperscalers continued to expand their solution portfolios, creating in some cases almost unfathomably vast catalogues. While some businesses opt to repatriate some workloads to private or on-premise environments for […]

According to Cybernews tool Ransomlooker’s data, nearly 5,300 ransomware victims were reported last year, a whopping 26% increase from the previous year. Ransomware operators continue to prove their uncanny versatility, even though 2024 was marked by significant and far-reaching attempts from law enforcement to curb attacker activity. Ransomlooker’s top attackers Interestingly, LockBit, pronounced dead after the highly publicized operation Cronos […]