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Herne becomes a center for sustainable chemical research – Innovation 2045!
On July 7, 2025, a transfer center for sustainable chemistry was founded in Herne by the Ruhr University Bochum and partners to drive innovation in the chemical industry and achieve climate neutrality by 2045.
Herne becomes a center for sustainable chemical research – Innovation 2045!
On July 7, 2025, a significant step to promote chemical research was taken in Herne. The Ruhr University Bochum, the Herne business development agency “Herne.Business” and the city of Herne signed a declaration of intent to establish a new transfer center. This is being implemented under the name “Transfer Center for Innovation and Sustainable Chemistry” (ChemINa) in the Herne Innovation Center at Westring 303. The aim of the center is to develop chemical-technical solutions that will contribute to the climate neutrality of the chemical industry in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and Germany by 2045 news.rub.de reports.
Rector Prof. Dr. At the signing ceremony, Martin Paul described the establishment of the transfer center as essential for regional development and knowledge transfer. The transfer center is intended to build a bridge between science and business, especially in the chemical sector. Mayor Dr. Frank Dudda sees the settlement as an enormous opportunity for the chemical industry in the region, which is facing pressure to transform due to the challenges of climate goals. With more than 93,000 employees in the chemical industry, NRW is particularly affected, so many jobs are at stake halloherne.de.
Research innovations and Industry 4.0
The transfer center will play a central role in bringing scientific innovations from the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV (Ruhr Explores Solvation) into industrial application more quickly. Since its new award on May 22, 2025, the cluster has acted as a nucleus for innovative approaches in sustainable and digital chemistry. Prof. Dr. Martina Havenith-Newen underlined the urgency of the associated challenges and the need to prioritize the rapid transfer of basic research to industry as part of the Industry 4.0 strategy, such as the materials from News RUB mention.
The ChemINa Center will not only focus on sustainability and digital transformation, but will also serve as a model project for close cooperation between politics, science and business. This follows the Triple Helix model, which promotes an integrated approach to the challenges of the chemical industry. The city treasurer Marc Alexander Ulrich, Dr. Rachel Glaves from the Research Center Chemical Sciences and Sustainability and other stakeholders emphasized the importance of this collaboration in order to profile the region as an innovation location.
The path to climate neutrality
As part of the climate neutrality goals for NRW, there is serious pressure to transform the chemical industry. According to a current study, which also examines the situation of the chemical industry in the Rhineland, it is shown that greenhouse gas-neutral solutions are possible by 2045. Renewable energies, alternative resources and optimized infrastructures play a crucial role. The ChemCologne initiative has developed several scenarios for this and has drawn attention to the need to create fair competitive conditions in the global environment in order to support change chemistry.de reported.
The ChemINa transfer center will therefore make a decisive contribution to ensuring that the chemical industry in North Rhine-Westphalia and beyond can master the challenges of the future. There is still a lot of work to be done, but the first steps have been taken with the signing of the declaration of intent.