Case Study: The German Chemical Society builds a scalable app for 30,000+ chemists with Hygraph

GDCh develops an app for more than 30,000 chemists

The German Chemical Society (GDCh) needed to build a multi-platform application to provide unified digital access to its vast scientific resources for over 30,000 members. Their challenges included federating content from numerous disparate sources and distributing it to a diverse audience across many devices with a limited budget. They partnered with Hygraph, using its headless content platform, to serve as the central content hub.

Hygraph’s API-first approach and content federation capabilities enabled GDCh’s development partner to create a high-performance, hybrid application. The solution, powered by microservices and a modern cloud infrastructure, required zero planned maintenance hours per month. The successful implementation resulted in an app that serves over 30,000 registered users and unifies content from more than eight different sources, providing a future-proof foundation for GDCh's digital strategy.

The German Chemical Society