The Engineer
16 November 2001
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Chemical sector secures shifts on proposed rules
22 Nov 2001
Europe's chemical industries last week welcomed European Parliament backing for industry-led amendments to EU proposals on regulating chemicals.
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'Freak explosion' at fault
22 Nov 2001
An explosion deep within the molten core of a blast furnace at the Corus Port Talbot plant could have been to blame for the accident which showered superheated metal over nearby workers.
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High-frequency electronic simulation
22 Nov 2001
Ansys has launched a new high-frequency electromagnetic analysis solution for the electronics industry.
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It's a question of logic
22 Nov 2001
The quest for reliable delivery has prompted car makers to restructure their logistics setup.
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Key emissions trade-off will leave UK 'isolated'
22 Nov 2001
A government scheme to combat global warming will fail in its objective to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Resin casts plastic in new mould
22 Nov 2001
An inventive Yorkshire pattern maker has developed a way to produce plastic components using conventional metal foundry sand moulding techniques.
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Semiconductor equipment industry still beleaguered
22 Nov 2001
The North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $651.1 million in orders in October 2001 and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.71.
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Turn on the full power of your assets
22 Nov 2001
As manufacturing operations increasingly become 'automated to death' the hunt for competitive advantage is shifting towards getting extra capacity out of existing equipment and processes.
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When the truck fits
22 Nov 2001
Ergonomics - the human factor in design - has played a major role in the development of modern industrial equipment.
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World events push broadband bid
22 Nov 2001
Joint European/US efforts to develop advanced broadband mobile technologies for emergency and disaster relief services are to be stepped up following recent world events.
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HLDS develops first multi-write DVD drive
20 Nov 2001
Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS), a joint venture between LG Electronics and Hitachi of Japan, says that it is the first in the world to develop a Multi Writable DVD drive.
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Conoco and Phillips - a merger of equals
19 Nov 2001
The board of directors of Conoco and Phillips Petroleum have signed a definitive merger agreement. The new company, which will be named ConocoPhillips, will be the third-largest integrated US energy company based on market capitalisation and oil and gas reserves and production. Worldwide, it will be the sixth-largest energy company based on hydrocarbon reserves and the fifth-largest global refiner.
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Gemstone opals on a chip
19 Nov 2001
Researchers at the NEC Research Institute and Princeton University have announced a breakthrough in the development of photonic band gap crystals.
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Turning to cross connect
19 Nov 2001
As telecomms carriers continue to build next generation infrastructure, they will increasingly turn to optical cross connect (OXC) equipment.
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Alstom to power Moscow
16 Nov 2001
Alstom has won a 225 MW electricity power plant order worth around 160 million euros to power a new international business centre in Moscow.
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CDT and Dow trip the light fantastic
16 Nov 2001
The Dow Chemical Company and UK-based Cambridge Display Technology have reached an agreement licensing CDT's polyfluorene light-emitting polymer technology to Dow.
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CommScope restructures fibre optic venture with Furukawa
16 Nov 2001
CommScope and Furukawa Electric are to restructure their previously announced joint venture arrangements relating to Lucent Technologies' fibre optic cable business.
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Fuel saving is electrifying
16 Nov 2001
Delphi has recently demonstrated fuel economy improvements of 10 to 15% in a sports utlility vehicle using an integrated starter-generator (ISG).
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Motorola subsidiary to commercialise new technology
16 Nov 2001
Motorola has taken steps to commercialise its new compound semiconductor on silicon technology by creating a wholly-owned subsidiary called Thoughtbeam.
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Preserving the quality of touchtone signals
16 Nov 2001
NMS Communications has developed an innovative technique for transmission of dual tone multi-frequency (DTMF) signals in voice over IP (VoIP) applications.
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Turnkey trams worth 62 million Euro
16 Nov 2001
A consortium led by Siemens has won a turnkey contract to build the first two tram lines in Verona in addition to suppling its Combino type low-floor light rail vehicles.
