The Engineer
19 January 2001
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A pre-election morale booster from Mr Byers
25 Jan 2001
Stephen Byers' announcement this week of £54m for a new Regional Innovation Fund is notable for the way in which he delivered the news.
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Chemring to buy top US decoy firm as profits rise
25 Jan 2001
Engineering and defence group Chemring is poised to become a major force in the US through the purchase of decoy specialist Kilgore Flares. Hampshire-based Chemring has agreed to spend $23m (£15.6m) to buy Kilgore from its current owner Alliant Techsystems. The two companies hope to complete the deal by early next month. Chemring announced the acquisition as it unveiled pre-tax profits up 65% to £7.1m for the year ending October. Turnover rose by £5m to £67m.
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Employers that mind the pay gap
25 Jan 2001
Employers are burying their heads in the sand over equal pay, with many simply leaving problems to resolve themselves.
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Engineering shortfall 'will hit 270,000' in a decade
25 Jan 2001
More than a quarter of a million extra engineers are needed to keep pace with rising demand over the next decade.
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EU package puts £7m behind 'next generation' web research
25 Jan 2001
The EU has backed development of the Data Grid — billed as the next generation of the worldwide web — with a £7m development grant.
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Finding a niche in the new frontier
25 Jan 2001
Volatile, problematic, but full of potential, the e-marketplace promises rich rewards for companies collaborating in the optimum trading exchange model.
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Government attacked on failure to protect workers
25 Jan 2001
Trade unions have attacked the government for failing to protect workers from large-scale redundancies.
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MoD plans new defence cuts to follow election
25 Jan 2001
A new round of spending cuts could hit UK defence manufacturers after the general election.
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Peugeot shows rivals how it should be done
25 Jan 2001
Jean-Martin Folz, president of PSA-Peugeot-Citroën, seemed to be without a care in the world last week as he inspected the group's revamped factory near Rennes.
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Probe high gas prices, OFT urged
25 Jan 2001
Energy-intensive manufacturers this week pressed the Office of Fair Trading to launch a comprehensive investigation into soaring industrial gas prices.
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Through the mill
25 Jan 2001
Paper production in the UK has been hit by a succession of blows, most recently the exchange rate and the price of fuel. But now, the industry is fighting back.
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Tyre sector woes trigger top study
25 Jan 2001
Rubber and tyre producers in the UK will be the subject of a government competitiveness study, following recent job losses in the sector. The three-month study, announced by trade minister Richard Caborn, will consider cuts in production and how manufacturers have been hit by global consolidation.Earlier this month Goodyear announced it would axe 500 jobs at its Wolverhampton plant, which was said to be struggling against a strong pound and cheap imports from the Far East.
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Corning to buy Tropel Corporation for $190 million
24 Jan 2001
Corning has reached an agreement to acquire 100% of the stock of Tropel Corporation in a transaction valued at approximately $190 million.
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Magnetic sensor spells relief for acid stomach
24 Jan 2001
Do you sufferer from stress-related gastroesophageal reflux disease? If you do then you will be more than interested in a new wireless, remote query sensor that could help you out.
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Solectron acquires Centennial Technologies for US$108 million
24 Jan 2001
Solectron Corporation and Centennial Technologies have entered into a definitive merger agreement for Solectron to acquire Centennial.
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Access and MontaVista to deliver embedded Linux Browser
23 Jan 2001
MontaVista Software and Access have formed an alliance to pursue joint development and marketing activities.
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Alcatel to supply broadband network for 65 Million Euro
23 Jan 2001
Callino, the Swiss service provider, has selected the Alcatel LMDS (local multipoint distribution service) solution for deployment throughout Switzerland.
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Automotive multimedia standards debut
23 Jan 2001
The Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration has released the world's first automotive multimedia specifications for in-vehicle electronic devices and services.
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Ionomers say hello to fuel cells
23 Jan 2001
Ballard and Victrex are to collaborate on the development of Victrex´s proprietary ionomer for use in Ballard fuel cells.
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A question of semantics
22 Jan 2001
Invention machine has developed software that takes the pain out of the information overload – Jon Excell explains.
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Ice buildup meets its match
22 Jan 2001
Imagine never having to scrape your windscreen or defrost your freezer again. Or never having to worry about ice buildup on an aeroplane wing…
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Digital audio and video couple on the DVI link
19 Jan 2001
Silicon Image is bringing high-definition (HD) Hollywood studio content directly to consumers with the introduction of audio capability on the (DVI) link.
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Northwest Airlines to acquire Airbus
19 Jan 2001
Northwest Airlines is to acquire 24 Airbus A330-300 aircraft, 20 Boeing B757-300 aircraft, two B747-400s and six A319s.
