The Engineer
23 March 2001
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Climate of confusion
29 Mar 2001
Industry claims the Climate Change Levy is ill-thought out, unfair and could even be counter-productive.
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DTI under fire despite tooling technology drive
29 Mar 2001
Car component makers are to fight an initiative they claim encourages companies to move their business out of the UK and source parts from eastern Europe.
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EU set to challenge America over fighters
29 Mar 2001
It isn't merely in the airliner business that Europe's aerospace industry is looking to assert itself over the Americans
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First-rate advice to cut your overheads
29 Mar 2001
As UK firms begin to receive business rates bills for the new financial year, there are ways to make savings.
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Galileo's new world vision
29 Mar 2001
Europe's answer to the US's Global Positioning System is expected to boost the electronics industry.
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Investors turn attention to small engineer firms
29 Mar 2001
As a result of the severe setback in the tech market, a lot of fund managers have stepped back and said, what have I done wrong?
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Odette to fight data bottleneck
29 Mar 2001
e-business initiatives by manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers could become a 'nightmare' unless better data links are established further down the supply chain.
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Outlook still uncertain as ISTC buys more time
29 Mar 2001
The steel unions' hard-won battle to persuade Corus to retrain some of the 6,000 workers due to be laid off has done little.
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PC-based plod keeps eye on crime
29 Mar 2001
Wireless security cameras could beam live images of criminals in action direct to the nearest bobby on the beat.
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Small generators fear risk penalties as Neta kicks in
29 Mar 2001
Will the new system for trading electricity in the UK stifle competition in the industry rather than encourage it?
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Think green with Ford's city scheme
29 Mar 2001
Readers of The Engineer in London might want to help Ford test out its electric cars this summer in a pilot programme on green transport.
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Tories attack Labour's new economy stance
29 Mar 2001
The Conservatives have accused the government of 'failing to grasp the realities of the new economy.'
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UK feels squeeze of US downturn
29 Mar 2001
The number of UK manufacturers issuing profit warnings is set to increase as the US slowdown starts to bite, and industry experts warn the worst is yet to come.
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A bridge for ideas
28 Mar 2001
TransBridge is a wiring topology interface between the company's TransDesign tool suite for electrical system design and SDRC's I-DEAS design automation software.
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A more colourful display
28 Mar 2001
Researchers at Motorola Labs have demonstrated a new display mechanism, called Electrically Tunable Colour (ETC) for colour reflective liquid crystal displays (RLCD).
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Hope for sore joints
27 Mar 2001
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are developing computer models of joints that could lead to a diagnostic tool for osteoarthritis.
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Laser-based breast scanner detects changes in breast tissue
27 Mar 2001
A new laser-based scanner can detect subtle physiological changes in breast tissue that may lead to new ways to detect and treat cancer.
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Your guide to UK R and D
27 Mar 2001
A new Web site that provides links to major R and D sites in the UK has been launched today.
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Hain heralds bright future for solar energy
26 Mar 2001
Peter Hain, Minister for Energy, today welcomed a Photovoltaic (PV) report on how Government and Industry can work together to make Britain a global player in solar power.
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LSI purchases C-Cube Microsystems for $870 million
26 Mar 2001
LSI Logic has agreed to acquire C-Cube in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at approximately $878 million.
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US Navy awards $59 million to BAE
26 Mar 2001
The US Navy has awarded a $59 million contract to Bae Systems for a Radio Frequency Countermeasures (RFCM) system.
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World's smallest mobile antenna
26 Mar 2001
Philips Research Laboratories in Aachen say that they have succeeded in developing the world's smallest antennas for mobile communications.
