The Engineer
5 January 2001
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A twelve million dollar suit
11 Jan 2001
Just ten thin layers of high tech materials shield the modern astronaut's 'inner space' from the ultimate hostile environment.
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Agile gears up for a major Euro push
11 Jan 2001
US-based Agile Software is gearing up for a major push into Europe on the back of what it believes will be a continuing trend towards outsourcing by manufacturers.
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BAE jobs at risk after Nimrod deal loses £210m
11 Jan 2001
Jobs are to go at BAE Systems in the wake of an announcement that the company has made a £210m loss on a contract to upgrade 21 Nimrod aircraft for the RAF.
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Blue Circle jobs warning
11 Jan 2001
Blue Circle will see job losses and parts of its operations sold off, following a take over by French building materials group Lafarge in a deal worth £4.5bn.
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Chemical sector seeks widest sweep for e-procurement net
11 Jan 2001
A major study carried out for the Teesside chemical industry has raised doubts about the viability of regional e-procurement initiatives.
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Exports to EU grow on the back of jobs
11 Jan 2001
Manufacturing exporters' orders have improved over the last year, but at the cost of severe cuts in margins.
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Feel it in the air
11 Jan 2001
Druck Limited has utilised silicon's mechanical properties in the RPT 410, its latest barometric pressure transducer.
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Goodyear sheds 500 jobs in tyre crisis
11 Jan 2001
US tyre maker Goodyear is to axe 500 jobs at its Wolverhampton plant.
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Hot tyres and hot links
11 Jan 2001
Running a race team over the web is a tricky business, especially when your offices are thousands of miles apart.
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How to stem the flow
11 Jan 2001
NyeBar films can be used to protect printed circuit boards from atmospheric and environmental contamination as they can repel moisture and oil.
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Industry disputes 'men paid more than women'
11 Jan 2001
Manufacturers this week hotly disputed claims of widespread pay inequalities between women and men within industry.
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Industry to benefit from fusion research spin-offs
11 Jan 2001
The Atomic Energy Authority is diverting resources once earmarked for fusion power experiments, and transferring the technology and knowhow into UK industry.
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It is rocket science
11 Jan 2001
Nowadays, sponsorship, plenty of ambition, a few off-the-shelf components, and a bit of know-how is all you need to build a rocket.
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Keeping tabs on the sticky issue of red tape
11 Jan 2001
Expect a good deal more discussion about red tape as the election — and a further round of European legislation — approaches.
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Lucent backbone heads for China
11 Jan 2001
Lucent Technologies has signed a US$15 million contract with China's Liaoning Telecom to increase the capacity of the provincial networks of Liaoning Province.
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Mills join call for an inquiry into doubling of gas prices
11 Jan 2001
British manufacturers are stepping up pressure on the government to act on the doubling of industrial gas prices over the last 12 months.
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NEC to divest optical and microwave operations
11 Jan 2001
NEC Corporation is to divest its optical semiconductor as well as its microwave silicon and compound semiconductor operations to a new company it will form in October 2001.
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Pace set-top boxes ready to storm US as profits surge
11 Jan 2001
Pace Micro Technology plans to conquer the US with its television set-top boxes after shrugging off component shortages to unveil strong first-half figures.
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Save heat with holes in the wall
11 Jan 2001
Porous walls that allow fresh air into a building, remove pollution from the atmosphere and save energy are being developed by research engineers at Aberdeen University.
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Smelling a fix in the gas market
11 Jan 2001
UK manufacturers have seen their one competitive advantage over companies in continental Europe leak away since the beginning of last year as gas prices rose dramatically.
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Stick to the job
11 Jan 2001
Vantico is introducing Araldite 2027, a new two-component polyurethane adhesive.
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Strike ballot as Corus talks fail
11 Jan 2001
Union leaders are to press ahead with strike ballots tomorrow following an inconclusive meeting with the troubled Anglo-Dutch steel manufacturer Corus.
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Tell me - Is it safe?
11 Jan 2001
Rohde & Schwarz has introduced the SITMinisafe, a cigarette packet sized unit that sits between the COM port of a PC or notebook and its modem where it automatically encrypts all data to be transmitted
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Twist of fate?
11 Jan 2001
You can wave goodbye to the world of Slotted, Phillips, Pozi-Drive and Torx thanks to a new fastening system which uses the same driver for all sizes of screw.
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UK debut for heavy industry exchange
11 Jan 2001
An online exchange claiming to be the first of its kind for European heavy industry plans to begin UK trading by Easter.
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UK is preferred site for Vectra, says GM boss
11 Jan 2001
Hopes that Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant could build the new Vectra were boosted this week by General Motors' head of European operations Mike Burns.
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UK is sinking deeper into the red
11 Jan 2001
The recent trade surplus with continental Europe has led some analysts to believe that the strength of sterling has not been as damaging as first thought.
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Watching your widgets on the web
11 Jan 2001
California-based Lantronix claims that its new UDS-10B embedded Device Server enables nearly any device to communicate over a network
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Iceland Telecom multiplexes with Marconi
9 Jan 2001
Marconi has been awarded a contract to expand the network of Iceland Telecom with Marconi SmartPhotoniX DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) technology.
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Chomping on Bluetooth
8 Jan 2001
Silicon Wave has formed a strategic alliance with Philips Components to expedite the deployment of Bluetooth wireless communications.
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Cold comfort
8 Jan 2001
Delphi Automotive Systems has developed an automotive air conditioning system that lowers vehicle cabin temperature and fuel consumption.
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X marks the box
8 Jan 2001
Not content with owning the world of the operating system, Microsoft has now decided to take a shot at the world of Donkey Kong.
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Cadence acquires CadMOS Design
5 Jan 2001
Cadence Design Systems is to acquire CadMOS Design Technology, a privately held design tools firm headquartered in San Jose, CA.
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Mobile phone aerial cuts radiation through head by 97%
5 Jan 2001
We could all soon be rushing to buy a significantly safer and more efficient mobile phone next year thanks to the development of a safer aerial.
