The Engineer
9 March 2001
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BAE hits out at monopoly charge
15 Mar 2001
The government must decide if it wants the UK to have a defence industry in the future, BAE Systems warned this week.
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Ballscrew or actuator?
15 Mar 2001
On the face of it, an off-the-shelf housed linear actuator is always going to be a better buy than a bare ballscrew because all the mounting engineering work is done.
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CAD viewers broaden their horizons
15 Mar 2001
The line between CAD viewers and CAD collaboration, once thick, is thinning rapidly.
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Companies not ready for single currency
15 Mar 2001
Less than a quarter of engineering firms support UK membership of the single currency within the next five years, according to research published yesterday.
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Cool moulding targets hot spots
15 Mar 2001
A strategic alliance recently announced by Bayer AG and Innova may soon be improving the productivity of injection moulding operations.
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EEF joins attack on partnerships
15 Mar 2001
Employers and unions have attacked government efforts to foster partnerships in industrial relations, describing the initiative as vague and under-funded.
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Europe heads for damaging skills shortage as IT booms
15 Mar 2001
Europe is facing an IT skills shortage which could stall the growth of e-business and damage the continent's economy, a leading research body has warned.
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Firms still complacent on security
15 Mar 2001
Companies are leaving their IT and e-business networks dangerously exposed because they have no regular policy for reviewing or upgrading their security procedures.
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Gender pay gap is taken to task
15 Mar 2001
Unequal pay between women and men continues to hurt individuals and the national economy.
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Government backs Europe green car scheme
15 Mar 2001
The prime Minister and motor industry representatives this week agreed to implement European car recycling legislation in an 'industry-friendly' way.
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Handle with care
15 Mar 2001
The packaging industry is facing threats to its competitiveness on several fronts, depressing share prices and leaving companies vulnerable to foreign takeovers.
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Honing in on the future
15 Mar 2001
Cheltenham based Apperley Honing can polish the inside of an oval tube to a surface finish of 0.15mm Ra
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Industry calls for early Euro decision
15 Mar 2001
The next government must remove uncertainty over UK membership of the Euro, says a joint election 'manifesto' from manufacturing industry.
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Lend me your ears
15 Mar 2001
Techniques developed in the auto-industry allow engineers to orchestrate machinery sounds to the 'taste' of the user.
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Must you use metal?
15 Mar 2001
There are many reasons to consider plastic gears whether you're working on a medical system, semiconductor equipment, or handheld tool.
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Pipes sold to the Saudis
15 Mar 2001
Owens Corning is to sell nearly all of its Engineered Pipe Systems business to the Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company.
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Steering with four wheels
15 Mar 2001
Quadrasteer is a new electronic four-wheel steering system from Delphi Automotive Systems.
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Suppliers join buyers in mutual exchange
15 Mar 2001
Twelve major airlines and aerospace manufacturers have unveiled Cordiem, the B2B online exchange formed by the merger of two buyer- and supplier-led ventures.
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Taking the energy bull by the horns
15 Mar 2001
High fuel costs, plus the approach of the Climate Change Levy makes efficient energy practice imperative.
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US joins Yorkshire aerospace race
15 Mar 2001
Boeing has teamed up with Sheffield University to invest in a £15m aerospace research centre to be built on the former South Yorkshire coalfields.
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Vauxhall staff opt out of 'crisis-ridden' industry
15 Mar 2001
Workers at Vauxhall's Luton plant in the UK have had enough of the crisis-hit car industry and would rather take redundancy packages than jobs.
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Aerials can be friendly too
14 Mar 2001
New mobile telecommunications base station antennas that are safer, less unsightly and more cost-effective to install than conventional systems are under development.
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Cameras for wireless devices
14 Mar 2001
LightSurf Technologies is developing a series of miniaturised, embeddable digital imaging solutions with wireless communications capabilities. The first of these embeddable products will be a miniature digital camera module smaller than a sugar cube.
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Game Boy makes sewing fun
14 Mar 2001
You've used a Nintendo Game Boy to zap aliens and rescue princesses. Now you can use it to stitch patterns and make buttonholes.
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Lucent pursuing 'strategic alternatives' for optical fibre business
14 Mar 2001
Lucent Technologies is reviewing selling its Optical Fiber Solutions business or forming a joint venture.
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Board to backplane electrical connector
13 Mar 2001
Tyco Electronics has developed a new high-speed, differential, board to backplane electrical connector for the telecommunications and computer industries.
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Feeling the pressure
13 Mar 2001
Foxboro have released a new range of I/A Series pressure sensors designed to provide flexibility in process automation.
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IBM joins EUV LLC lithography program
13 Mar 2001
The Extreme Ultra Violet (EUV) LLC and IBM today announced that IBM has joined the industry consortium to support the development of EUV lithography technology.
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Rapidly designing silicon
13 Mar 2001
Celoxica has announced the DK1 design suite, software that enables a fundamentally new approach to the design of electronic hardware components.
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Shell Oil Company takes its message to the shareholders
13 Mar 2001
The Shell Oil Company has commenced a tender offer for all outstanding shares of Barrett rather than participate in the auction process proposed by Barrett's Board.
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Showing an improvement…
13 Mar 2001
Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers has released new regional economic figures showing general improvements in areas including earnings and exports.
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Silicon redundancy for telecomms
13 Mar 2001
The Intel LXT3008 Protection Interface Unit is a chip that enables telecomms equipment manufacturers to develop more reliable line cards.
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Double boost for green initiatives
12 Mar 2001
Green energy initiatives in the UK received a boost today with the announcement that up to £105 million will be made available from the National Lottery and the Department of Trade and Industry.
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Eaton sells switches
12 Mar 2001
Eaton Corporation has reached an agreement to sell its automotive vehicle switch/electronics division (VS/ED) to Delphi Automotive Systems for $300 million.
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Goodrich to supply landing gear for Airbus A380
12 Mar 2001
The BFGoodrich Company has been selected to supply the body and wing landing gear for Airbus' new A380 aircraft.
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Intel delivers first photomask for extreme ultra violet lithography
12 Mar 2001
Intel researchers have developed and delivered the first industry-standard format photomasks for Extreme Ultra Violet (EUV) lithography.
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Miniature valves and manifolds
12 Mar 2001
Parker Hannifin has launched a new range of miniature stainless steel needle valves and manifolds for fluid instrumentation applications.
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Things don't go well for Shell
12 Mar 2001
The board of directors of Barrett Resources has reviewed, considered and rejected Shell Oil Company's unsolicited proposal.
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More power to the paper
9 Mar 2001
Power Paper has developed ultra-thin, caseless, low-cost batteries that are almost as flexible as paper.
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Noryl PPX debuts from GE
9 Mar 2001
Noryl PPX resin combines previously incompatible particles of polyphenylene ether (PPO resin) with a base polypropylene using a new patent-pending technology.
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Ploughshares from swords
9 Mar 2001
Two projects at UK-based DERA will use defence technology to help the deaf-blind and the dyslexic.
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Version 1.5 of IPMI spec hits the street
9 Mar 2001
Intel, Hewlett-Packard, NEC and Dell Computer have announced the availability of version 1.5 of the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification.
