Secure communications
Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Graz University of Technology, and Austrian Research Centers (ARC) claim to have developed the first quantum cryptography chip for commercial use....
Published: The Engineer Online - 18 July 2008

Italian job
Boeing and AgustaWestland have signed an agreement for the joint manufacture of new CH-47F Chinook helicopters for the Italian Army....
Published: The Engineer Online - 18 July 2008

Natural gas transaction
BP has agreed to acquire all of Chesapeake Energy Corporation's interests in approximately 90,000 acres of Oklahoma-based leasehold and producing natural gas properties for $1.75bn. ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 18 July 2008

In at the deep end
Rolls-Royce has won a £17m order from Island Offshore to design and equip a specialist well-intervention vessel that can drill in ultra-deep waters. ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 18 July 2008

Eastern elevation
ThyssenKrupp Elevator has won contracts to supply 669 elevators and escalators for the extension of metro systems in the Chinese cities of Shenzhen, Wuhan and Xiamen....
Published: The Engineer Online - 18 July 2008

New nuclear unit at Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce is establishing a new business unit to address the global market for civil nuclear power....
Published: The Engineer Online - 17 July 2008

Students design better pipette
Four students from Cambridge University have won an award for developing a precision pipette that is easier to use than versions currently on the market....
Published: The Engineer Online - 17 July 2008

Sustainable developments
Ford is expanding its manufacturing and sales activities at flagship sites in East London to meet increased demand, using operations underpinned by sustainable technologies....
Published: The Engineer Online - 17 July 2008

Production drive
Volkswagen has announced plans to build an automotive production facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where it will produce a car designed specifically for the North American market....
Published: The Engineer Online - 17 July 2008

Early detection
A Northwestern University biomedical engineer has developed an optical instrument that could be used for the early detection of colon cancer....
Published: The Engineer Online - 17 July 2008

Plant growth
Smiths Detection recently opened a production plant in Wiesbaden, Germany, designed to meet the global demand for its advanced x-ray scanning machines....
Published: The Engineer Online - 17 July 2008

Boeing signs Air China order
Boeing has signed an order worth $6.3bn with Air China for 15 777-300ER and 30 Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft....
Published: The Engineer Online - 17 July 2008

Tidal power
The world’s first commercial-scale tidal turbine, located in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough and developed by Bristol-based Marine Current Turbines, has delivered electricity onto the grid for the first time....
Published: The Engineer Online - 17 July 2008

Aerial challenge
A team led by recently qualified engineers and scientists from Qinetiq’s Cortex training scheme has entered an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) for the MoD’s Grand Challenge....
Published: The Engineer Online - 17 July 2008

Transformer purchase
ABB has signed an agreement to acquire US transformer developer Kuhlman Electric for an undisclosed amount....
Published: The Engineer Online - 16 July 2008

JCB cuts jobs
JCB, the world’s third largest manufacturer of construction equipment, is to layoff around 500 manufacturing jobs in its factories across the UK....
Published: The Engineer Online - 16 July 2008

Ethanol production
Royal Dutch Shell has extended its commercial alliance with Iogen Energy to accelerate the development of a cellulosic ethanol production technology....
Published: The Engineer Online - 16 July 2008

Spot checks for bacteria
Food-borne diseases could take only minutes to detect with a new lab-on-a-chip device that uses a material more commonly found in the semiconductor industry....
Published: The Engineer - 16 July 2008

More backing for Meerwind
The Blackstone Group has formed a partnership with Windland Energieerzeugungs to construct Meerwind, one of the North Sea’s largest wind farms....
Published: The Engineer Online - 16 July 2008

Clean marine engine
Finnish marine propulsion giant Wärtsilä has unveiled a shipping engine that it claims will offer improved reliability, reduced maintenance, greater fuel efficiency and lower emissions....
Published: The Engineer - 16 July 2008

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