A team of rocket engineers could propel the UK to the forefront of commercial space flight.

Abercynon-based AB Connectors has won a £2m contract to supply equipment to Thales UK’s new vehicle integration centre in West Wales, resulting in the creation of 40 new jobs.

US car giant General Motors’ (GM) Ventures arm has invested $7m (£4.4m) in Newark, California-based Envia Systems to provide GM’s battery engineering team with access to its lithium-ion cathode...

ABB has won an order worth $89m (£59m) from Saudi Electricity, Saudi Arabia’s national power-transmission and distribution provider, to build a substation to ensure reliable power supplies for the...

Sunnyvale, CA-based SanDisk Corporation is to acquire Matrix Semiconductor for approximately $250 million.

EAO has added a black and white double on-off switch to its Series 44 range of industrial controls. The switch features a large illuminated central lens to indicate the status of equipment.

A new heat exchanger design is claimed to offer many benefits over more traditional approaches.

Drexel University has been awarded a $1m grant to design and build nanotube-tipped probes.

The UK’s geopolitical star had waned after WWII but its ability to innovate during the conflict pointed to a period of sharp technological growth for certain sectors in the post-war years.

A promising technology developed in Germany could be set to revolutionize future railway track construction.