Industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation has reached an agreement with Saturn Electronics & Engineering to purchase its fuel components division.

The Danish government has approved a €5.1bn (£4.3bn) project to build an underwater tunnel that will link Denmark and Germany.

Kingston University and the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos are to conduct studies into how fluids behave in microgravity.

Specialty materials producer Rohm and Haas plans to build a new manufacturing facility in the Moscow region.

Plymouth University spin-out Fieldwork Robotics is working with Bosch to develop a robot that harvests soft fruit and vegetables.

NextEnergy Capital is financing turnkey solar system supplier Enerqos to construct four solar farms in Apulia, Italy.

Fresenius Medical Care, the world’s largest provider of dialysis products, is to acquire the Renal Care Group for $3.5 billion.

Manufacturers are upbeat about demand over the next three months, even though orders stayed unchanged in the quarter to July.

 With engineers dreaming up increasingly intricate designs, software for 3D printing is beginning to fall short of expectations.

Researchers at Cranfield University are working with engineers at Sphere Medical Holding to develop a drug sensor.