BASF has announced that it is to establish a systems house for polyurethane specialties in Bangpoo, Thailand.

Fingerprint-recognition technology developed at Warwick University is being put to use on building sites in the UK.

Rolls-Royce has won a £50m contract to deliver deck machinery for four large anchor handlers for Edison Chouest Offshore.

Siemens Energy is to build a combined cycle power plant in Tessenderlo, Belgium for the independent power producer T-Power.

Omega Engineering is pleased to announce its latest publication, the “Complete Measurement, Control and Automation Handbook & Encyclopaedia”.

Intelsat has announced that it is to acquire PanAmSat Holding Corporation for $25 per share in cash, or $3.2 billion.

A new method of producing biodiesel from microalgae aims to overcome some of the previous drawbacks of the fuel.

Lockheed Martin has been awarded $101 million to produce acoustic processing and display systems for the US Navy.

Royal Philips Electronics has agreed to acquire Italy-based Luceplan, a leading consumer-luminaires company in Europe’s lighting-design arena.

A University of Queensland researcher has created a new way to measure breathing patterns in sleeping infants.