A £12.6m investment is intended to help the marine industry in Wales by increasing collaborative research projects between business and universities.

SOXAL, a joint venture between BOC and Air Liquide, recently signed a bulk gas contract with Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing for the supply of nitrogen to Chartered's 300mm facility.

Foster Wheeler Energy has been awarded a contract by Osos Petrochemicals Company for a planned new petrochemicals complex to produce polybutylene terephthalate in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

Rolls-Royce and a Singaporean consortium of companies are to invest $100 million in developing a power system based on fuel cell technology.

The technology behind a new generation of compact rechargeable batteries could be based on holes, according to researchers from the University of Maryland

Air Products announced recently that it will construct a nitrogen trifluoride plant in Ulsan, Korea to support the fast growing Asian semiconductor and liquid crystal display markets.

Surgical Innovations Group yesterday signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce to develop instruments for use in the repair, overhaul and maintenance of aero engines.

Plans to build an anaerobic digestion plant that converts waste potatoes into electricity have been given the go ahead as part of a £1.4m investment in green technology.

Reebok has announced the development of a electronic skullcap that can measure the force of impacts to the head and reduce the risk of serious head injuries.