The University of Abertay Dundee has launched a new Eco-Partnerships scheme to help businesses in Tayside and Fife improve their environmental performance.

ABB has won orders worth a total of $40m (£26m) from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries to supply crane automation and electrical systems for three projects.

Siemens Automation and Drives and Jiangsu Beide Electrical Machinery Corporation have signed a contract to establish a new joint venture, Siemens Standard Motor in Yangzhou, China.

Smiths Detection recently opened a production plant in Wiesbaden, Germany, designed to meet the global demand for its advanced x-ray scanning machines.

Researchers at CSIRO have developed a simulator to help reduce the incidence of bowel cancer, one of the most common cancers in Australia.

The US Navy has awarded BAE Systems $24.3 million to produce additional low-band transmitter-antenna groups for the Navy’s EA-6B Prowler electronic countermeasures aircraft.

Foster Wheeler Energia in Finland has been awarded a contract by Prokon Nord Energiesysteme for a 26MWe circulating fluidised-bed steam generator to be located in Oostrozebeke, Belgium.

Scientists from Southampton University have produced a comprehensive report that identifies the UK's best locations for households to install micro wind turbines.

Engineers in the US have developed an AI-driven biosensor armband that can detect hand gestures and could be used to control prosthetics or video games.  

General Motors has reportedly reached a tentative agreement with Canadian-Austrian car parts maker Magna International to purchase the carmaker’s European units.