US vision system giant Cognex has sold its lane departure warning business to TK Holdings, a Japanese supplier of automotive safety systems.

The Manufacturing Advisory Service North West has introduced a service that will help companies save money by introducing lean manufacturing techniques to their products.

Toyota’s Supra HV-R hybrid race car became the first hybrid car to win in a competition in the Tokashi 24-Hour Race

A knowledge transfer network has been created to improve collaboration and knowledge sharing between organisations in the energy generation and supply sector.

LDK Solar, a manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, has contracted Fluor Corporation to help it build a new $1bn manufacturing plant in China.

A spin-off from Oxford University is developing a device that uses blood at normal body temperatures to sustain organs outside the body.

Pasadena, California-based eSolar has closed $130m in funding to help it build and deploy its 'pre-fabricated' solar power plants.

PTC has entered into an agreement to acquire Arbortext, a recognised leader in the emerging Dynamic Enterprise Publishing market, for $190 million.

ABB has won a $120m order from Kraftwerke Linth-Limmern (KLL) to supply electrical equipment for a new hydropower plant and energy storage facility in eastern Switzerland.

Roads and highways have topped the list of areas that need investment, according to the latest public service satisfaction survey, published by the Institution of Civil Engineers.