Thermal-imaging technology housed in an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has been used by police on Merseyside to arrest a suspected car thief.
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.
