General Motors announced yesterday that it is to shed 354 positions at its Luton plant, where around 1,500 employees make light commercial vehicles, including the Vauxhall Vivaro van.
NASA’s Morpheus prototype lander has conducted a successful free-flight test that saw it reach a height of 580 feet in its fastest and highest ascent to date.
Siemens has received an order from Geothermie Unterhaching to build a turnkey 3.36 MW geothermal power station in Unterhaching near Munich in Germany.
Alstom and Schneider Electric have launched a venture capital fund to finance innovative start-ups in the fields of energy and the environment.
The European Commission has told the UK government and the Mayor of London to urgently implement a plan for dealing with air pollution ’hotspots’ in London.
A new role working on an unfamiliar product prompts our anonymous blogger to reflect on the value of working in a wide range of sectors
Despite all the excitement around its use as a manufacturing tool 3D printing is continuing to develop as a rapid prototyping technology. Helen Knight reports.
A high-resolution digital camera developed by Swiss maker Seitz promises to shunt the medium-format panoramic industry out of the analogue age. Niall Firth reports.
London-based independent fuel-supplier Greenergy Fuels has awarded Cheshire project management company Projen a contract to upgrade two newly acquired sites.
Royal Philips Electronics has reached an agreement to acquire India-based Alpha X-Ray Technologies, a manufacturer of cardiovascular X-ray systems, for an undisclosed fee.
