Fluor Corporation has been awarded a $52 million contract by Spain’s Enagas to install a large gas-compression station in Alcazar de San Juan.

Alstom and Converteam are collaborating to install what they claim is the world’s largest direct-drive permanent magnet generator (PMG) in a wind turbine.

Rolls-Royce has signed a contract worth £865m with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to support the Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) fleet of Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft.

Siemens expects to tap Britain’s growing demand for offshore wind turbines and create more than 700 jobs by building a new £80m production plant in the UK.

The automotive industry could make more use of high-strength aluminium alloys made from powders thanks to a new, single step advanced manufacturing process.

RMIT University researchers in Australia are using a natural biopolymer found in crustaceans to create odour-repellent fabrics for use in the automotive industry.

Raytheon has been awarded a $16m contract from BAE Systems to provide engineering, technical management services and fleet support for US Navy weapons systems and solutions.

Each year HBM produces about 5 million metal foil strain gages for end customers, in addition to the vast numbers required for the manufacture of the Company’s transducers.

This week’s video comes from Boston Dynamics, which has added gymnastics skills to the many traits already exhibited by its Atlas humanoid robot.

Guest blogA RedR trustee, Paul recently retired from Oxfam as Senior Humanitarian Representative after 36 years with the organisation. A mechanical engineer and technical teacher by training, Paul...