The Thames Tideway tunnel - a huge project to build a new super-sewer beneath London – reached a key milestone this week (June 20th ) as the first two of its six giant tunnel boring machines (TBMs)...

The Aviation Metals Division of Apollo Metals has been awarded the prestigious ‘Best Materials Service Provider of the Year’ award by Airbus. Aviation Metals product quality over the past two years...

Each month, The Engineer picks 10 of the most notable news stories from our Business Briefs archive. It seems 2012 got off to a ’defensive’ start, with the majority of our most-read briefs concerning...

As part of a series of articles exploring the propulsion technologies that will shape the future of key transport sectors The Engineer spoke to Hitachi Rail's Nick Hughes about the innovations that...

RS’ recently launched report ‘UK Rail - An Industry Review’ presents a current snapshot of the state of play of the rail industry. And it offers some solutions to how engineers can make the railways...

Given that there was a fire on a Transrapid train in Shanghai in August, and 23 died in a Transrapid accident in Germany last month is it cheeky to suggest that the statement made by Ultraspeed's Alan...

Rittal has expanded its range of TFT holders with a new fully height adjustable system, the CP pedestal. For lightweight operating units such as TFT monitors up to 20.1”, the new pedestal is ideal for...

Charles (Chuck) W Hull is the co-founder, executive vice-president and chief technology office of 3D Systems, whose business is based on the stereolithography process Hull invented in 1986. This was...

News editorA report commissioned by the RAC Foundation and the UK petroleum industry claims that fossil fuelled cars will continue to dominate the automotive sector for the next two decades, and...

I am encouraged by the number of articles in The Engineer regarding new ways to conserve and protect the environment. So I am amazed that on 5 November we will release hundreds of tonnes of sulphurous...