In a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $676 million, component distributor Avnet is to buy semiconductor distributor Memec.

Key environmental data will be accessible on a routine basis following the launch of ESA’s Sentinel-1A satellite.

FCC has signed an agreement with Babcock & Brown Wind Partners to buy all of its wind farms in Spain for €190m.

Qinetiq has won a £4.1m three year contract from Bluefin Robotics Corporation in the USA to deliver synthetic aperture sonar for use with Bluefin-12 unmanned underwater vehicles.

Imperial Innovations and Invesco have bought several million shares in Nexeon, a company developing technology for the next generation of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries.

Rockwell Automation has entered into an agreement to buy Pavilion Technologies, a privately held company engaged in advanced process control, production optimisation and environmental compliance...

Kimitaka Kato’s job is to ensure that technology giant Fujitsu’s new products are designed for usability by the widest variety of people. Stuart Nathan reports.

A collaboration that includes engineers from BAE Systems’ submarines business has developed the Morecambe Bay Hood, a form of PPE for staff on COVID-19 wards.

There is no physical contact with the metal sheet.