Atlantis gets Current
Atlantis Resources Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of tidal current turbines, has acquired Current Resources, a tidal current energy origination and project development business owned by Morgan Stanley....
Published: The Engineer Online - 08 September 2008

Indian X-ray aquisition
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....
Published: The Engineer Online - 08 September 2008

Praise for Parliament decision
ITM Power today welcomed the decision by the European Parliament to encourage the use of hydrogen-powered cars....
Published: The Engineer Online - 05 September 2008

Microsharp joins OLED project
Microsharp Corporation, a privately owned UK company focussed on the development of specialist optical films, has joined the EU funded, OLED-100.eu project as the only UK participant. ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 05 September 2008

Airbus agreement
Global commercial finance company, CIT Group has signed a firm contract with Airbus for a further 10 A320 Family aircraft. ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 05 September 2008

ABB has the power
ABB has been awarded orders worth $32m from Canada’s Hydro One Networks, to provide high-voltage power products for the expansion of two existing 550kV-80kA substations in Ontario....
Published: The Engineer Online - 05 September 2008

Siemens gets a lift
Siemens China has received an order from China Communications Construction Company to provide the electrical equipment for a heavy lift carrier with a carrying capacity of 20,000dwt. ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 05 September 2008

TSB project funding
The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has announced that 12 research projects are set to receive in excess of £15m toward the development of more energy efficient lighting, lasers and displays. ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 04 September 2008

Javelin Joint Venture
The Raytheon-Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture has received a $111.6m US Army Global War on Terror supplemental contract to produce additional Javelin missiles and command launch units....
Published: The Engineer Online - 04 September 2008

Developing separation technology
E.ON Energie has signed cooperation agreements with international partners to further develop technologies for separating CO2 from flue gases in three of its power stations. ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 04 September 2008

A successful debut
Bombardier Aerospace has announced that its prototype CRJ1000 NextGen regional jet has undergone a successful inaugural flight, clocking up over three hours in the air and reaching a maximum speed of 481km/h....
Published: The Engineer Online - 04 September 2008

Coach class
A consortium comprising Siemens and Bombardier has received an order worth €189m from the Swiss Federal Railways for the supply of 121 low-floor intermediate double-deck coaches...
Published: The Engineer Online - 04 September 2008

Stone washed
Researchers trial air-purifying concrete they hope will convert NOx from car exhaust fumes into harmless nitrates. Siobhan Wagner reports...
Published: The Engineer - 03 September 2008

Spanish army vehicle contract
The Spanish government has awarded General Dynamics Santa Barbara Sistemas €64.6m to supply RG-31 Mk5E mine protected vehicles for its army. ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 03 September 2008

This week in 1941: Failure of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Dramatic film footage showing the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge, known as Galloping Gertie, provided an object lesson in how not to design a bridge. ...
Published: The Engineer - 03 September 2008

Maritime research
Qinetiq and the Ministry of Defence have signed a 15-year agreement worth £150m that gives the MoD and other government and commercial customers access to Qinetiq’s maritime facilities....
Published: The Engineer Online - 03 September 2008

Extragalactic sensors
Essex-based e2v said it has accepted a contract from the European Southern Observatory to provide CCD image sensors for the Very Large Telescope operated in Chile....
Published: The Engineer Online - 03 September 2008

Lowering the load
Two trailers that could cut the number of trucks on the roads by nearly a third have been developed by Scunthorpe-based SOMI Trailers....
Published: The Engineer - 03 September 2008

Chemical creation
A new chemical technique for creating nanoscale arrays of molecules over a large surface area could be used in sophisticated sensors, catalysis and nanoelectronics....
Published: The Engineer - 03 September 2008

Foiling ID theft
A simple foil envelope that costs the same as a postage stamp could prevent the cloning of credit cards and passports during transit and use....
Published: The Engineer - 03 September 2008

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