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Service Control is planning to expand its Bridgend-based mechanical and electrical services business into the Midlands, and hopes to double its workforce to 100.
31-Dec-2009
Marston & Langinger has been bought out of administration by a local business consultant, securing more than 50 jobs at its Fakenham-based luxury conservatories business.
31-Dec-2009
Nviro Cleantech is to acquire Southbank, the provider of engineering services to the global energy sector, for £7.3m.
31-Dec-2009
Chloride Group has acquired AEES, the French secure power systems company with 135 staff, for undisclosed terms.
31-Dec-2009
Dyson Group of Sheffield has sold its Stoke-based kiln furniture business to management for a nominal sum, with the transfer of 70 staff.
31-Dec-2009
Begbies Traynor has sold Enterprise (UK) out of administration to a management team, securing 13 jobs at its Leigh-based sheet metal business.
31-Dec-2009
EEW Group of Germany is seeking a suitable site in Scotland to build a £27m factory to produce steel tubes for wind turbines, with the creation of 150 jobs.
31-Dec-2009
Rednal Pneumatics has been sold out of administration to management, securing about 35 jobs at its Oswestry-based metal engineering business.
31-Dec-2009
Hill & Smith has sold its Ash & Lacy Perforators expanded metals business to a management team for about £1m.
23-Dec-2009
Metroelectric has acquired Powabyke Acquisition, the Bath-based electric bicycle manufacturer, for about £1m.
23-Dec-2009
Brettell & Shaw, the Stourbridge-based manufacturer of hardware products, has been acquired by H&E Knowles (Lye).
22-Dec-2009
Fendor is planning to create up to 20 new jobs at its specialist glass business in Gateshead.
22-Dec-2009
Steelcraft Precision is to be sold out of administration by Smith & Williamson to an unnamed company, securing 28 jobs at its turbine components factory in Narborough.
22-Dec-2009
Southern Bear is to acquire IPCL, the Tyneside-based supplier of fire protective coatings, for up to £4.8m.
21-Dec-2009
PDD, the London-based product design company, has undergone a management buy-out.
21-Dec-2009
Performance Window Group is to relocate the production of Clearwood timber windows and doors from Redruth to its main site in Essex, with the loss of up to 20 jobs.
21-Dec-2009
Marine Subsea (UK) is planning to create a further 25 jobs at its Aberdeen-based subsea services business early next year.
21-Dec-2009
Howorth Air Technology of Bolton has sold its Westbury Filtermation business out of administration to a management team, securing 64 of the 134 jobs.
21-Dec-2009
Easy Fit, the Walsall-based conservatories supplier, has been bought out of administration by Indigo Products of Aldridge.
21-Dec-2009
BA Components of County Tyrone has bought BLP, the Doncaster-based furniture components manufacturer with 76 staff, out of administration.
21-Dec-2009
Lyte Industries is to relocate its ladder manufacturing business and 100 staff to a new £8m site in Neath Port Talbot, as Tesco has won permission to build a new supermarket on its existing site in Ystradgynlais.
17-Dec-2009
Electro-Flow Controls, the Aberdeen-based controls and instrumentation supplier with 62 staff, has undergone a £10m management buy-in backed by Maven Capital Partners.
17-Dec-2009
Hindle Group, the Bradford-based manufacturer of gears and engine components with 128 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
17-Dec-2009
Four Seasons Group has acquired JCW for undisclosed terms, creating a combined High Wycombe-based air conditioning and building services group with 200 staff.
17-Dec-2009
Uponor of Finland has acquired Velta UK, the West Yorkshire-based underfloor heating firm with 53 staff.
17-Dec-2009
Anglesey Council has approved plans from Grays Waste Management for the development of a biogas plant at Mona, which will create about 14 jobs.
16-Dec-2009
Northamptonshire County Council has unveiled plans to build a £2.1m household waste recycling plant in Kettering by next August.
16-Dec-2009
Dresser Mouldings of Bolton has acquired Timbmet, the Rochdale-based timber supplier with 22 staff.
16-Dec-2009
Carpenter is seeking permission to extend its foam manufacturing facilities in Glossop with 128,000 sq ft of additional space, with the creation of up to 70 jobs.
15-Dec-2009
Smart Timber Frame Company is planning to create more than 300 jobs at its timber house frames factory in Stoke-on-Trent over the next 15 months.
15-Dec-2009
Rapiscan is to relocate its Congleton-based vehicle-mounted x-ray scanners manufacturing business and up to 30 staff to a larger site at Victoria Business Park in Biddulph by June.
15-Dec-2009
Cornwall Council is to consider plans from SITA Cornwall for a new household waste recycling centre in Launceston, as part of a £15m investment in waste management.
14-Dec-2009
Jenkins & Davies, the Pembroke Dock-based engineering services firm with more than 100 staff, has undergone a management buy-in backed by Finance Wales.
14-Dec-2009
Moulded Foams has secured a £2.5m funding package to expand its polystyrene and polypropylene foam operations in Tonypandy, Scunthorpe and Cumbernauld.
10-Dec-2009
Norpe, the Finnish supplier of refrigeration equipment, has sold its Stockport-based division to a management team.
09-Dec-2009
Stadium Electronics is to create about 20 new jobs at its factory in Hartlepool, having won a £2.3m contract to supply water meters to parts of Africa and Brazil.
08-Dec-2009
Wessington Cryogenics is relocating its freezing tanks manufacturing business to a 70,000 sq ft factory at the Rainton Bridge business park near Sunderland.
07-Dec-2009
Telford & Wrekin Council is considering plans to invest £4.2m in the development of two new recycling centres.
07-Dec-2009
Phase Vision is looking to relocate its Loughborough-based 3D measurement devices business to a larger site, and the workforce will rise from 15 to 30.
07-Dec-2009
Rolls-Royce has confirmed plans to build a new aerospace factory at Vigo Lane in Washington by 2016, in order to transfer production and hundreds of jobs from Pallion.
07-Dec-2009
Staffline has acquired Peter Rowley, the manufacturing training consultancy with 45 staff in Grimsby, Hull and Manchester, for about £2.5m.
03-Dec-2009
Yorkshire Forward is to help fund a government plan to set up a £25m materials and components engineering centre in Sheffield, in partnership with the University of Sheffield.
03-Dec-2009
Amec is planning to expand the 12-strong workforce at its Tyneside-based nuclear engineering division to 26 over the next year, and is moving to a new office in North Shields.
02-Dec-2009
Rayner Interocular Lenses is seeking a suitable site for the relocation of its Hove-based production facility and 130 staff, to allow for the £100m redevelopment of the Sackville Trading Estate.
02-Dec-2009
Bartell Contract Furnishings has acquired Cottage Contract Furnishers, the North Shields-based curtains and soft furnishings manufacturer with 17 staff, for undisclosed terms.
01-Dec-2009
McMurdo, the Portsmouth-based manufacturer of marine safety equipment, has been acquired by Orolia of France for £5.9m.
01-Dec-2009
Yorkshire Water is to relocate more than 500 staff to a new 55,000 sq ft office at Clarence Dock in Leeds next February, in order to manage a £1.9bn investment in pipe infrastructure over the next five years.
01-Dec-2009
Matcon is considering plans to relocate its powder handling systems business and some of the 70 staff from Moreton to a new 35,000 sq ft factory in Bourton.
30-Nov-2009
The South West Regional Development Agency has unveiled plans to set up a £16m composite technology research centre in Bristol by 2011, with the support of Airbus, GKN and Rolls-Royce.
30-Nov-2009
Capita Symonds has acquired Multi-Tech Contracts, the engineering consultancy with 150 staff in Warrington, Bridgend, Birmingham and Edinburgh, for undisclosed terms.
26-Nov-2009
Bayer MaterialScience is to acquire PolyBioMed, the Sheffield-based supplier of polymer coatings and surface treatments for medical devices.
25-Nov-2009
Salford City Council is to consider plans from Sky Properties and Energos for the development of a recycling and renewable energy plant on Green Lane by 2012, with the creation of 50 jobs.
25-Nov-2009
NuLife Glass is to create 30 jobs at a new television recycling plant due to open in Salford in January.
25-Nov-2009
Osborne Engineering is planning to create 40 new jobs at its Cramlington-based bearings manufacturing business over the next year, as part of an expansion programme that will include acquisitions and a move into the Far East.
24-Nov-2009
TJ Group has acquired Dove Recycling, the Hampshire-based workplace recycling service with six staff, for undisclosed terms.
23-Nov-2009
Southern Water is to relocate 200 staff from Falmer, Chatham and Otterbourne to its headquarters in Worthing over the next six months.
23-Nov-2009
Biffa has won planning permission to build an anaerobic digestion plant at Poplars in Staffordshire by autumn 2010, with the creation of 15 jobs.
19-Nov-2009
Zolfo Cooper has sold some of the assets of Microtech Solutions, the Blackburn-based television manufacturer, out of administration to a management team, and some of the staff have been retained to work on development projects.
18-Nov-2009
Universal Engineering (Charlestown), the Weymouth-based precision engineering firm with 250 staff, has been acquired by Bland Group of Gibraltar.
17-Nov-2009
Big Green Book is looking to recruit up to 20 staff at its environmental business network in Oswestry over the next year.
16-Nov-2009
Earlsmere, the Barnsley-based supplier of livestock identification products, has been acquired by Countryside Services.
16-Nov-2009
A&P Tyne has won a £55m contract to build a section for a new Royal Navy aircraft carrier, securing up to 210 jobs at its Tyneside shipyard.
11-Nov-2009
Jones Bros has bought the Bangor-based gas and pumps division of B&M Solutions out of administration, securing the future of 20 jobs.
11-Nov-2009
Viridor has submitted plans to build a £180m resource recovery centre at Chittening near Avonmouth, including a materials recycling facility and an energy-from-waste plant.
11-Nov-2009
Houghton International is to create 40 jobs at its Newcastle-based electrical engineering business over the next three years.
09-Nov-2009
Quinn Group is planning to create 800 new jobs over the next three years, mainly at its Derrylin factory in Fermanagh.
09-Nov-2009
European Metal Recycling is to submit plans to build a power station fuelled by waste plastic and metal in Oldbury.
09-Nov-2009
PolyOne has sold its polymer manufacturing and distribution operations in the UK to a management team, securing 20 jobs at its site in Widnes.
09-Nov-2009
Scientific Analysis Instruments has bought Millbrook Instruments of Blackburn out of administration for undisclosed terms.
09-Nov-2009
XJF Plastics, the Chesterfield-based rotational moulding firm with 16 staff, has been sold to an unnamed buyer and will be rebranded as Shieldtone.
09-Nov-2009
Norfolk County Council has unveiled plans to develop a new £1m household waste recycling centre in Dereham by autumn 2010.
05-Nov-2009
Salem Tube International is looking to increase its 30-strong workforce to 50 by 2011, having just opened a new 70,000 sq ft industrial tubing factory in Northumberland.
04-Nov-2009
Areva T&D has won approval for the £55m redevelopment of its energy equipment factory in Stafford, including 335,000 sq ft of new offices and laboratories, which will secure 1,300 jobs on site.
03-Nov-2009
Metalysis is to create 90 new jobs at its metals technology business in Rotherham, having secured a £1.5m investment grant from Yorkshire Forward.
02-Nov-2009
Enworks has secured a £10m investment from NWDA and ERDF to expand its environmental business support service, in order to support a further 1,250 companies in the North West and create up to 240 jobs.
02-Nov-2009
Draper Tools is looking to relocate its Hampshire-based tool manufacturing business from Chandler's Ford to a 350,000 sq ft facility in North Baddesley.
02-Nov-2009
Wide Range Elastomers, the Leicester-based rubber seals manufacturer with 20 staff, has been acquired by Garlock of West Yorkshire for undisclosed terms.
02-Nov-2009
The Department for Business Innovation & Skills is to provide £40m of funding for a new manufacturing technology centre due to open in Coventry in 2011, in a partnership between a number of universities, companies and development agencies that will create 150 jobs.
29-Oct-2009
Wickman Group of Coventry has bought the precision engineering product line of Tangi-Flow out of administration for undisclosed terms.
29-Oct-2009
AvMan Engineering is looking to create up to 40 jobs at its new aircraft maintenance business at Kent International Airport by the end of the year.
29-Oct-2009
Plastic Engineering, the Leamington-based injection moulder with 100 staff, has been bought out of administration by Urbis Canalside.
29-Oct-2009
J&A Young is to relocate its Jayplas plastics recycling business from Rutland to Corby next year, with the creation of between ten and 100 jobs.
28-Oct-2009
Fuda-Hobart Rose is to create 20 new jobs at its furniture factory in North Shields by the end of the year.
27-Oct-2009
WH Davis, the Mansfield-based manufacturer of railway wagons, has undergone a management buy-out.
26-Oct-2009
Pipeline Engineering, the North Yorkshire-based pipeline services company with 175 staff, has been acquired by Circor International of the US for undisclosed terms.
26-Oct-2009
Pinetum Manufacturing has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing 107 jobs at its furniture manufacturing business in Warminster.
26-Oct-2009
Nacelle Systems Consultancy is to invest £0.9m in the expansion of its aircraft engines technology business in Belfast, with the creation of 13 jobs.
26-Oct-2009
Impalloy is considering plans to build a new foundry at the former Mazak site in Bloxwich.
26-Oct-2009
Daysoft is to expand the 160-strong workforce at its contact lens production plant in Lanarkshire with ten new staff by the end of the year.
22-Oct-2009
Milsom Industrial Designs, the Bath-based supplier of technical documents to the engineering sector, has been acquired by the Stockport-based division of General Physics UK for undisclosed terms.
21-Oct-2009
BSC (Diecasting) has acquired the Walsall-based diecasting business of FH Tomkins Buckle for undisclosed terms.
20-Oct-2009
Watson-Marlow is recruiting 12 new staff at its silicon tubing factory in Falmouth, following a recent £7.3m expansion project.
20-Oct-2009
IQ Textiles has been bought out of administration by ATC Manufacturing, securing 31 jobs at its Prestonpans-based waterproof materials business.
19-Oct-2009
Seton, the health and safety management firm, is to relocate its warehouse from Banbury to Stockport in February, casting doubt on the future of about 25 jobs.
19-Oct-2009
Plumina UK is seeking a suitable location in the North East for a new £2m headquarters and manufacturing facility with 20 staff, following a £30m investment by Almas Capital in its LED lighting business.
19-Oct-2009
UTD Research is considering plans to relocate its tyre recycling business away from Wrexham, unless it can secure Welsh Assembly funding to transform the pilot plant into full-scale production.
15-Oct-2009
Global Renewables Lancashire is to create 340 jobs at two new waste treatment plants due to open in Leyland and Thornton by next summer.
15-Oct-2009
Rollins Bulldog Tools of Wigan has bought the assets of the Caldwells tool manufacturing business in Cheshire out of administration.
14-Oct-2009
Rocktron has raised £30m to fund the development of a new process to convert fly ash into a structural filler, and hopes to build ten plants around the world to add to its first site in Widnes.
13-Oct-2009
Carillion is to sell its Enviros environmental consultancy operation to Sinclair Knight Merz for £27m.
13-Oct-2009
CB Kaymich has acquired Syddal Manufacturing, the Denton-based manufacturer of pipe couplings, for undisclosed terms.
12-Oct-2009
Precision Cast Components has been sold out of administration by Grant Thornton to a former management team, securing 46 jobs at its Newport-based aluminium castings business.
12-Oct-2009
Linde Sterling has bought Lancashire Fork Truck Services, the Oldham-based forklift truck hire firm with about 20 staff, out of administration for undisclosed terms.
12-Oct-2009
Dams International has been bought out of administration by a management team backed by Venture Finance, saving 72 jobs at its Merseyside-based furniture business.
08-Oct-2009
Frank Hudson is to relocate its furniture manufacturing business and 20 staff from High Wycombe to Worminghall.
08-Oct-2009
JK Environmental has been bought out of administration by its managing director, securing 90 jobs at its Royston-based waste processing business.
07-Oct-2009
Brammer is to raise £35m in a share placing, in order to reduce debt and fund the expansion of its Wythenshawe-based industrial products business.
07-Oct-2009
AEI Compounds is to relocate its plastic compounds factory and up to 57 staff from Gravesend to Sandwich over the next few months.
07-Oct-2009
Thames Water is to relocate 135 jobs from its Operations Customer Centre in Swindon to Reading next April.
07-Oct-2009
West Sussex County Council has approved plans to expand waste recycling at Northwood Farm in Climping from 9,500 to 25,000 tonnes a year.
06-Oct-2009
Johnson Matthey has acquired the assets of Applied Utility Systems, the US-based supplier of catalytic reduction systems with 20 staff, from Catalytic Solutions for up to £6m.
05-Oct-2009
Hamworthy has acquired Krystallon, the West Sussex-based supplier of marine exhaust sulphur emissions reduction technology, for an initial £1m.
01-Oct-2009
Leyland Rubber Components is linking up with Polymer Recyclers of South Yorkshire to set up a small research laboratory at its site in Leyland.
30-Sep-2009
Mosleys is to invest £10m in the expansion of its waste disposal business in North Yorkshire over the next two years, including a new £8m anaerobic digester and the creation of 20 jobs.
30-Sep-2009
BSS is planning to open up to ten more heating and plumbing outlets over the next six months.
29-Sep-2009
Wedgwood is to set up a 127,000 sq ft tableware distribution centre at ProLogis Park in Stafford.
28-Sep-2009
BAe Systems has acquired the remaining 45% stake in shipbuilder BVT Surface Fleet from VT Group for £346m.
28-Sep-2009
Stirling Moulded Composites has submitted plans to relocate its Accrington-based plastic products business and 24 staff to Shuttleworth Mead, near Padiham.
28-Sep-2009
Alert Fire & Security is seeking permission to expand its office, workshop and storage facilities in Burnley, with the creation of 14 jobs.
28-Sep-2009
European Metal Recycling has acquired Sunderland Metal Company, the Sunderland-based metal merchant with 12 staff, for undisclosed terms.
28-Sep-2009
Thames Water is to set up a 43,000 sq ft operations management office at Green Park in Reading.
28-Sep-2009
Aero Inventory UK is to set up a 72,000 sq ft aerospace components warehouse at The Hub in Braintree.
28-Sep-2009
Connectix is to open a 33,800 sq ft cabling systems warehouse at The Hub in Braintree.
28-Sep-2009
Makin Metal Powders is to be sold out of administration by KPMG to a consortium of former directors, securing 41 jobs in Rochdale.
24-Sep-2009
Biffa has agreed a £30m deal with Stadler of Germany and TiTech of Norway to build three recycling plants at sites in Manchester, the Midlands and the South East.
23-Sep-2009
BTS Fabrications is to expand its cladding fabrication business in County Durham, including an investment in new equipment and the creation of 22 jobs.
22-Sep-2009
Prodrill Engineering has undergone a £2.2m management buy-out from Aberdeen-based Sovereign Oilfield Group.
21-Sep-2009
Ring Lighting of Leeds has merged with Salford-based Trident, in order to create a combined domestic lighting firm called Associated Lighting Group with turnover of £35m.
21-Sep-2009
TES is planning to create a further 15 jobs in Cookstown by 2010, following a recent £4.4m investment in its water and waste treatment systems business.
21-Sep-2009
Chemring is to acquire Hi-Shear Technology Corporation, the US defence systems manufacturer, for £80m.
17-Sep-2009
MB Aerospace is looking to expand the 40-strong workforce at its factory in Burnley, having won a £18m contract to supply torpedo and desk launch systems to Boeing.
16-Sep-2009
Areva T&D is to invest £12m in the expansion of its power transformers factory in Stafford, which could create dozens of new jobs.
15-Sep-2009
SITA UK is linking up with Monmouth-based Cyclamax to develop six waste gasification and recycling resource parks across the country, including sites in Avonmouth, Chesterfield, Dagenham and Derby.
14-Sep-2009
Chenalord, the Chesterfield-based precision engineering firm, has been acquired by Hornell Holdings.
14-Sep-2009
Viridor has unveiled proposals to build a £180m waste incinerator and recycling plant at Lee Mill in South Devon, which would create 40 jobs.
14-Sep-2009
Veolia Environmental Services has won planning permission from Southwark Council to build a mechanical biological treatment facility in London by 2011, as part of a £665m waste contract.
10-Sep-2009
Moog of the US is to acquire the GE Aviation aircraft components factory in Wolverhampton, which employs about 470 staff.
09-Sep-2009
Logo X of Trafford Park has acquired Stewart Russell Associates, the Birmingham-based promotional goods supplier.
07-Sep-2009
Abfad of Sunderland is looking to set up a new factory in the North East to manufacture a new device for the painting of ships, which will create about 20 jobs.
07-Sep-2009
Grange Fencing has acquired the assets of Metpost, the Hartlepool-based manufacturer of fence accessories, from Expamet Building Products for undisclosed terms.
03-Sep-2009
Danwood has acquired Algebra, the Cardiff-based office equipment supplier with 45 staff, for undisclosed terms.
03-Sep-2009
Cleeve Technology of Canada is planning to expand the 16-strong workforce at the new Swindon headquarters of its electrical interconnect solutions business over the next few months.
31-Aug-2009
Viridor has acquired the paper recycling operations of Trafford Park-based Waste Management out of administration, securing the future of 22 jobs.
31-Aug-2009
Spirax-Sarco Engineering has acquired the MASO and SINE operations in Germany for £22m, in order to expand its Watson-Marlow Pumps division.
31-Aug-2009
Lincat of Lincoln has sold Mercury Appliances, the domestic range cooker manufacturer, to Aga Rangemaster for £0.4m.
27-Aug-2009
Ballast Phoenix has won planning permission to build a plant to recycle incinerator bottom ash at Veolia's Beeley Wood recycling facility in Sheffield by the end of the year.
27-Aug-2009
James Fisher & Sons has secured a £22m finance package from Yorkshire Bank to expand its marine services business.
26-Aug-2009
Harpers Waste Management has acquired UK Resource Management, the Teesside-based waste management firm with 26 staff, for undisclosed terms.
26-Aug-2009
Thames Water is considering plans to relocate hundreds of staff from Reading town centre to a new office at nearby Green Park.
25-Aug-2009
AS Fabrications has bought the Glentworth steel and glass balustrades manufacturing business in West Yorkshire out of administration, saving 20 jobs.
25-Aug-2009
Severfield-Rowen has secured outline planning permission to expand its structural steel fabrication facilities at the Dalton Industrial Estate near Thirsk, which could create up to 120 new jobs.
24-Aug-2009
Biffa has unveiled plans to build a £200m waste incinerator at its Newhurst Quarry site in Shepshed, Leicestershire.
24-Aug-2009
Cardale has been bought out of administration by a new company called Building Related Products Group, securing 400 jobs at its garage door operations in Durham, Luton, Brackley, Scunthorpe and Dorset.
24-Aug-2009
Sella Office Seating has been bought out of administration by The Business Fort of Lichfield, securing 27 jobs at its Bury-based office furniture business.
24-Aug-2009
BAe Systems has unveiled plans to set up a new £30m munitions factory at the former Dunlop site at Washington on Wearside, with the creation of about 300 jobs.
24-Aug-2009
Boddingtons has acquired Acorn Planting Products, the Norfolk-based manufacturer of mesh guards to protect plants with 12 staff, for undisclosed terms.
20-Aug-2009
Glen Dimplex is to relocate its Halstead Boilers factory and up to 60 jobs from Essex to its site in Prescot in November.
20-Aug-2009
Greenberg, the glazing company, is to set up a new office and call centre on the Hellaby industrial estate in Rotherham, with the creation of 80 jobs.
19-Aug-2009
Brooks Inspection Solutions, the US robotics engineering firm, is to set up a European headquarters at Barnwood in Gloucestershire, with the creation of up to 80 jobs.
19-Aug-2009
James Fisher & Sons has acquired MB Faber, the Leyland-based nuclear and aerospace engineering firm with more than 120 staff, for up to £5.2m.
19-Aug-2009
Hampson Industries has sold Hampson Aerospace Machining, the precision machining firm with 300 staff, to Darwin Private Equity for £24m.
18-Aug-2009
Aberdeenshire Council is to consider plans from Lovie to build a waste processing and soil treatment plant in Buchan, with the creation of up to 35 jobs.
17-Aug-2009
Investment Tooling International, the manufacturer of precision tools with about 100 staff in Manchester and Nottingham, has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed terms.
12-Aug-2009
Countrystyle has acquired Hythe Plant & Recycling, the Folkestone-based waste management and skip hire firm, from Jenner Group.
11-Aug-2009
Plexus Holdings is to build a new £0.5m assembly and test facility at its site in Dyce, Aberdeen, by January 2010.
11-Aug-2009
Thermacore Europe is planning to expand capacity at its Ashington-based thermal management and electronics cooling systems business, with the creation of up to 20 jobs.
10-Aug-2009
Volex, the electrical cabling firm, is relocating its headquarters from Birchwood in Cheshire to Paddington in London.
10-Aug-2009
Adler & Allan has acquired E&S Environmental Services, the Oxfordshire-based provider of fuel management and leak detection services with 30 staff.
07-Aug-2009
Lavendon Group has bought EPL Access, the powered access rental firm with seven depots, out of administration for £1.3m.
07-Aug-2009
PuriCore is to acquire Labcaire Systems, the Clevedon-based supplier of endoscope disinfection equipment and air filtration systems, from Misonix of the US for £2.1m.
06-Aug-2009
Rolls-Royce is planning to invest £300m in the development of four new UK factories over the next five years, with the creation of 800 jobs.
04-Aug-2009
WH Crossley has been bought out of administration by Redditch-based B Hepworth & Co, securing 22 jobs at its Stockport-based steel fabrication business.
04-Aug-2009
Enterprise has bought the power services division of Kearsley-based Bethell Group for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 450 staff.
04-Aug-2009
Seleda has been bought out of administration by Cornwall Glass & Glazing of St Austell, securing 20 jobs at its Saltash-based glass business.
04-Aug-2009
Gordon John Textiles has acquired Style Furnishings, the Barnsley-based curtain manufacturer, for undisclosed terms.
04-Aug-2009
Travan Precision Engineering has acquired Rory Woolf Engineering of Ballymena, securing the future of 12 jobs.
04-Aug-2009
Harvard International is to sell its medical equipment division to a consortium led by its chief executive for £10m, in order to focus on the distribution of consumer electronics.
04-Aug-2009
Gage Engineering, the Ellesmere Port-based engineering firm with 40 staff, has been acquired by Ardeth Group of West Yorkshire for undisclosed terms.
04-Aug-2009
Mitsubishi Electric is looking to expand the 420-strong workforce at its factory in Livingston, in order to manufacture a new low-carbon residential heating system.
04-Aug-2009
Business Stream is to relocate its waste water services business and up to 160 staff to Edinburgh Park later this year.
04-Aug-2009
Viridor has acquired Intercontinental Recycling, the Skelmersdale-based plastic bottle recycling firm, for £8.1m.
04-Aug-2009
Spice has acquired Agrilek, the Cumbrian engineering services firm with 120 staff, in order to expand its Freedom Group division.
04-Aug-2009
Edwards Commercial Cleaning Services (ECCS) is planning to expand the workforce at its Tyneside-based commercial cleaning business from 150 to 225.
04-Aug-2009
Reflex Mouldings, the Armagh-based plastics manufacturer, has been bought out of administration by FHS Group of Lisburn for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 70 jobs.
04-Aug-2009
H&A Mechanical Services is to create about 20 new jobs, in order to operate the government's Warm Home heating scheme in Northern Ireland.
04-Aug-2009
Eimco Water Technologies is to shed up to 20 of the 100 jobs at its factory in Colchester, and the remaining non-manufacturing operation will relocate to a more suitable site over the next year.
04-Aug-2009
Vision Support Services has bought the assets of The Desk Centre, the Birkenhead-based office furniture firm with 36 staff, out of administration.
04-Aug-2009
Selectus is considering plans to relocate its ribbon manufacturing business and 40 staff, in order to make way for a housing development at its existing site in Biddulph.
23-Jul-2009
ABCA Systems is to create up to 20 jobs at its new office in Thurmaston, having won a contract to install digital TV systems for Leicester City Council.
23-Jul-2009
Stead McAlpin has been bought out of administration by Lancashire-based R Soper for undisclosed terms, securing more than 50 jobs at its Carlisle-based textiles business.
23-Jul-2009
Yorwaste has won planning permission to build a £7m waste wood treatment plant at Harewood Whin in York.
23-Jul-2009
Biossence Polegate is to seek permission to build a 90,000 tonne-a-year waste wood gasification plant at Cophall Wood in East Sussex, with the creation of up to 20 jobs.
23-Jul-2009
Speedo is to relocate the Nottingham-based headquarters of its swimwear business and 170 staff to a 43,000 sq ft building at the NG2 Business Park.
23-Jul-2009
Connaught has acquired UK Fire, the fire safety services company with seven depots, for £12m, as well as Igrox, the pest control company, for £3.9m.
23-Jul-2009
Galiform is considering plans to open a small number of kitchen supply depots later this year.
23-Jul-2009
Amec has acquired GRD, the Australian mining and waste engineering firm with 850 staff, for £52m.
21-Jul-2009
Greenham is to relocate its Swansea-based safety equipment distribution centre to two units totalling 247,000 sq ft on the Kenfig Industrial Estate.
20-Jul-2009
Bott is planning to expand the 120-strong workforce at its site in Ashby with up to 30 new staff next year, due to rising demand to install storage equipment in commercial vehicles.
20-Jul-2009
Orbital Optics, the Oxfordshire-based manufacturer of cameras for space satellites, has been acquired by MDA of Canada for up to £3.5m.
20-Jul-2009
Biffa is to create 30 jobs at a new waste recycling plant at Trafford Park in Manchester, and a series of similar plants will be built across the country.
16-Jul-2009
Dynamic Heating Services, the Bristol-based installer of low carbon heating systems, has undergone a £1.5m management buy-out.
15-Jul-2009
Intertek is to build a new European Analytical Testing Centre of Excellence at its laboratory in Manchester, with the relocation of a number of staff from Bebington.
14-Jul-2009
Speedwell Reinforcement, the Sheffield-based manufacturer of reinforcing bars, has undergone a management buy-out.
14-Jul-2009
Herefordshire Council has approved plans from Mercia Waste Management to build a new recycling plant in Kington, in order to process up to 4,000 tonnes of waste a year.
14-Jul-2009
Denbighshire Council is planning to build an anaerobic digestion plant in St Asaph, in order to transform food waste into electricity in partnership with Flintshire and Conwy county councils.
14-Jul-2009
Howfleet, the Market Harborough-based specialist clothing supplier with ten staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
14-Jul-2009
Microdat has acquired Gimson & Chadburn, the Leicester-based supplier of brewing equipment, for undisclosed terms, and will transfer the business to its site in Sheffield.
13-Jul-2009
Crumb Rubber has secured a £4m investment from Foresight Ventures to fund the expansion of its tyre recycling business, which currently employs 14 staff in Plymouth.
13-Jul-2009
JDR Cable Systems is planning to create a further 70 jobs at its new £20m cables factory in Hartlepool over the next 18 months.
13-Jul-2009
Sterecycle has won planning permission to build a £50m household waste recycling plant at Wentloog in Cardiff by 2011, with the creation of 60 jobs.
13-Jul-2009
Essex County Council is planning to build a number of biowaste recycling plants, and will start looking for suitable sites immediately.
13-Jul-2009
Synetics is to create a global hub for its expanding security systems business on the Broadfields Business Park in Sheffield, by transferring operations from other parts of the UK.
09-Jul-2009
Turton Springs, the Sheffield-based spring manufacturer with 75 staff, has been bought out of administration by a management team for undisclosed terms.
09-Jul-2009
Elite Tooling, the Rotherham-based cutting tool manufacturer, has been acquired by Tivoly of France.
08-Jul-2009
Smiles Engineering, the Newcastle-based engine reconditioning firm, has undergone a management buy-in.
08-Jul-2009
Bakers Waste is to create 19 new jobs at its waste recycling operations in Leicestershire by the end of the year.
07-Jul-2009
Cosalt is to raise up to £20m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its marine safety business.
06-Jul-2009
Baxi, the Derby-based boiler manufacturer, has agreed terms for a £1.4bn merger with the De Dietrich Remeha Group of the Netherlands.
06-Jul-2009
BGlobal has secured a £15m funding package from Barclays to expand its Blackburn-based smart meters installation business.
06-Jul-2009
Volvere has sold Sira Certification Service, Sira Test & Certification, Sira Consulting and Sira Environmental to CSA Group of Canada for £8.6m.
06-Jul-2009
Woof Wear, the Bodmin-based supplier of equestrian clothing, has undergone a management buy-out.
01-Jul-2009
MAN Diesel has confirmed plans to set up a new headquarters for 120 staff at a new 20,000 sq ft office and 90,000 sq ft warehouse being built at Hazel Grove in Stockport in spring 2010.
30-Jun-2009
Multishades is to relocate its Bradford-based flooring samples manufacturing business and 30 staff to a new headquarters in Batley over the next few months.
30-Jun-2009
Siemens is planning to set up a new £30m engineering school at the University of Lincoln, which would eventually house up to 500 students.
29-Jun-2009
Phase Vision has secured a £1.4m venture capital investment to expand its Loughborough-based measuring systems business, and the nine-strong workforce could rise to 40 within three years.
29-Jun-2009
Hemcore has been bought out of administration by Lime Technology for undisclosed terms, securing ten jobs at its Halesworth-based hemp processing factory.
25-Jun-2009
J&D Wilkie is planning to redevelop its Gairie Works site in Kirriemuir, in order to secure the 80 jobs at its textiles factory and create 200 new jobs at a retail development with CW Properties.
24-Jun-2009
TEG Group has acquired Banham Compost, the Norfolk-based commercial composting firm, for £3.1m.
23-Jun-2009
New Earth Solutions is planning to build a £40m waste recycling plant in Avonmouth next year, and hopes to open up to 20 plants over the next five years.
23-Jun-2009
Team Precision Pipework has been sold out of administration by James Cowper Insolvency Services to a group of Oxford-based investors, securing 90 jobs at its pipe manufacturing operation in Ammanford.
23-Jun-2009
Airbus has secured a £28m Welsh Assembly grant to develop a new composite wing production plant at its site in Broughton, Flintshire.
22-Jun-2009
SPX Contech has undergone a management buy-out, securing the future of 95 jobs at its diecast components factory in Welshpool.
22-Jun-2009
Dawson International is to sell Todd & Duncan, its Kinross-based cashmere yarns business with about 200 staff, to Ninxia Zhongyin of China for about £8m.
18-Jun-2009
P4 is to set up a new 7,000 sq ft headquarters for its emergency lighting business in Fakenham in September, with the relocation of 22 jobs from Shefford.
18-Jun-2009
Sandvik of Sweden is to build a 112,500 sq ft orthopaedic implants manufacturing centre at the Beighton Link business park in Rotherham, having secured a £1.7m grant from Yorkshire Forward.
17-Jun-2009
Hallamshire Hardmetal Products of Sheffield has acquired Advanced Tooling Technology, the North Yorkshire-based tooling repair firm.
17-Jun-2009
Sterecycle is to invest £200m in the expansion of its waste recycling business, including the development of five new plants and the creation of 300 jobs.
16-Jun-2009
Invest NI has announced a £1.3m investment by Erne Extrusions in the production of moulded plastic products for roofing markets in Fermanagh, which will create 18 jobs over the next two years.
16-Jun-2009
Logic Office Group, the office furniture manufacturer with 60 staff in Hounslow, Rotherham and Sevenoaks, has undergone a £1m management buy-out from Black Arrow Group.
15-Jun-2009
Be Modern is to acquire Broseley Fires, the Shrewsbury-based manufacturer of heating appliances, for undisclosed terms, creating a combined group with turnover of more than £30m.
15-Jun-2009
Princess Yachts is to set up a new £12m boat building operation at the South Yard area of the Devonport naval base in Plymouth, which could create up to 200 jobs.
15-Jun-2009
SITA UK is to submit plans to South Gloucestershire Council later this year to build a waste-to-energy plant at Severnside by 2014, with the creation of about 50 jobs.
11-Jun-2009
Fordberry of Llandow and Schelkmann of Germany are planning to set up a 16,500 sq ft factory to produce tyres for the mining industry in Newbridge, with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
11-Jun-2009
Evenwood Industries, the County Durham-based metal fabrication firm with 37 staff, is expected to be bought out of administration by Fablink UK of Wolverhampton.
11-Jun-2009
MC Ridyard of Warrington has acquired B Rogers Electrical, the Mold-based electrical contractor with 23 staff, for undisclosed terms.
11-Jun-2009
Brulines is looking to expand its Stockton-based beer monitoring equipment business by acquiring three more companies and creating more than 120 jobs.
11-Jun-2009
Judges Scientific has completed the acquisition of Quorum Technologies, the East Sussex-based manufacturer of scientific instruments, for up to £1.5m.
11-Jun-2009
Manthorpe Engineering has won permission from Amber Valley Council to expand its gas turbine components factory in Ripley, with the creation of 150 jobs over the next five years.
11-Jun-2009
K-Flex is to create up to 20 jobs at a new 30,000 sq ft insulation materials distribution centre in Coalville over the next three years.
10-Jun-2009
Hunting has acquired PTSMB, the Indonesian threading and machining services firm with 190 staff, for £6.5m.
09-Jun-2009
Pennon Group has acquired London Recycling for £11m, in order to expand its Viridor Waste Management subsidiary.
09-Jun-2009
Shanks Group has signed a £720m 25-year waste disposal contract with Cumbria County Council, which will involve the development of two MBT waste processing plants.
08-Jun-2009
Variable Message Signs is hoping to create new jobs on South Tyneside, in order to supply information signs for a government scheme to open up motorway hard shoulders.
08-Jun-2009
Amec is to acquire JBA, the Canadian mining engineering consultancy with 20 staff, for £2m.
04-Jun-2009
Crystal Fires is planning to double the 16-strong workforce at its gas fires manufacturing business in Liverpool over the next two years.
04-Jun-2009
Somic has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing the future of 26 jobs at its Preston-based textiles manufacturing business.
04-Jun-2009
Teignbridge Propeller Group has been acquired by the owners of Duncan Propellers for undisclosed terms, and the two companies will merge their marine manufacturing operations onto one site in Newton Abbot.
04-Jun-2009
EIC is planning to create more than 30 engineering jobs at its electrical installations office in Gateshead over the coming months.
03-Jun-2009
James Jones & Sons is investing a further £22m at its timber processing mill in Lockerbie by October, with the transfer of 36 staff from its site in Dumfries.
03-Jun-2009
Intertrade Ireland has announced plans to invest £12m in its Fusion programme by 2010, in order to form up to 180 research partnerships between companies and universities.
28-May-2009
Carpet Tile Factory has been sold out of administration to a new company called Roelandt Lewis for undisclosed terms, securing 34 jobs at its Blaina-based carpet tiles factory.
28-May-2009
Taylor Lynn Corporation of Manchester has sold its Table Linen Company linen hire business to the owner of Denton-based Just Covered for undisclosed terms.
27-May-2009
Clifton Precision Engineering has been bought out of administration, securing ten of the 45 jobs at its Rowley Regis-based tool manufacturing business.
26-May-2009
Cutting Underwater Technologies is looking to expand the workforce at its new £3.2m headquarters in Aberdeen from 27 to 35 by the end of the year.
26-May-2009
EnerMech is setting up a 57,000 sq ft headquarters for its mechanical engineering business at Bucksburn, near Aberdeen.
25-May-2009
Sheffield Industrial Saws has bought the former Spear & Jackson International saw blades business out of liquidation, securing the future of about 65 Sheffield-based jobs.
25-May-2009
JH Birtwistle & Co, the Haslingden-based textiles firm with about 50 staff, is to be sold out of administration to a former manager.
25-May-2009
Enpure has won a £60m contract from Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority to build two new anaerobic MBT waste treatment plants.
25-May-2009
Glasgow College of Nautical Studies has announced plans to build a new £5.6m marine skills centre on the banks of the Clyde by 2010.
25-May-2009
Astley Signs is to relocate its Gateshead-based sign manufacturing business to a larger 50,000 sq ft site on the Team Valley estate at the end of the year.
20-May-2009
Wensum has acquired Allen & Douglas, the Banbury-based corporatewear supplier, from LA Group for about £1m.
20-May-2009
TG Green is considering plans to set up a new Cornishware pottery factory in Swadlincote over the next year, creating jobs for about 15 workers at its former site.
20-May-2009
Stenner, the Tiverton-based manufacturer of sawmill equipment, has been bought out of administration by a consortium led by a former director.
19-May-2009
Brettex Engineering, the Derby-based provider of bespoke engineering solutions with 35 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
19-May-2009
East Midlands Development Agency is to invest a further £7.5m in its Manufacturing Advisory Service over the next five years, in order to provide support to local manufacturers.
19-May-2009
Landmedia has acquired the remaining 50% stake in Avondale Environmental from Shanks Group for £27m, in order to generate energy from waste in the Forth Valley.
19-May-2009
Siemens is considering plans to relocate all 1,550 staff from its site in Lincoln city centre to the planned £40m Teal Park in North Hykeham.
18-May-2009
RM is to acquire Isis Concepts, the Oxfordshire-based supplier of educational furniture, for up to £2.7m.
18-May-2009
McGeoch Marine is to create 20 new jobs in Glasgow, having won a £4m contract to manufacture heavy-duty doors for aircraft carriers.
18-May-2009
MHT Technology is considering plans to relocate its North Yorkshire-based oil industry monitoring equipment business to a larger site.
14-May-2009
Techflow Marine is planning to expand the workforce at its Cramlington-based offshore hose systems business from 16 to 25 over the next year.
14-May-2009
Tracerco has acquired Process Vision Services, the process diagnostics company with sites in Belgium and France, which will add £1m to its turnover.
14-May-2009
Qinetiq is to sell its Dorset-based underwater systems business to Atlas Electronik for £23m, with the transfer of 220 staff.
14-May-2009
The University of Strathclyde has unveiled plans to open a £25m Advanced Forming Research Centre in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, early next year, with the creation of about 50 jobs.
14-May-2009
Tycoonita, the German manufacturer of water dispensers, is planning to set up a network of 20 regional sales offices across the UK over the next two years.
14-May-2009
Sovereign Oilfield Group of Aberdeen is to sell its Vertec Engineering subsidiary and its Labtech rental cabin assets to Offshore Containers for £5.5m, with the transfer of 70 staff.
13-May-2009
Jourdan has sold John Corby, the Andover-based manufacturer of trouser presses, for £0.7m, in order to focus on medical packaging.
12-May-2009
Pipex is looking to expand the workforce at its Plymouth-based pipe systems business from 120 to up to 200.
12-May-2009
Gas Turbine Efficiency has raised £7m in a share placing to fund the international expansion of its business supplying performance-enhancing systems to industry.
07-May-2009
The University of Manchester has secured a £4.7m investment from the Northwest Regional Development Agency to set up a new Composites Certification & Evaluation Centre for the aerospace sector.
07-May-2009
Natural World Products has secured a £1.5m government grant to develop an in-vessel composting facility at a new £6m recycling site in West Belfast.
07-May-2009
James Fisher & Sons is to merge its Yorkshire-based Remote Marine Systems division with its Aberdeen-based Pumptools division to create a new company called RMSpumptools with 70 staff.
06-May-2009
Linear Electrical, the Southampton-based electrical services firm, has merged with MG of Liverpool, and will be rebranded as MG Linear.
06-May-2009
Unilever has won planning permission to build an anaerobic digester at its ice cream factory in Gloucester, in order to convert waste into power.
06-May-2009
Enviroco has acquired HFS Liquid Waste, the Norfolk-based industrial waste and cleaning company with 14 staff, for undisclosed terms.
05-May-2009
Imes Group of Aberdeen has sold its Imes Strategic Support division to Lockheed Martin for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 87 staff.
05-May-2009
Plymouth City Council is considering plans from six international companies for the development of a £100m waste-to-energy plant, and possible sites include Ernesettle, Coypool, Lee Mill and Wrangaton.
04-May-2009
Pegler Yorkshire is to set up a new 104,000 sq ft fittings and valves warehouse at Brookfield Park in the Dearne Valley by 2010.
04-May-2009
Polymer Laboratories is to relocate 50 of the 120 jobs at its medical equipment manufacturing business in Church Stretton, Shropshire, to a new site on the Long Lane Industrial Estate.
04-May-2009
Manchester City Council is linking up with the Manufacturing Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to set up a FabLab workshop for inventors, and a suitable location is being sought in east Manchester.
30-Apr-2009
Lincolnshire County Council is planning to set up a new £1.5m recycling centre in Market Rasen by 2010.
29-Apr-2009
Makita Manufacturing Europe is to build a 38,000 sq ft extension at its power tools warehouse in Telford, and construction work will be carried out by McPhillips.
29-Apr-2009
Pratt Burnerd International is to close its machine tool parts factory in Calderdale in September, and up to 40 staff will relocate to its site in Heckmondwike.
29-Apr-2009
Cumbria County Council has approved plans from Shanks for the development of a £20m household waste recycling plant at Hespin Wood near Carlisle by early 2012.
27-Apr-2009
Hunting is to acquire National Coupling Company, the US manufacturer of subsea hydraulic equipment, for an initial £38m.
23-Apr-2009
Taylor & Sons has sold its Cardiff-based engineering division out of administration to Tema Engineering, securing the future of 52 jobs.
23-Apr-2009
Retroflo, the Washington-based developer of a new system to detect blockages in filtration systems, is planning a global expansion programme, and up to 300 jobs could eventually be created at a new sales call centre.
23-Apr-2009
Chiltern Invadex has been bought out of liquidation by the owner of Aidapt Bathrooms, securing 43 jobs at its Bicester-based mobility equipment business.
23-Apr-2009
Cross Manufacturing is seeking permission to expand its sealing rings factory in Bath, which employs 125 staff, from 64,600 sq ft to 71,000 sq ft.
23-Apr-2009
Axeon, the Dundee-based lithium battery manufacturer with 400 staff, has been sold out of administration by Grant Thornton to a new company backed by Ironshield Capital.
22-Apr-2009
Cardinal Brands, the Grimsby-based stationery supplier with 30 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from RR Donnelley.
22-Apr-2009
Cyclamax is to submit plans to build a £48m waste-to-energy power station at the Commercial Park development in Derby, with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
21-Apr-2009
New Balance is hoping to double the 250-strong workforce at its footwear factory in West Cumbria, if it wins contracts to supply shoes to the police, military and NHS.
21-Apr-2009
Darchem Engineering is to invest £4m in the expansion of its nuclear engineering facilities at Stillington, near Stockton, which should lead to an increase in the 600-strong workforce.
16-Apr-2009
Centriquip, the Derbyshire-based supplier of equipment for water and waste treatment, has been bought out of administration by Ashbrook Simon-Hartley of Newcastle for undisclosed terms, securing 75 jobs.
14-Apr-2009
Viridor Laing has secured a £3.8bn 25-year contract with Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority, which will lead to the development of five new waste biological treatment plants and the creation of more than 100 jobs.
09-Apr-2009
South West Water is planning to invest £750m in its network over the next six years, and will focus more on small maintenance schemes.
09-Apr-2009
Leonardt has acquired Berkeley & Co, the Telford-based metal processing firm, in order to secure the future of more than 50 jobs and transfer production to its main site near Bridgnorth.
09-Apr-2009
MRX Technologies, the Australian supplier of condition monitoring equipment, is setting up a 2,000 sq ft UK headquarters at Pride Park in Derby.
08-Apr-2009
Industrial & Marine Power Services is planning to expand the 37-strong workforce at its Lincoln-based engineering business to 46 by June, having won a number of new engine servicing contracts.
08-Apr-2009
Cobham is to acquire Argotek, the provider of information assurance services to the US intelligence community with 70 staff, for £25m.
07-Apr-2009
Fermanagh District Council has won government permission to build a £3.5m mechanical biological treatment plant in Enniskillen by 2010, in order to process 30,000 tonnes of household and trade waste a year.
07-Apr-2009
Broadwater Mouldings has bought the assets of Express Composites out of administration, and the 70-strong Broadwater workforce will relocate from Horham to the Express site near Beccles in May.
06-Apr-2009
BSS Group has acquired Direct Heating Spares, the Lancashire-based distributor of spare parts to the heating industry, for £5.7m.
06-Apr-2009
Saygrove Defence & Aerospace Group, the Flintshire-based aerospace components manufacturer with 70 staff, has been acquired by Triumph Aerospace Systems Group of the US.
02-Apr-2009
Invicta is looking to relocate its Leicester-based plastics manufacturing business and 62 staff to a larger undisclosed site in Oadby.
02-Apr-2009
Modular Automation International, the Birmingham-based machinery manufacturer, has been bought out of administration by Expert Group, and production and the 11 staff will transfer to Coventry.
02-Apr-2009
Amadeus Associates International is planning to expand the workforce at its Cardiff-based spill-proof cup manufacturing business from 36 to 70 over the next three years.
02-Apr-2009
Homeserve is to relocate its plumbing and drainage division from Norwich to Banbury, with the loss of up to 20 jobs, but other Norwich-based operations will expand.
02-Apr-2009
FW Thorpe has acquired Solite Europe, the Manchester-based manufacturer of cleanroom lighting equipment for laboratories with 14 staff.
31-Mar-2009
Eurocell Profiles has acquired Merritt Plastics, the Ilkeston-based plastic window frames recycling firm, for undisclosed terms.
31-Mar-2009
Pontardawe Refrigeration Products has been acquired by its former managing director, securing 19 of the 35 jobs at its site in the Swansea Valley.
31-Mar-2009
Biffa Waste Services is to submit plans to build an anaerobic digestion plant in Cannock by 2011, in order to process 80,000 tonnes of organic waste a year.
31-Mar-2009
Smiths Group has acquired Orion Corporation, the US manufacturer of hydrodynamic bearings with 270 staff, for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its John Crane division.
30-Mar-2009
Frazer Nash is planning to relocate its Glasgow-based engineering consultancy office and up to 48 staff to 8 Nelson Mandela Place.
30-Mar-2009
Norfolk County Council has secured £91m of government PFI credits to develop a second waste treatment plant, and a potential site is being considered at the Willow's Business Park near King's Lynn.
30-Mar-2009
Skykon of Denmark is to acquire the Vestas wind turbine factory at Machrihanish, Kintyre, securing 92 jobs, and the site could be expanded with the creation of up to 400 new jobs.
26-Mar-2009
Energos has been appointed by Singleton Birch to build a £40m waste processing and gasification plant at Melton Ross in North Lincolnshire by 2012.
26-Mar-2009
Power Jacks is to set up a new £5m lifting and power transmission equipment factory at Ellon by 2010, with the relocation of up to 80 staff from Fraserburgh and the creation of a number of new jobs.
25-Mar-2009
Multishades has merged with Batley-based Meritmill to create a combined carpet sample manufacturing business called Creative Sampling Solutions with almost 200 staff.
24-Mar-2009
Smallbone, the Wiltshire-based luxury kitchen manufacturer, has been sold out of administration to the owner of Brookmans, securing the future of more than 400 jobs.
23-Mar-2009
Mech-Tool is to create 30 new jobs at its Darlington-based engineering business, having won a £1.5m contract to build a processing module at the Sellafield nuclear plant.
23-Mar-2009
Bi-Fab is creating 60 jobs at its new fabrication yard in Arnish on the island of Lewis, with vacancies for platers, welders and office staff.
23-Mar-2009
Highland Council is considering plans to build a network of three waste incinerators in Caithness, Inverness and Skye, at a cost of more than £70m.
23-Mar-2009
Peterborough Renewable Energy (PREL) has unveiled plans to develop a waste-fuelled power station at Sutton Bridge by 2012, with the creation of about 100 jobs.
23-Mar-2009
Norfolk County Council has approved plans from Norfolk Environmental Waste Services to build a composting plant at Marsham, in order to recycle up to 45,000 tonnes of food and garden waste a year.
23-Mar-2009
Cyclamax has submitted plans to build a £50m waste processing plant in Avonmouth, with the creation of 60 jobs.
23-Mar-2009
Alnmaritec is looking to expand its Alnwick-based boatbuilding business into larger premises in North Tyneside, and the 50-strong workforce will grow by 10% a year over the next five years.
19-Mar-2009
Hills Group has won permission from Wiltshire County Council to build a £15m MBT waste processing plant in Westbury by 2011.
19-Mar-2009
Eco Sustainable Solutions has won permission from Dorset County Council to build a 37,000 tonne-a-year anaerobic digestion facility at Piddlehinton by 2011, and is also seeking permission for a £10m biomass plant at its Parley site.
17-Mar-2009
BAe Systems is to acquire Advanced Ceramics Research, the US manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems with 60 staff, for £10m.
12-Mar-2009
Schmitz Cargobull, the Stanley-based trailer manufacturer, is to expand its network of regional business centres by opening new sites in the Midlands, the South West, Scotland and Ireland.
12-Mar-2009
Terraconsult, the St Helens-based environmental consultancy, has been acquired by the owners of Lancashire-based Geotest Laboratories.
12-Mar-2009
Cyclamax has unveiled plans to build a gasification plant at the London Sustainable Industries Park in Dagenham, generating 15MW and treating 100,000 tonnes of waste a year.
12-Mar-2009
Nethercoats, the Halifax-based interiors manufacturer, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
12-Mar-2009
SectorGuard is to acquire Legion Group, the provider of parking and security services with 1,400 staff.
12-Mar-2009
Areva T&D, the manufacturer of electrical transmission equipment, is looking to expand its 74-acre site in Stafford and add hundreds of new staff to its 1,200-strong workforce over the next four years.
12-Mar-2009
BAe Systems is to submit plans for the £800m expansion of its aerospace manufacturing facilities in Samlesbury, Lancashire, over the next ten years, which will create up to 800 jobs.
12-Mar-2009
Hamworthy has acquired Greenship, the Dutch provider of ballast water treatment for ships, for an initial £1.8m.
11-Mar-2009
UPU Industries is to invest £1m in the expansion of its plastic netting factory in Dromore, County Down, with the creation of 12 jobs.
11-Mar-2009
Closed Loop Recycling expects to announce the location for a third plastics reprocessing facility by the end of the year, having just started work on the development of a £12m site in North Wales.
10-Mar-2009
Prospect is planning to expand the workforce at its Aberdeen-based subsea engineering services business from 50 to about 100 over the next two years.
09-Mar-2009
The Ministry of Defence has agreed a £450m contract with BAe Systems to support the RAF's Typhoon fighter jets, which will create up to 150 jobs at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
05-Mar-2009
Total Waste Management Alliance (TWMA) is looking to create at least 50 new jobs at its Aberdeen-based waste management business by the end of the year.
05-Mar-2009
Score Group has won permission to build a new storage facility for its engineering business in Peterhead, with the creation of about 50 jobs.
05-Mar-2009
Fitzgerald Lighting's administrators have sold the plant and assets of the Bodmin-based lighting manufacturer to a newly-formed company, creating 20 jobs for former staff.
05-Mar-2009
Mytum & Selby is linking up with Aquegen in a £45m project to convert organic waste into ethanol at a former Maltings site in South Milford, Selby, with the creation of 75 jobs.
05-Mar-2009
PDS has acquired Acorn Glass, the Rochdale-based double glazing supplier, taking its total workforce to 100.
05-Mar-2009
Filtrona is to sell its Filtrona Extrusion plastic profile and sheet operations in North America to Saw Mill Capital Partners for £82m.
04-Mar-2009
Jones Bros is looking to expand the 22-strong workforce at its new Wakefield-based waste management operation to about 50, as new projects are taken on.
04-Mar-2009
Street Crane Company is to expand its cranes factory in Derbyshire, with the creation of 20 jobs.
02-Mar-2009
Galanz, the Chinese manufacturer of electrical appliances, is to set up a UK headquarters in Manchester.
02-Mar-2009
Total Audio Solutions, the Worcestershire-based supplier of broadcasting equipment, has been rescued from liquidation by a new company called Total Audio Projects, saving 12 of the 16 jobs.
26-Feb-2009
BLP, the Doncaster-based manufacturer of cabinet doors, has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing more than 100 jobs.
26-Feb-2009
Magellan Power, the Australian supplier of power systems, is planning to set up a manufacturing and marketing centre in Birmingham, with the creation of an initial ten jobs.
26-Feb-2009
Thompson Plastics, the Hull-based components manufacturer, has been sold out of administration by PKF to Redspar, securing about 50 of the 200 jobs.
26-Feb-2009
Carr's Milling Industries is to acquire Hans Walischmiller, the German robotics and materials handling company with 70 staff, out of administration for £4.9m.
25-Feb-2009
G4S has acquired Secura Monde International and Shiremoor International Engineering, the providers of technology services to the banknote and high security printing industry with gross assets of £0.4m and £1.3m respectively.
25-Feb-2009
Zircotec, the Harwell-based manufacturer of high-performance coatings with ten staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
25-Feb-2009
PDM Group has won planning permission to build a £12m anaerobic digestion plant in Doncaster by the end of the year, with the creation of 35 jobs, in order to process food waste from retailers and caterers.
25-Feb-2009
Nottingham Industrial Cleaners has acquired Grant-MSM, the Belper-based supplier of hygiene and safety products with 11 staff.
24-Feb-2009
Equity Shoes, the Leicester-based shoe manufacturer, has sold its name, stock and machinery out of liquidation to Pavers Shoes of York, saving ten jobs.
24-Feb-2009
Paragon Data Services has acquired Galloway Electronics, the Hull-based supplier of public address systems and evacuation systems.
24-Feb-2009
Hudson & Middleton has sold the business and assets of its Stoke-based pottery out of administration to a new company called Hudsons Fine Bone China, securing the future of 22 jobs.
24-Feb-2009
Cleveland Bridge is to shed up to 140 jobs on Teesside, following the loss of a contract to build semi-submersible drilling rigs for SeaDragon Offshore.
24-Feb-2009
Bristol Forklifts is to merge with AJ Mechanical Handling to create a combined Bristol-based materials handling business with more than 300 trucks in its hire fleet.
23-Feb-2009
Peter Scott & Co is to expand the 200-strong workforce at its Hawick-based knitwear business with 14 new jobs.
23-Feb-2009
Jesse Shirley & Son, the Staffordshire-based pottery firm, has been sold out of administration by KPMG to a new company called Hajco 377, securing the future of 40 jobs.
19-Feb-2009
Metal & Waste Recycling has won permission to build a new recycling plant at Seaham in Sunderland, with the creation of 25 new jobs and the transfer of six jobs from Newcastle.
19-Feb-2009
Denby Pottery has undergone a management buy-out, securing the future of 465 jobs at its Derbyshire-based pottery business.
19-Feb-2009
Winfield Engineering is to relocate production of Red Rhino mini crushing equipment from Aylesbury to its site in Grantham.
19-Feb-2009
Intertek has acquired Aptech, the US engineering consultancy with 90 staff, for £3.5m, as well as WISco Enterprises, the US provider of inspection services with 120 staff, for £18m.
19-Feb-2009
LL Pneumatics, the Dudley-based pneumatics company, has been acquired by Air Systems Group of Telford, securing the future of eight staff.
19-Feb-2009
Aspire Consulting, the Tamworth-based engineering consultancy with 15 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
19-Feb-2009
Countrystyle Group has bought Bioganix Composting of Suffolk out of administration for undisclosed terms, increasing the 190-strong workforce in its waste management and recycling business by six.
19-Feb-2009
Everwhite, the Aberdare-based roofline manufacturer with 160 staff, has been bought out of administration by GAP.
18-Feb-2009
Robust Recycled Products is to expand its Ebbw Vale-based workforce from ten to 30 by the end of the year, having won a new contract to recycle waste polystyrene into decking and street furniture.
18-Feb-2009
Ascot Environmental has won a £5m contract from Lancashire County Council to build a 43,000 sq ft waste processing plant in Lancaster by March 2010.
17-Feb-2009
Thales Air Defence is to create 40 jobs in Belfast, having won a £200m contract to supply a missile system to the Ministry of Defence.
17-Feb-2009
Pegler Yorkshire is to invest £12m in the expansion of its plumbing and heating products factory in Doncaster by early 2010.
16-Feb-2009
Avalon Plastics is planning to relocate up to 140 staff to a new £5m factory to be built at the Morland Enterprise Park in Glastonbury by March 2010.
16-Feb-2009
Thompson Technik has been bought out of administration by TTB, securing the future of 20 jobs at its Bridgend-based rotational moulding business.
16-Feb-2009
New Earth Solutions has bought the Bioganix in-vessel composting facility at Sharpness Dock in Gloucestershire out of administration for undisclosed terms.
12-Feb-2009
Wood Group is to create 30 jobs at its MCS subsea engineering consultancy business in Aberdeen this year.
12-Feb-2009
Lawrence Recycling & Waste Management has secured a £10m cash injection to complete the development of a new materials recycling facility in Kidderminster over the next few months, with the creation of more than 70 jobs.
11-Feb-2009
Managed Support Services is raising £5.7m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its air conditioning business, which employs 160 staff in Woking, Wilmslow and Bolton.
11-Feb-2009
Volex of Warrington is to sell its VWS wiring harness division to a management buy-out for a nominal sum.
11-Feb-2009
BCB Environmental Management has unveiled plans to build a £23m waste processing plant in Tockwith, North Yorkshire, which would create 20 jobs.
09-Feb-2009
Oleo International has been sold by the administrators of parent company Wagon to Brigam of Wolverhampton, securing the future of 102 jobs at its Coventry-based railway buffers factory.
05-Feb-2009
Ansa Hose Systems, the Goole-based distributor of pneumatic control systems, has been acquired by Fentech Holdings of Leeds.
05-Feb-2009
Sencon is to relocate its Worcester-based sensors manufacturing business and 46 staff to a new factory being built at the Stonebridge Cross Business Park by late summer.
05-Feb-2009
Molecular Tools Europe is to relocate its science research products manufacturing business from Glasgow to the European Centre for Marine Biotechnology near Oban.
04-Feb-2009
CenFRA has been awarded £1m by Yorkshire Forward to expand its Doncaster-based centre for food robotics and automation, including new research and development facilities.
04-Feb-2009
PTM, the Stockport-based rubber mouldings and gaskets manufacturer with 40 staff, has been acquired by EnPro Industries of the US.
04-Feb-2009
Hunter Plastics is to relocate its injection moulding division from Woolwich to its Lenham site in Kent this spring, while its Durapipe manufacturing business will relocate from Cannock to Lenham by late 2010.
04-Feb-2009
Greenstar UK is to invest £1m in the expansion of its network of material recovery facilities, including new sites in Derby and South Oxfordshire.
03-Feb-2009
Glasgow City Council is to proceed with plans to install a £40m autoclave system at Polmadie, in order to recycle up to 80% of domestic waste.
03-Feb-2009
Prosper de Mulder is to invest £110m in the development of new food waste recycling facilities over the next three years, including five waste-to-energy plants.
03-Feb-2009
Areva T&D has acquired Powermann, the Dorset-based high-voltage equipment maintenance firm with 78 staff, for undisclosed terms.
03-Feb-2009
Eurotek, the Norfolk-based manufacturer of freezing equipment with 20 staff, has been acquired by GEA Grasso of Germany for undisclosed terms.
02-Feb-2009
Straight has acquired the assets and trade of Harcostar Garden Products from Harcostar Drums of Stockport for £0.4m.
29-Jan-2009
Scottish Enterprise has launched a three-year campaign to attract more than 1,000 people to work in shipbuilding in Rosyth and on the Clyde, with companies such as Babcock Marine and BVT Surface Fleet.
29-Jan-2009
Iotech Group, the owner of Preston-based Liquid Plastics with 200 staff, has been acquired by Sika of Switzerland for undisclosed terms.
29-Jan-2009
PYReco is seeking permission to build a new £80m tyre recycling plant at South Tees Eco Park in Middlesbrough by next year, with the creation of 90 jobs.
28-Jan-2009
Amec has acquired Performance Improvements Group, the Aberdeen-based asset optimisation consultancy with 120 staff, for £19m.
27-Jan-2009
Hertel is looking to create 360 jobs at its industrial services business on Tyneside, and will target staff made redundant by electrical engineering firm Watson Norie last year.
27-Jan-2009
Carrs of Sheffield has bought the assets of Nickel Blanks, the Meadowhall-based cutlery and silverware manufacturer, out of administration.
27-Jan-2009
Waste Recycling Group is considering plans to build a £120m energy-from-waste plant at Brogborough, near Milton Keynes.
26-Jan-2009
MBA Polymers and European Metal Recycling have selected a former glass factory in Worksop as the site to build a new 80,000-tonne-capacity recycling plant by 2010, with the creation of almost 100 jobs.
23-Jan-2009
Knowaste is seeking permission to build a £10m nappy recycling plant in Birmingham, and also hopes to build four facilities in London and one in the North East.
23-Jan-2009
Mather & Stuart, the Wigan-based generator hire firm with annual turnover of £12m, has sold a 50% stake in its business to investment firm CorpAcq for undisclosed terms.
22-Jan-2009
Staffordshire County Council has won approval from the Government Office for the West Midlands to develop a £600m 300,000 tonne-a-year energy-from-waste facility at Four Ashes near Cannock by 2013.
22-Jan-2009
NECTA, the Rotherham-based electrical engineering company, has been acquired by Connaught Compliance, securing the future of 230 jobs.
22-Jan-2009
Tarmac is to create at least 35 jobs at a new concrete products factory due to open at the former Milbank Floors site in Weeting, Norfolk, in March.
21-Jan-2009
Sterecycle is to invest £10m in the expansion of its steam-based recycling plant in Rotherham by 2010, with the creation of up to 20 jobs, and is looking to build similar plants across the country.
20-Jan-2009
MCR has sold the former Greenberg glass depot in Salford out of administration to a new company called Dakota Glass.
20-Jan-2009
Bennett Sykes, the Nottingham-based office supplies firm with 20 staff, has been bought out of administration by Stoke-based Garner Bennett.
19-Jan-2009
Bosch Thermotechnology is to seek permission from Wychavon District Council to build a new headquarters for its heating appliances manufacturing business near the M5 in Worcestershire, with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs by 2012.
16-Jan-2009
Building Automation Solutions has secured a £5m funding deal from Yorkshire Bank to expand its Altrincham-based building management systems business and benefit from rising interest in energy efficiency.
16-Jan-2009
SITA UK has bought a £2m commercial waste and recycling business at Genderos in Swansea from Shanks Group, with the transfer of 20 staff.
16-Jan-2009
Bombardier has bought the 60,000 sq ft Time 24 railway wiring products factory in Derby, securing the future of 87 jobs.
16-Jan-2009
Sekura Group is to create 40 new jobs at its windows and composite doors factory in Washington, having won a contract to refit homes in East Durham and North Tyneside.
15-Jan-2009
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL), the Guildford-based manufacturer of small satellites, has been acquired by EADS Astrium.
14-Jan-2009
Waterford Wedgwood, the Irish china and crystal manufacturer with 1,900 staff in the UK, is expected to be sold out of administration to US venture fund KPS Capital.
13-Jan-2009
ATR Group has sold its hydraulics operation to Hydrasun of Aberdeen for undisclosed terms, in order to focus on the rental of equipment to the offshore oil and gas industry.
13-Jan-2009
Lyte Industries is planning to relocate its access equipment business and up to 102 staff from Ystradgynlais to a purpose-built £8m factory in Port Talbot in early 2010.
13-Jan-2009
Intertek has acquired the assets of RQA, the US food facility audit business, for £3.3m, as well as Porst & Partners, the German analytical laboratory with 35 staff, for £2.4m.
09-Jan-2009
Gravatom, the nuclear engineering group with sites in Hampshire and Cumbria, has been acquired by Onet of France for undisclosed terms.
07-Jan-2009
Calcarb is looking to expand the 110-strong workforce at its new carbon insulation products factory at the Eurocentral business park in Lanarkshire.
07-Jan-2009
PC Henderson has been acquired by the owner of Cardale, securing the future of 150 jobs at its garage doors business in Durham.
07-Jan-2009
Bridgeway Consulting is to create up to 150 new jobs at its rail engineering business in Nottingham over the next 12 months.
07-Jan-2009