Engineering 2012 - Company News Summary

Paul Fabrications, the Castle Donington-based engineering firm, has been acquired by US-based AGC Aerospace & Defense for undisclosed terms.
31-Dec-2012

Steelite International has acquired Royal Crown Derby, the Stoke-based tableware manufacturer with 200 staff, for undisclosed terms.
20-Dec-2012

Prospect GB has announced the letting of 11,000 sq ft at its Don Valley business park in Sheffield to Firth Rixson, while Skills for Justice has taken 12,000 sq ft.
20-Dec-2012

James Fisher & Sons has sold The Railway Engineering Company, the supplier of rail signal equipment, to Hitachi Europe for £25m.
20-Dec-2012

Frank H Dale is planning to relocate its steelwork fabrication business to a new 140,000 sq ft factory at the Leominster enterprise park, and a 50,000 sq ft Sainsbury's store will be built on its existing site.
18-Dec-2012

Biogen has been selected as preferred bidder to build an anaerobic digestion plant at Bryn Pica near Aberdare by 2014, in order to process food waste for Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport City Council.
17-Dec-2012

SG Magnets, the Rainham-based manufacturer of magnetic components with 150 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
17-Dec-2012

TT Electronics has bought the business and assets of ACW Technology, the manufacturing services provider, out of administration for £3.1m.
13-Dec-2012

HCL Safety is to open a new 3,000 sq ft administrative office for its fall-protection systems business at The Wharf in Birmingham this month.
13-Dec-2012

AJ Woods Engineering has raised £2.8m to fund the development of an operations centre for offshore support vessels in Harwich, with the creation of up to 300 jobs.
12-Dec-2012

National Composites Centre has secured £28m of government funding to expand the facilities at its composite materials research site in Bristol by 2014.
11-Dec-2012

United Aluminium is planning to expand its retail display equipment factory in Manchester and increase the 65-strong workforce.
11-Dec-2012

Wolf Minerals has secured a £50m funding package to reopen the Hemerdon tungsten mine near Plymouth by the end of 2014, with the creation of 230 jobs.
10-Dec-2012

Active Technologies has sold its Norfolk-based AT Power division out of administration to two former staff, securing 11 of the 22 jobs.
10-Dec-2012

Reece Group has acquired Responsive Engineering, the Gateshead-based manufacturing services firm with 180 staff, for undisclosed terms.
10-Dec-2012

XeraCarb is to set up a ceramic composites factory in South Yorkshire, with the creation of an initial ten jobs.
10-Dec-2012

Smart Architectural Aluminium is seeking permission to expand its door frames factory in North Somerset by 220,000 sq ft, with the creation of 200 jobs.
06-Dec-2012

Inject Plastics has been bought out of administration by Magmatic, securing almost 50 jobs at its Plymouth-based Trunki suitcases business.
06-Dec-2012

Christeyns has bought Alex Reid, the Leicester-based supplier of laundry equipment, from Johnson Service Group for £2.1m.
06-Dec-2012

Headlam Group has acquired CK Davie, the Aberdeen-based floorcoverings distributor, for up to £0.4m.
06-Dec-2012

SciLabware is to relocate its Staffordshire-based laboratory glassware factory from Stone to a 37,000 sq ft unit at Trentham Lakes.
06-Dec-2012

Perrott Engineering has bought Clean Air, the Bolton-based fume extraction firm, from Havelock Europa for £0.4m.
06-Dec-2012

Bretby Gammatech, the Derbyshire-based manufacturer of products to measure coal quality, has been acquired by President Engineering Group.
06-Dec-2012

Outsource UK had acquired Bramlove, the Manchester-based defence and engineering recruitment firm.
05-Dec-2012

Marlborough Engineering is to invest £3.6m in the expansion of its Belfast-based precision components business, with the creation of 33 jobs.
05-Dec-2012

Olympus Engineering is seeking permission to expand its Stoke-based components factory into adjacent warehouses, with the creation of 45 jobs.
05-Dec-2012

Oliver Valves is creating 20 new jobs at its Knutsford-based valve manufacturing business.
05-Dec-2012

Unison is relocating its Scarborough-based tube-bending machines factory to a larger 20,000 sq ft site on Thornburgh Road.
05-Dec-2012

Quayside Group has secured funding from Yorkshire Bank to expand its corporate uniforms manufacturing and warehouse facility at Trafford Park from 5,000 sq ft to 15,000 sq ft.
04-Dec-2012

Premier Hytemp, the Edinburgh-based manufacturer of precision components with more than 200 staff worldwide, has undergone a £34m management buy-out backed by Dunedin.
04-Dec-2012

Allpipe Engineering is to invest £1.1m in the expansion of its mechanical contracting business in Derry, with the creation of 20 jobs.
04-Dec-2012

Rigmar Services has acquired Riverside Engineering, the Dundee-based fabrication firm with 40 staff, for undisclosed terms.
04-Dec-2012

The Centre for Engineering Education & Development (CeeD) is planning to expand its manufacturing productivity service across Scotland with new hubs in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Inverness and Perth.
03-Dec-2012

Special Steel Group has secured funding to expand its Sheffield-based engineering business, including a new office and distribution centre.
03-Dec-2012

Torotrak is to invest £2.5m in the development of transmission manufacturing facilities at its site in Leyland.
03-Dec-2012

Invensys has agreed to sell its rail signalling division to Siemens for £1.7bn, with the transfer of about 4,000 staff.
29-Nov-2012

Eterniti Steels, the North Lanarkshire-based steel cutting firm with 25 staff, has been acquired by US-based Edgen Murray for undisclosed terms.
29-Nov-2012

Engineering Technology Group, the Warwickshire-based supplier of machine tools with annual turnover of £12m, has undergone a management buy-out.
29-Nov-2012

Point Engineering is to relocate Gateway Chassis and Gateway Fabrications to a new £1.2m 2.8-acre site on the Sutton Fields Industrial Estate in Hull.
29-Nov-2012

Chamberlin is looking to expand the 144-strong workforce at its foundry in Walsall with an unspecified number of sales jobs.
29-Nov-2012

Vector Aerospace is to invest in a new training programme and expand the aircraft engine repair facilities at its Almondbank plant in Perthshire, with the creation of up to 70 jobs.
28-Nov-2012

Raalloy Ramps is to expand its access ramps manufacturing plant in Telford, with the creation of 20 jobs.
28-Nov-2012

Edbro, the Bolton-based supplier of hydraulic cylinders for commercial vehicles with 200 staff, has been acquired by JOST of Germany for undisclosed terms.
28-Nov-2012

Elektron Technology is to sell its ASL precision temperature metrology and calibration equipment business in Redhill to WIKA Instruments for £0.6m.
27-Nov-2012

Ellbee is to relocate its windows and doors manufacturing business from Leeds to the Ashroyd Business Park near Barnsley by February, with the creation of up to 60 new jobs.
27-Nov-2012

Avingtrans has acquired Aerotech Tubes, the Derby-based manufacturer of pipe assemblies with ten staff, for £2m.
27-Nov-2012

OGS is seeking permission to expand the headquarters of its oil equipment manufacturing business in Ely, with the creation of 85 jobs.
26-Nov-2012

Rovop is to invest £15m in new equipment for its Aberdeen-based subsea engineering business, with the creation of 60 jobs over the next 18 months.
22-Nov-2012

Firth Rixson has submitted plans to build a new hydraulic forging press at its steelworks in Sheffield, with the creation of 60 jobs.
21-Nov-2012

London Emblem, the manufacturer of badge machinery, has been acquired by B Sanders for undisclosed terms, and production is being transferred from Portsmouth to Bromsgrove.
21-Nov-2012

Vital Services is to set up a new 20,000 sq ft office for its engineering business at the Soapworks site in Salford.
20-Nov-2012

Hampson Industries has sold BHW Components of Wigan to LNB UK for £2.4m, and its remaining West Midlands-based aerospace business is to go into administration through FTI Consulting.
20-Nov-2012

Torishima (Europe) Projects is to create up to 12 jobs at its new boiler warehouse and research facility in Westbury over the next six months.
19-Nov-2012

Avingtrans is to acquire the Farnborough-based aerospace manufacturing operations of PFW for £1.9m, with the transfer of 102 staff.
19-Nov-2012

Falcon Cycles is planning to expand its warehouse in Scunthorpe, close its site in Brigg and change its name to Claud Butler.
19-Nov-2012

Rayne Engineering is to relocate its metal parts business and up to 70 jobs from two sites in the Staffordshire Moorlands to Stoke-on-Trent next year.
15-Nov-2012

Pailton Engineering is to invest £20m in the expansion of its Coventry-based manufacturing business over the next five years, with the creation of 235 jobs.
13-Nov-2012

Landis & Gyr is planning to expand the 300-strong workforce at its Stockport-based smart meter manufacturing business with 200 new jobs over the next four years.
12-Nov-2012

Bowtech Products is to set up a new £3m headquarters for its Aberdeen-based subsea imaging business at the planned ABZ Business Park, and aims to double its 40-strong workforce by 2017.
12-Nov-2012

Alstom is looking to recruit 570 new staff at sites in Stafford, Wolverhampton and elsewhere, due to rising workload at its Alstom Grid, Alstom Power and Alstom Transport divisions.
12-Nov-2012

Ricardo has bought AEA Technology, the Oxfordshire-based environmental consultancy with 400 staff, out of administration for £18m.
12-Nov-2012

Klinger UK is to invest £5m in the expansion of its gaskets factory in Bradford over the next year.
12-Nov-2012

Lakehouse has acquired Allied Protection, the provider of fire alarm services in southern England and East Anglia.
12-Nov-2012

Boston Networks is to create 20 jobs in Glasgow, having won a contract to supply a security system for the new South Glasgow Hospital.
12-Nov-2012

Shearwell Data, the supplier of animal identification systems, has won permission from Exmoor National Park Authority to build a new 22,000 sq ft office, research and production facility at Putham Farm.
12-Nov-2012

Ingot Services has acquired Neil King & Co, the Manchester-based kitchen cleaning company.
07-Nov-2012

Imerys has acquired the Cornish china clay operations of Goonvean, with the transfer of 140 staff.
07-Nov-2012

Biogen has secured a £7m investment from Iona Capital to fund the development of an anaerobic digestion plant in St Asaph, Denbighshire, by 2014.
06-Nov-2012

E&J Advanced Fluid Systems of Stockton has been acquired by Wood's Hydraulic Services for undisclosed terms.
05-Nov-2012

Marine Minerals is looking to extract tin from underwater deposits off the north Cornish coast, which could lead to creation of up to 100 jobs.
05-Nov-2012

Tamar Energy has acquired the development rights for four new anaerobic digestion plants from Countrystyle Group, and expects to start work on sites in Essex and Kent next year.
05-Nov-2012

Oxfam is to relocate its Wastesaver textiles recycling operation from Huddersfield to Batley early next year.
05-Nov-2012

HSS Hire has acquired Abird, the Kent-based diesel electric generator hire firm with 60 staff and seven depots, for undisclosed terms.
05-Nov-2012

Avingtrans is to sell its Jena Tec industrial products division to Kuroda of Japan for £13m, with the transfer of 178 staff in the UK, Germany, China and the US.
05-Nov-2012

Mann & Hummel is expanding its Wolverhampton-based filtration systems business into a new 55,000 sq ft unit at Vernon Park.
01-Nov-2012

AmeyCespa has been selected as preferred bidder to build and operate a waste treatment plant for Milton Keynes Council by 2016, with the creation of 45 jobs.
31-Oct-2012

Alicat Workboats has bought South Boats out of administration, securing more than 100 jobs at its boat building business on the Isle of Wight.
31-Oct-2012

Headen & Quarmby is to create 30 new jobs at its Manchester-based lingerie manufacturing business over the next year.
31-Oct-2012

Frazer-Nash is to create up to 20 jobs at its new engineering and technology office in Gloucester.
31-Oct-2012

Plymouth City Council has approved plans from University Technical College to build a new £7.9m marine engineering college in Devonport, with the creation of 100 jobs.
30-Oct-2012

Cartwright is looking to expand its Altrincham-based trailers business with new rental depots in the North West, East Midlands and London.
30-Oct-2012

Direct Savings is to create 20 jobs at its new infrared-based heating systems showroom in Perth.
29-Oct-2012

Bremont is to transfer production of luxury watches from Switzerland to Oxfordshire by the end of the year, with the creation of eight jobs.
29-Oct-2012

BM Polyco, the Enfield-based glove manufacturer with 125 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance.
25-Oct-2012

International Decorative Surfaces is planning to relocate its Chesterton-based decorative materials business to a new £10m headquarters at Parkhouse Interchange by 2014.
25-Oct-2012

Intelligent Homes In Control has been bought out of administration by a new company called Style Audio Visual, saving 16 jobs at its Knutsford-based home automation firm.
25-Oct-2012

Harvard Engineering has secured a £2.7m government grant to expand its lighting control systems factory in Wakefield, with the creation of about 300 jobs by 2017.
24-Oct-2012

Piccadilly AV, the Rugby-based supplier of audio visual equipment with 30 staff, has been sold out of administration to Universal AV Services.
23-Oct-2012

Brammer is to set up a 6,700 sq ft regional office for its industrial products business at St Ann's House in Knutsford.
23-Oct-2012

AgustaWestland is to create hundreds of new jobs at its civil helicopters plant in Yeovil, having secured a £100m funding boost.
22-Oct-2012

J&A Young is set up a plastic recycling plant for its Jayplas business at the former AstraZeneca site in Loughborough, with the creation of 50 jobs.
22-Oct-2012

Norfolk Capacitors has been bought out of administration by API Capacitors, saving 37 jobs in Great Yarmouth.
22-Oct-2012

GE Aviation has secured government funding of £1.2m to invest in research facilities at its Cheltenham-based engines business, with the creation of up to 100 jobs over the next eight years.
22-Oct-2012

Express Bi-Folding Doors is looking to set up a new £3m factory in Leeds, with the relocation of up to 120 staff from three existing sites.
22-Oct-2012

Martin Aerospace is to invest in new equipment for its aircraft components factory in Lanark, with the creation of 11 jobs.
22-Oct-2012

Ability Tec is to manufacture printed circuit board assemblies at the former Remploy factory in Bolton, with the creation of up to 30 jobs.
22-Oct-2012

Barrie Knitwear, the Hawick-based clothing manufacturer with 176 staff, has been bought out of administration by Chanel for undisclosed terms.
17-Oct-2012

Jee is to expand its subsea engineering and training operations with new sites in Aberdeen and London, with the creation of 40 jobs over the next year.
17-Oct-2012

Senior has sold Senior Hargreaves, the Bury-based heating and ventilation ducting supplier, to M+W Group for undisclosed terms.
17-Oct-2012

Renishaw is planning to develop a 2m sq ft business park at its site in Miskin, South Wales, which would create hundreds of new jobs.
15-Oct-2012

W&S Recycling is planning to build a £10m waste materials recycling plant at Mannings Heath in Poole, with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
15-Oct-2012

Merc Engineering UK has acquired Stanworth Engineers, the Burnley-based precision components manufacturer with 30 staff.
15-Oct-2012

Pattonair is creating 50 new jobs at its aerospace and defence logistics site in Derby.
11-Oct-2012

Bilfinger Berger Industrial Services has acquired HG Group, the Chesterfield-based control systems company with 80 staff, for undisclosed terms.
10-Oct-2012

Eclipse Kitchens & Bedrooms has acquired a 30,000 sq ft warehouse on the Haselmere Industrial Estate in Wigan.
10-Oct-2012

UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UK RPIF) has announced a £200m investment in science projects at the universities of Birmingham, Liverpool, Oxford, Surrey and Warwick.
09-Oct-2012

Pennon Group has acquired Pulp Friction, the Kent-based paper processing firm, for £9m, in order to expand its Viridor Waste Management business.
09-Oct-2012

Enval has selected a site at the Alconbury Enterprise Zone near Huntingdon for its first commercial-scale laminate recycling plant.
09-Oct-2012

Countrystyle Group has acquired Any Waste Solution, the Kent-based waste processing firm with 25 staff, from One51 ES Recycling for undisclosed terms.
08-Oct-2012

Lancashire's Combined Fire Authority is to relocate from Fulwood to a new £10m headquarters in Chorley in 2016.
08-Oct-2012

DFS is to expand the 240-strong workforce at its furniture factory in Somercotes with 60 new jobs.
08-Oct-2012

HDM Steel Pipe of Turkey is to set up a £7m factory in Cardiff, with the creation of 38 jobs.
04-Oct-2012

Balfour Beatty is relocating its rail services support division and 150 staff to a 20,000 sq ft office at Pentagon House in Derby.
04-Oct-2012

Wastebeater has acquired Greenstar Northern Ireland out of administration, securing the future of 19 jobs at its waste management business.
04-Oct-2012

Tec Electric Motors is planning to double its 30-strong workforce in Droitwich Spa over the next five years, and is also seeking larger premises.
02-Oct-2012

Grayton Engineering is relocating its mechanical engineering business from Scunthorpe to Immingham, with the creation of 20 jobs.
02-Oct-2012

Howarth Timber Engineering is looking to relocate its Bury St Edmunds-based timber components factory and 40 staff to a smaller site.
02-Oct-2012

HMK Automation has bought Jacksons Power Transmission, the Stoke-based engineering firm with ten staff, out of administration.
01-Oct-2012

Knowaste is planning to build a nappy recycling plant at the London Sustainable Industries Park in Dagenham.
01-Oct-2012

DK Holdings has won planning permission to build a new abrasive tools factory at Staplehurst in Kent, but the move will depend on winning approval for a new supermarket on its existing site.
01-Oct-2012

GJD Manufacturing has acquired Advanced LED Technology, the Newcastle-based manufacturer of infrared devices, for undisclosed terms.
01-Oct-2012

Score Group has announced the creation of 160 jobs at a new £5m valve engineering facility in Peterhead.
01-Oct-2012

Bridge of Weir Leather Company is looking to create a further 80 jobs at its new £2m leather products factory in Renfrewshire over the coming months.
01-Oct-2012

ACS Clothing is to set up a new 85,000 sq ft facility for its formal clothing business at the Eurocentral business park in central Scotland, in order to relocate work from Manchester and Glasgow.
27-Sep-2012

Ebac is looking to set up a new £8m kitchen appliances factory in County Durham over the next two years, with the creation of 200 jobs.
27-Sep-2012

Alstom has agreed to acquire Tidal Generation, the Bristol-based manufacturer of tidal turbines, from Rolls-Royce for undisclosed terms.
26-Sep-2012

Moller Group of Germany is to set up a refractory maintenance operation at the Eastwood Industrial Estate in Rotherham, with the creation of 20 jobs.
26-Sep-2012

Aker Solutions is to create up to 100 jobs at its new oil and gas engineering office in Stockton-on-Tees over the next three years.
20-Sep-2012

Fabricom Offshore is to create ten jobs at its new office in Aberdeen, having won an offshore engineering contract from EnQuest.
20-Sep-2012

WEC is linking up with LogFire Stoves to set up a new stove manufacturing business in Darwen, with the creation of up to 20 jobs.
20-Sep-2012

Alois Pottinger is setting up a new agricultural machinery importing business in Corby, with the creation of 11 jobs.
20-Sep-2012

Craven & Co has acquired Wm Spence Sheet Metal, the Bradford-based sheet metal fabricator with 19 staff.
19-Sep-2012

WYG is to buy back its three engineering consultancy operations in Northern Ireland, saving 90 jobs, following the appointment of liquidators at its Republic of Ireland business.
18-Sep-2012

University of Sheffield is to set up a new advanced manufacturing training centre in Catcliffe by autumn 2013, providing courses for 250 people a year.
18-Sep-2012

Bartech Marine is to relocate its Essex-based engineering business and 24 jobs to Colchester's Hythe by the end of the year, with the creation of ten new jobs.
18-Sep-2012

SLP Engineering, the Lowestoft-based offshore engineering firm, has been bought out of administration by Sembcorp Marine Group of Singapore for £2.5m.
18-Sep-2012

SITA UK is seeking permission from North Lincolnshire Council for a new recycling transfer station in Scunthorpe, with the creation of 45 jobs.
18-Sep-2012

Sigma Offshore is to open a new engineering and project support office in London, with the creation of 20 jobs.
18-Sep-2012

Wardle Storeys has won approval to build a new warehouse and office for its polymer films and coated fabrics business, securing the future of 250 jobs at its site in Earby.
18-Sep-2012

Scott & Fyfe, the Fife-based carpet manufacturer, is to be acquired by its 100 employees in a deal worth an estimated £5m.
17-Sep-2012

Transforge is to relocate its Melton Mowbray-based steel fabrication business to a new 15,000 sq ft building on the Eagle Business Park in Peterborough in November.
17-Sep-2012

Barrier Group has acquired the Middlesbrough-based insulation and architectural services division of ARC Industrial Services, and is seeking permission to build a new £1m factory near its Wallsend site.
17-Sep-2012

Hi-Force is to expand its Daventry-based hydraulic tools factory into a new £2m building by March 2013.
17-Sep-2012

CN Creative is looking to consolidate its Manchester-based electronic cigarette manufacturing business at a new site in the Bury area, and expects to double its 49-strong workforce over the next 18 months.
13-Sep-2012

Stork Technical Services Subsea is to create ten new jobs for engineers, project managers and diving staff at its Aberdeen-based offshore inspection and maintenance business.
13-Sep-2012

BAe Systems is in merger talks with EADS that would create a combined European aerospace and defence group with about 60,000 staff in the UK.
13-Sep-2012

Booth Welsh is to create 20 new jobs at its Ayrshire-based engineering business, having won new orders for its control systems.
12-Sep-2012

Havelock Europa is looking to invest in the expansion of its production facilities in Kirkcaldy and Dalgety Bay, due to rising demand for its shop interiors.
12-Sep-2012

Systems ADI Group is relocating its Birmingham-based engineering business to a new 25,000 sq ft headquarters on the Kings Norton Business Centre, with the creation of 100 jobs.
10-Sep-2012

SPP Pumps is planning to invest £9m in the expansion of its factory at Coleford in Gloucestershire, with the creation of 50 jobs.
10-Sep-2012

TES NI is to invest £2.3m in the expansion of its Cookstown-based water treatment engineering business, with the creation of 70 jobs.
10-Sep-2012

Sverdrup Steel of Norway is to set up a 20,000 sq ft steel distribution depot at the Beighton Link Business Park in South Yorkshire.
10-Sep-2012

Intertek has acquired Materials Testing & Inspection Services and its operating subsidiary NDT Services for £17m, including 130 staff in Derby, Bristol and Birmingham.
10-Sep-2012

Lappet Manufacturing has acquired the former Carlisle Glass Warehousing site in Carlisle, in order to set up a 60,000 sq ft warehouse for its weaving business.
06-Sep-2012

Silverwing Group, the Swansea-based non-destructive testing firm with 35 staff, has undergone a £7.5m management buy-out backed by private equity firm NVM.
06-Sep-2012

Babcock International is to relocate its Leicestershire office and up to 500 staff from Whetstone to a new 70,000 sq ft site in Braunstone Frith in summer 2013.
05-Sep-2012

NGF Europe is to invest £4m in the expansion of its glass cords factory in St Helens by next year, with the creation of 24 jobs.
04-Sep-2012

AJ Woods Engineering is to set up a new office and storage facility for its offshore structures business at the Port of Sunderland, with the creation of up to 60 jobs.
04-Sep-2012

TEG Group has secured funding of £21m to build a new anaerobic digestion plant at the London Sustainable Industries Park in Dagenham by 2014.
04-Sep-2012

The Ministry of Defence is considering plans to relocate its UK Nato Codification Bureau and up to 50 jobs from Glasgow to Bristol.
04-Sep-2012

Hills Waste Solutions is creating 15 jobs for a new recyclables management facility due to open in Amesbury, Wiltshire, later this year.
04-Sep-2012

John Huddleston Engineering, the County Down-based aerospace firm with annual turnover of £25m, has been acquired by Magellan of Canada.
03-Sep-2012

Electrovision Group is looking to expand its St Helens-based electrical and medical product distribution business with new facilities in Cardiff and Scotland.
03-Sep-2012

Unite Technologies, the Usk-based supplier of energy management and environmental monitoring solutions, has been acquired by US-based Panduit for an estimated £6m.
03-Sep-2012

Headlam Group has acquired Flooring Accessories, the Cardiff-based distributor of residential and commercial floorcoverings, for an initial £0.6m.
03-Sep-2012

Mott MacDonald is to relocate its Birmingham-based engineering consultancy office to a 19,000 sq ft unit at 35 Newhall Street.
30-Aug-2012

Heerema is to create 200 new jobs at its offshore fabrication yard in Hartlepool, in order to produce platforms for the Cygnus field.
29-Aug-2012

Gardline Marine Sciences is creating 87 new jobs at its marine survey business in Great Yarmouth, having won new contracts for its Environmental, Geosciences and Geosurvey divisions.
29-Aug-2012

Astley Bank Engineering is to relocate its Darwen-based manufacturing business to a larger factory on Ellesmere Road by October.
29-Aug-2012

Capital & Centric is to build a £15m supermarket and a 38,000 sq ft Albert Hartley Home Textiles factory in Barnoldswick, Lancashire.
29-Aug-2012

SITA UK has won permission from Warwickshire County Council to build a 50,000 tonne-a-year anaerobic digestion plant in Packington.
28-Aug-2012

Capita is to acquire Reliance Secure Task Management, the Bristol-based provider of security services with 2,000 staff, for £20m.
28-Aug-2012

PPM is seeking permission to expand its manufacturing and storage facility in Lockerbie by 35,000 sq ft, with the creation of more than 30 jobs.
28-Aug-2012

SeaEnergy has acquired Return to Scene, the Aberdeen-based 3D imaging company with 25 staff, for up to £10m.
28-Aug-2012

Baker & Finnemore, the Birmingham-based precision pressings manufacturer, has been acquired by Titgemeyer of Germany for undisclosed terms.
28-Aug-2012

Briggs Equipment UK is to expand its Cannock-based fork lift truck distribution business with the acquisition of the UK assets of Barloworld Handling for undisclosed terms.
28-Aug-2012

RB Farquhar has acquired Stopsave, the Aberdeenshire-based safety products supplier and training firm with ten staff, for about £2.5m.
23-Aug-2012

Halma has sold its Tritech sub-sea asset monitoring business to Moog Components for £21m.
23-Aug-2012

Brintons is seeking government funding to invest in new technology for its carpet factory in Kidderminster, with the creation of up to 80 jobs.
23-Aug-2012

Anglo ERI has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing the future of 150 jobs at a new 130,000 sq ft shop fittings factory in St Neots.
23-Aug-2012

DRL Holdings is to expand its white goods call centre and marketing operations in Manchester and Bolton, with the creation of 160 new jobs by the end of the year.
21-Aug-2012

Herman Miller is considering plans to relocate its furniture warehouse and production facilities from Chippenham and Bath to Melksham, securing 150 jobs.
20-Aug-2012

Sterling Industries has acquired Hotwork Combustion Technology, the Dewsbury-based supplier of combustion equipment with 42 staff.
20-Aug-2012

Cornerstone Automation Systems is investing £1m in the expansion of its Londonderry-based material handling systems business, with the creation of 12 jobs.
20-Aug-2012

Tradebe has acquired Ecowaste Southwest, the Bristol-based clinical waste firm, for undisclosed terms.
16-Aug-2012

Hanson Building Products is planning to transform the 20-acre former Whittlesey brickworks site in Cambridgeshire into a plastics recycling plant.
15-Aug-2012

MarketMats of the Ukraine and Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing are linking up with The Get It Group to set up aerospace manufacturing campuses in Ross-on-Wye and Hereford, with the creation of 1,000 jobs.
14-Aug-2012

Harpscreen is to invest £4.4m in the expansion of its Haydock-based screening equipment manufacturing business, with the creation of 66 jobs.
13-Aug-2012

Smallbone is creating 30 new jobs at its factory in Devizes, following an increase in demand for luxury kitchen furniture.
13-Aug-2012

Sentura Group is seeking permission from Rutland County Council to transform the former Markon Sawafuji factory in Oakham into a fire safety equipment warehouse, with the creation of 18 jobs.
13-Aug-2012

Ensinger has acquired Jet Engineering, the Glasgow-based plastic components manufacturer with 23 staff.
13-Aug-2012

Ultra Finishing has acquired Niko Distribution, the Halifax-based bathroom distributor, for undisclosed terms.
13-Aug-2012

Calrec Audio is planning to expand its audio console manufacturing operation in Hebden Bridge by 10,000 sq ft.
13-Aug-2012

Guidance Navigation is planning to set up a new site and create 29 new jobs for its Leicester-based sensor systems engineering business.
13-Aug-2012

ICR Integrity has acquired MOSS, the mechanical services firm with 60 staff in Kendal and Aberdeen.
13-Aug-2012

Ceram is to build a kiln in Stoke-on-Trent to test new energy-saving technology, with the creation of ten jobs.
09-Aug-2012

Innovative Technology is planning to expand the 80-strong workforce at its Oldham-based banknote validation machinery factory with 20 new jobs.
08-Aug-2012

Incanite Foundries is creating 65 new jobs at its site in Smethwick, as part of a £2.5m investment in a new 30,000 sq ft facility.
08-Aug-2012

Lightning Aerospace has been sold out of administration to A2e Venture Catalysts, saving 19 jobs at its Coventry-based engineering business.
08-Aug-2012

Camfil Farr is to set up a £2.4m 40,000 sq ft air pollution control equipment factory at the Birch Business Park in Heywood in January 2013, with the creation of 100 jobs.
07-Aug-2012

Neftex is to expand the 80-strong workforce at its Oxfordshire-based geosciences consultancy with 50 new graduate jobs.
07-Aug-2012

Lorne Stewart has bought the Rotary engineering operations in the North West, Yorkshire and South, as well as Midlands-based CA Sothers, out of administration, saving about 390 jobs.
07-Aug-2012

North Sea Ventilation has been bought out of administration by Terton, saving 80 jobs at its Hull-based heating and ventilating business.
07-Aug-2012

Environmental Scientifics Group has acquired Waterwise Technologies, the Oxfordshire-based supplier of water treatment equipment with 22 staff.
07-Aug-2012

Gloucestershire Training Group is to open a new 21,000 sq ft engineering training centre at Barnwood Point in Gloucester in September.
07-Aug-2012

Nortech Solutions is to create 25 new jobs at its Teesside-based engineering business over the next year, having won a £2m contract from EnQuest.
06-Aug-2012

KM&T is planning to create up to 40 new jobs at its Coventry-based engineering consultancy.
06-Aug-2012

JDR Cable Systems is to expand the 160-strong workforce at its cables factory in Hartlepool with an unspecified number of jobs, due to rising demand for exports.
06-Aug-2012

Swaine Adeney Brigg has acquired the former Aquascutum factory in Corby, and plans to re-employ up to 30 staff to manufacture luxury clothing.
02-Aug-2012

AIMS Materials, the Peterborough-based metallurgy technology firm, has been acquired by Alycidon Capital for undisclosed terms.
02-Aug-2012

TT Electronics has sold Dale Power Solutions, the Scarborough generator manufacturer with about 200 staff, to private equity firm LDC for £10m.
01-Aug-2012

Staffordshire Fire & Rescue is to relocate its control centre from Stone to the headquarters of the West Midlands service in Birmingham.
01-Aug-2012

Kawasaki Precision Machinery is planning a £6m investment at its hydraulic pumps and motors factory in Plymouth, with the creation of about 100 jobs.
31-Jul-2012

NR Engineering, the Colne-based precision engineering equipment firm with 86 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
31-Jul-2012

Maxim Industries is to invest £2m in the expansion of its Bolton-based components sourcing business over the next three years, with the creation of about 25 jobs.
31-Jul-2012

Goodwin is planning to expand its Staffordshire-based engineering business with four new office and factory buildings, a training school and a larger foundry.
31-Jul-2012

Moyola Precision Engineering is to invest £5m in the expansion of its Londonderry-based components manufacturing business, with the creation of 15 jobs.
31-Jul-2012

Cable & Alloys is to set up a new electrical and mattress recycling centre in Willenhall, with the creation of 12 jobs.
31-Jul-2012

Viridor is to build a £160m recycling and renewable energy centre in Glasgow, as part of a 25-year waste treatment contract with Glasgow City Council.
31-Jul-2012

Davidson Holdings has acquired Talon, the Kent-based manufacturer of plumbing fixings, for undisclosed terms.
31-Jul-2012

PressureFab is to invest £1m in the expansion of its offshore equipment factory in Dundee, with the creation of 25 jobs over the next two years.
31-Jul-2012

Meggitt has acquired Precision Micro, the Birmingham-based metal components manufacturer with 150 staff, for undisclosed terms.
31-Jul-2012

Quality Furniture Company is to expand the 220-strong workforce at its factory in Grantham with 50 new jobs, having won a new contract from DFS.
31-Jul-2012

Tronic Subsea Systems is to expand the 350-strong workforce at its Cumbria-based subsea communications business with 70 new jobs.
19-Jul-2012

Norgren is to relocate its Lichfield-based engineering business to a 104,000 sq ft unit at Fradley Business Park by the end of 2013.
19-Jul-2012

DMG Mori Seiki is setting up a £5m 35,000 sq ft warehouse and office for its machine tools business at the Middlemarch Business Park in Coventry.
19-Jul-2012

Damper Technology has acquired the Leicester-based valve manufacturing assets of CPH, with the transfer of 22 staff.
19-Jul-2012

Severn Glocon has acquired LB Bentley, the Stroud-based manufacturer of subsea valves with 154 staff, for undisclosed terms.
18-Jul-2012

Endura is to invest £2.4m in the expansion of its Livingston-based cycling clothing factory onto a new site nearby, with the creation of 15 jobs.
18-Jul-2012

Guardian Global Technologies is to invest £2.3m in the expansion of its South Wales-based oil and gas equipment factory by 20,000 sq ft, with the creation of 22 jobs.
18-Jul-2012

Cosworth Group has acquired Adaero Precision Components, the Devon-based precision engineering firm.
18-Jul-2012

PHSC is to acquire QCS International, the Scottish environmental, health and safety consultancy, for an initial £0.2m.
17-Jul-2012

Peratech has secured an investment of £1.2m to fund the development of new laboratory facilities for its North Yorkshire-based materials technology business.
16-Jul-2012

WasteCare has bought the assets of Loddon Recycling, the Hampshire-based battery recycling firm, out of administration.
16-Jul-2012

Darchem is to build a new £8m 57,000 sq ft precision engineering factory next to its existing site in Stillington by late 2013, with the creation of 86 jobs.
12-Jul-2012

Low Energy Designs is to relocate its Dorset-based lighting business to a new 5,000 sq ft unit at the Sunrise Business Park in Blandford Forum.
12-Jul-2012

Weir Minerals is investing £5m in the expansion of its foundry in Todmorden, with the creation of about 35 jobs over the next three years.
12-Jul-2012

Deltacam International is to set up a 9,000 sq ft aerospace and defence manufacturing facility at the Great Western Business Park in Worcester.
12-Jul-2012

Acorn Industrial Services is to relocate its engineering products distribution business from three sites to a new 40,000 sq ft unit on Denby Way in Rotherham.
12-Jul-2012

Norfolk County Council is to help fund a new engineering company called Hethel Innovation at the Hethel Engineering Centre near Wymondham, with the creation of 24 new jobs.
11-Jul-2012

Dyer Engineering is to invest £1.2m in the expansion of its precision engineering factory in County Durham, with the creation of 30 jobs.
11-Jul-2012

Trouvay & Cauvin, the Oldham-based piping and valves supplier with 14 staff, has been acquired by the Dubai-based TC Group.
11-Jul-2012

Rotherham Council has approved plans from AMRC for the development of a new training centre at the Advanced Manufacturing Park.
09-Jul-2012

Elektron Technology is to expand its 50,000 sq ft engineering plant and office in Torquay by March 2013, with the creation of 80 jobs.
05-Jul-2012

Viridor Waste Management has acquired JWT Holdings, the Manchester-based waste collection and recycling firm with 45 staff, for £7.6m.
05-Jul-2012

Norbain Group has sold the assets of its Reading-based CCTV equipment business out of administration to Newbury Investments, with the transfer of 250 staff.
04-Jul-2012

Wedgwood is to invest £25m in the expansion of its pottery manufacturing and visitor operations in Stoke-on-Trent, with the creation of more than 100 jobs.
03-Jul-2012

Sidhil is to expand its Halifax-based specialist bed manufacturing business with a new unit at Chesford Grange in Warrington.
03-Jul-2012

Veolia Water has sold its Central, Southeast and East water businesses to an infrastructure fund managed by M&G and Morgan Stanley for £1.2bn, including 1,250 staff.
02-Jul-2012

ABB is to create about 120 jobs at its engineering and project management operations in Aberdeen and East Kilbride by the end of the year.
02-Jul-2012

Wren Kitchens is planning to expand its chain of 27 showrooms with four new sites this year, and its factory in Scunthorpe will start producing bedrooms.
02-Jul-2012

Cell Pack Solutions is to relocate its South Tyneside-based battery packs business and 20 staff to a larger 9,000 sq ft site in South Shields in September.
02-Jul-2012

Main Man Supplies has acquired Davern Workwear, the Cambridgeshire-based workwear manufacturer with 40 staff, for undisclosed terms.
02-Jul-2012

Asco Group has acquired North Sea Lifting, the Aberdeen-based safety training firm with 50 staff, for undisclosed terms.
02-Jul-2012

ATR Group has acquired Underwater Engineering Services, the Aberdeen-based subsea support equipment supplier with 14 staff, for undisclosed terms.
02-Jul-2012

Network Rail has won planning permission for a new factory to make concrete sleepers for track improvements at Ten Pound Walk in Doncaster by July 2013, with the creation of 30 jobs.
28-Jun-2012

Melrose has sold McKechnie Engineered Plastics, the injection moulding business with 650 staff in North Yorkshire and South Wales, to Rosti Group for £31m.
27-Jun-2012

Glacier Energy Services has acquired Site Machining Services, the Newcastle-based pipe-cutting firm with 12 staff, for about £1m.
27-Jun-2012

Greene Tweed is to expand the 180-strong workforce at its high-performance materials factory in Nottinghamshire with 25 new jobs.
27-Jun-2012

Connelly Security Systems has acquired Precision Alarms of Falkirk for undisclosed terms.
26-Jun-2012

TES Aviation Group is planning to expand the 127-strong workforce at its Bridgend-based aircraft maintenance business with 70 new jobs by 2015, following an investment from Mitsubishi Corporation and the Development Bank of Japan.
25-Jun-2012

Mulberry has submitted plans to build a new £7.5m luxury goods factory in Bridgwater, with the creation of 300 jobs.
25-Jun-2012

Fircroft Engineering Services, the Warrington-based technical recruitment firm, has sold a stake to private equity firm Equistone Partners Europe in a deal worth £140m.
25-Jun-2012

Rolls-Royce has confirmed plans to create 150 jobs at a new 100,000 sq ft factory at the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham by the end of 2014, in order to manufacture turbine blades for aircraft engines.
25-Jun-2012

Goodrich is looking to expand its aerospace factory in Wolverhampton, which currently has 1,300 staff, having won a number of new contracts.
25-Jun-2012

Folland Aerotech is looking to create a further 20 jobs at its new aerospace design headquarters at Segensworth in Hampshire.
25-Jun-2012

CP Northern is to relocate its Staffordshire-based lighting technology business and 20 staff to a new site in Stafford this month.
21-Jun-2012

FCC Environment is planning to build a waste recycling and recovery facility at the Dogsthorpe in Peterborough, with the creation of 20 jobs.
21-Jun-2012

Moorland Plastics is to expand the workforce at its plastic products factory in Barnsley with 20 new jobs for people with disabilities over the next year.
21-Jun-2012

Godiva Bearings Group, the bearings supplier with sites in Dudley, Shepperton and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
21-Jun-2012

Boulting Group has bought Cross Services Engineering out of administration, saving 83 jobs at its St Helens-based mechanical and electrical engineering business.
20-Jun-2012

Rolls-Royce is to refurbish its Raynesway nuclear submarine reactors plant in Derby, securing the future of 300 jobs, having won a £1.1bn Ministry of Defence contract.
19-Jun-2012

Oceaneering is to invest £15m in the expansion of its plant in Rosyth, in order to produce cables for offshore wind farms.
18-Jun-2012

Ensor Holdings is to sell its CMS Tools business in West Yorkshire to a management team.
18-Jun-2012

Hunter Environmental is planning to invest £3m in the expansion of its Bishopbriggs-based industrial recycling business, with the creation of 30 jobs over the next two years.
18-Jun-2012

EagleBurgmann Industries is to relocate its Warwick-based sealing systems business to a new £2m site at Tournament Fields early next year.
14-Jun-2012

Avery Weigh-Tronix has bought Central Weighing, the Kidderminster-based provider of vehicle weighing and management systems.
14-Jun-2012

Raymond Brown Minerals & Recycling has bought Chilton Waste Services of Didcot out of administration, with the transfer of 33 staff.
13-Jun-2012

Severn Trent is to sell the meter installation business of Severn Trent Metering Services to Enterprise.
13-Jun-2012

Unitech Industries Group has bought the assets of P Nugent & Son, the Co Armagh-based catering equipment firm with 15 staff, out of administration.
13-Jun-2012

MDL is to set up a new £3m headquarters for its laser measurement technology business next to its existing site in York, and plans to expand the workforce from 63 to 120 by 2014.
13-Jun-2012

Sims Metal Management is to invest £15m in the expansion of its metals and electronic waste recycling plant near Evesham, with a possible increase to the 470-strong workforce.
12-Jun-2012

PJD is planning to expand the workforce at its Castle Donington-based engineering business from 200 to 300 over the next year, due to rising demand for machinery for power stations.
11-Jun-2012

Thamesteel, the Sheerness-based steelworks, has been sold out of administration by Mazars to a new company owned by the Saudi-based Al-Tuwairqi Group.
11-Jun-2012

Severn Unival is to relocate its Huddersfield-based valve engineering business and 84 jobs to a new 50,000 sq ft site in Brighouse later this year.
11-Jun-2012

GREAN is to expand the 23-strong workforce at its Golspie Recycling Environmental Action Network with 19 new jobs, having secured funding from the Big Lottery Fund Scotland.
11-Jun-2012

Rolls-Royce is to acquire the remaining 50% of its Aero Engine Controls joint venture with Goodrich, including 1,400 staff Birmingham, Derby, Belfast and the US.
11-Jun-2012

WSP, the engineering consultancy, has been acquired by Genivar of Canada for £278m.
11-Jun-2012

Sarginsons Industries is to invest £2.5m in the expansion of its Coventry-based aluminium diecasting business over the next 18 months.
11-Jun-2012

Fitt Signs & Graphics has been bought out of administration by a new company called FSG Signs & Graphics, saving 17 jobs at its Norwich-based sign making business.
11-Jun-2012

Chemring is to sell its marine flares manufacturing business to Drew Marine for £32m.
07-Jun-2012

Transys Projects, the Birmingham-based rail engineering firm, has been acquired by Vossloh Kiepe of Germany for undisclosed terms.
07-Jun-2012

Hurleypalmerflatt, the engineering consultancy, is planning to expand its Glasgow office and double its Scottish workforce to 40 over the next few years.
06-Jun-2012

Tri-Wire has been sold out of administration to Anglia Metal, saving 31 jobs at the West Yorkshire-based subsidiary of B3 Industries.
06-Jun-2012

Buxton Pickles is to relocate the headquarters of its clothes design and manufacturing business and ten staff from Saltaire to Ilkley over the next few weeks.
06-Jun-2012

Cordell Group is to expand its machining and control panel manufacturing business with a new facility on the Teesside Industrial Estate and the creation of ten jobs.
31-May-2012

Cygnet is planning to build a new £6m engineering factory at the former Cheshire Salt Works in Wincham by 2017, with the relocation of its 96-strong workforce from sites in Northwich and Middlewich.
30-May-2012

Fraunhofer Gesellschaft of Germany is to set up a £9m centre for applied photonics at Strathclyde University by 2014, with the creation of ten jobs.
30-May-2012

SSC Laser is planning to expand its Staffordshire-based laser engineered components business with operations in cities across the country, having just opened in Motherwell.
30-May-2012

Air2Work of Norway is to invest £1.5m at its new clean air technology workshop and office in Aberdeen over the next year.
30-May-2012

United Lift Trucks has been bought out of administration by Fork Truck Direct, saving ten jobs at its Suffolk-based fork lift trucks business.
30-May-2012

Aero Engine Controls has won planning consent for a new £60m 250,000 sq ft advanced manufacturing facility at Birmingham Business Park, and expects to relocate about 1,100 staff to the site in 2014.
28-May-2012

Roydon Group is to invest £2.6m in new sorting equipment at its Manchester-based waste recycling plant, with the creation of 15 jobs.
28-May-2012

United Utilities is to invest £700m in infrastructure projects over the next year, including water treatment works in Manchester and Liverpool, while 40 apprentices will be recruited every year until 2015.
28-May-2012

Morson Group, the Salford-based engineering recruitment firm, is to undergo a £23m management buy-out.
28-May-2012

J&A Young, the plastics recycling firm trading as Jayplas, has acquired the 69-acre former AstraZeneca site in Loughborough.
28-May-2012

WaterMota, the Devon-based supplier of marine engines with 14 staff, has been acquired by B&N Group of the Netherlands.
28-May-2012

Langham Glass is planning to relocate its glass products manufacturing business and 15 staff to Fakenham, with the creation of ten jobs.
28-May-2012

Hethel Engineering Centre has won permission from Norfolk County Council to build a new £7.8m 40,000 sq ft facility to provide space for 16 advanced engineering and manufacturing companies.
28-May-2012

NOV Mono is to relocate its Manchester-based pump manufacturing business and up to 440 staff to a 330,000 sq ft site in Oldham in 2013, as part of a £24m expansion programme that will create about 40 new jobs a year.
24-May-2012

Feedback Instruments, the East Sussex-based engineering firm, has been acquired by a new company called LD Didactic for £0.3m.
24-May-2012

Brownhills Glass, the Aldridge-based glass processing firm with 44 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
24-May-2012

WFEL, the Stockport-based manufacturer of military bridges with 228 staff, has been acquired by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann of Germany for about £60m.
23-May-2012

Innovation Group has acquired Marishal Thompson, the Northumberland-based environmental consultancy with 65 staff, for £5.2m.
23-May-2012

Steel Engineering is to set up an additional 70,000 sq ft facility at Westway in Renfrew, in order to provide fabrication services to the renewable energy sector and create 120 jobs.
22-May-2012

UK Point of Sale is planning to set up a new £4.5m 50,000 sq ft manufacturing and distribution facility for its Stockport-based promotional products business, and the workforce will rise from 37 to 50.
22-May-2012

Wessington Cryogenics is to expand its gas storage tanks business with a new site at Castletown in Sunderland and the creation of 30 jobs this year.
21-May-2012

Servest Multi Service has acquired Stag Security Services, the Harrogate-based security firm with more than 600 staff nationwide.
21-May-2012

Marston Agricultural Services is to create 30 new jobs at its site in Grantham, having won a contract to export trailers to China.
21-May-2012

SES Engineering, the Great Yarmouth-based engineering services firm with 13 staff, has been bought out of administration by a former employee.
21-May-2012

Integrated Engineering Stores Associates of Warrington has undergone a management buy-out backed by £23m from private equity firm Gresham.
21-May-2012

SITA UK has awarded a contract to US-based Bulk Handling Systems to design and build four material recovery plants in Avonmouth, Birmingham, Darwen and London over the next two years.
17-May-2012

Barrett Steel has acquired Parson & Crosland, the Middlesbrough-based steel stockholder with 25 staff, for undisclosed terms.
17-May-2012

Aquatronic Group Management, the manufacturer of gates, entry systems, radiators and water pumps, is seeking permission to expand its factory in Colchester with the creation of 100 jobs over the next five years.
17-May-2012

Performance Window Group has submitted plans to Colchester Council to expand its window manufacturing plant in Tiptree onto an adjacent site, with the creation of 30 jobs.
17-May-2012

Climaveneta is to acquire Powermaster Products, its UK air conditioning distribution partner with 45 staff.
16-May-2012

E2V Technologies is to sell its non-core businesses to a new company called SGX Sensortech for £15m, including its scientific instruments division in High Wycombe and industrial gas sensing in Chelmsford.
16-May-2012

Appris Management is looking to fill 80 positions for apprentices at companies in Bradford and Keighley.
16-May-2012

Spaldings Holdings, the Lincoln-based agricultural machinery distributor, has sold a majority stake to Marubeni Corporation of Japan.
16-May-2012

Wood Group GTS is to relocate 20 staff to a new 10,000 sq ft gas turbine maintenance facility at Sadler Park in Lincoln, and ten new jobs will be created.
16-May-2012

Pharmore has acquired Mirrortech, the Blackpool-based manufacturer of bespoke mirrors, for undisclosed terms.
16-May-2012

Babcock is to sell its VT Services engineering support and facilities management business in the US to a new company called VT Holdings for £61m.
15-May-2012

Inject Plastics of Totnes is to open a new Trunki suitcase factory in Plymouth, and plans to double its 25-strong workforce.
14-May-2012

Hymec Aerospace is to invest £2m in the expansion of its aircraft seat components factory in Newton Abbot, with the creation of up to 40 jobs by 2013.
10-May-2012

MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) is planning to set up a new engineering training centre at Custom House in Ellesmere Port, with the creation of about 60 jobs.
10-May-2012

Uniscan Instruments, the Derbyshire-based manufacturer of measurement instruments, has been acquired by Bio-Logic of France.
10-May-2012

Cartwright Group is planning to expand the 550-strong workforce at its trailer manufacturing business in Altrincham with 70 apprentices over the next two years.
09-May-2012

Sealey Power Products is to invest £10m in the expansion of its tools and equipment business in Bury St Edmunds, including a new 85,000 sq ft service centre, 102,000 sq ft warehouse and up to 40 jobs.
08-May-2012

Formaplex is relocating its Havant-based engineering and manufacturing business to a larger factory in Horndean, with the creation of 40 jobs.
08-May-2012

SSI UK has awarded a contract to Siemens VAI Metals Technologies to build a £30m pulverized coal injection plant at its steel works in Redcar.
08-May-2012

Independent Contractor Security of Chesterfield has bought Sekure Europe, the Rotherham-based security services firm with 70 staff, out of administration.
08-May-2012

Wall Colmonoy is to expand the 230-strong workforce at its metallurgical products factory in Pontardawe with 50 new jobs.
08-May-2012

Itmsoil, the East Sussex-based geotechnical instrumentation firm with turnover of almost £30m, has undergone a management buy-out.
08-May-2012

Launa Windows, the Newton Abbot-based supplier of windows and doors, has been sold out of administration to Britannia Windows.
08-May-2012

Interfloor is to create 49 new jobs at its Haslingden-based flooring factory, following a £2m investment project.
08-May-2012

Jacobs Engineering is reported to be interested in taking about 100,000 sq ft of refurbished office space at the Hanover building in Manchester city centre.
08-May-2012

NW Projects is seeking permission to relocate its engineering design consultancy to Matrix Park in Leyland, with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
03-May-2012

Health Safety & Engineering Consultants (HSEC), the risk management firm with 22 staff in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, has undergone a £2.7m management buy-out backed by EV.
03-May-2012

Omega Plastics is to set up a new plastic injection moulding facility at Queens Meadow Business Park in Hartlepool, with the creation of 21 jobs.
02-May-2012

Propipe is to relocate its Hartlepool-based pipeline equipment business to a 16,000 sq ft unit at Queens Meadow, with the creation of 24 jobs.
02-May-2012

Sumo UK is seeking permission for the £1.5m expansion of its agricultural machinery factory in Pocklington, including a new 3,000 sq ft building and 16 new jobs.
01-May-2012

Steelite is to build a new £12m pottery factory at its Middleport site in Stoke-on-Trent by 2013, with the creation of 230 jobs.
30-Apr-2012

Babcock Marine is to refit the HMS Vengeance submarine at the Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth, providing work for 2,000 of its 5,000 staff.
30-Apr-2012

Bifold Group, the Manchester-based valve manufacturer with 240 staff, has undergone a £85m management buy-out backed by LDC.
30-Apr-2012

BSS Industrial is seeking permission to expand its heating supplies warehouse at Magna Park in Lutterworth, with the creation of ten jobs.
30-Apr-2012

Isle of Wight Council is to consider plans from Eurovia Roadstone to build a £2.3m asphalt plant and recycling facility in Cowes, with the creation of 14 jobs.
30-Apr-2012

Stewart-Buchanan, the Kilsyth-based valve manufacturer with annual turnover of £8m, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
30-Apr-2012

Lister Petter is looking to relocate its Dursley-based engineering plant and up to 200 jobs to a more suitable site later this year.
30-Apr-2012

Decora Blind Systems is to expand the 377-strong workforce at its Lisburn-based window blinds manufacturing business with 79 new jobs.
26-Apr-2012

Express Engineering is creating about 12 jobs at a new 20,000 sq ft extension to its factory in Gateshead.
26-Apr-2012

Raleigh Cycle, the Nottingham-based bicycle supplier with 430 staff, is to be acquired by Dutch company Accell for £62m.
26-Apr-2012

Ideal Heating is to set up a 7,000 sq ft regional office and training centre at Capitol Park near Leeds in May.
26-Apr-2012

URS Scott Wilson has sold its Norwich-based engineering and environmental consultancy to a management buy-out, with the transfer of 25 staff.
26-Apr-2012

Duco is seeking permission to build a new cable manufacturing plant and office at its site in Newcastle, with the creation of up to 140 jobs.
25-Apr-2012

The Manufacturing Institute is planning to set up a nationwide network of 30 FabLab laboratories over the next eight years, enabling inventors to make prototypes of their ideas.
25-Apr-2012

Ventec Holdings Europe has acquired Option Technologies, the East Lancashire-based PCB manufacturer with nine staff.
25-Apr-2012

Yorkshire Water is to build a £23m anaerobic digestion plant at its at Blackburn Meadows waste water treatment works in Sheffield by 2014.
24-Apr-2012

Cemex is to build a waste recycling plant at its cement works in Rugby by 2014, with the creation of 30 jobs.
23-Apr-2012

Marine Systems Technology, the Cheshire-based developer of fireproof materials, has been acquired by US-based PaR Systems.
19-Apr-2012

May Gurney Environmental Services has won approval to set up a waste processing facility at Woodford Park in Winsford.
19-Apr-2012

Stewart Company is to relocate its plastic products manufacturing business from Croydon to a new 178,000 sq ft site on the Beaumont Industrial Estate in Banbury later this year, with the creation of 70 jobs.
18-Apr-2012

GNG Group is planning to create a further 30 jobs at its new memory foam mattresses manufacturing operation in Wakefield over the next few months.
18-Apr-2012

The RNLI is planning to build a new £11m lifeboat factory and maintenance facility in Poole by 2014, with the creation of up to 90 jobs.
17-Apr-2012

Tata Steel is to invest up to £800m at its sites in Wales over the next five years, including plants in Port Talbot and Shotton.
16-Apr-2012

SSI UK is to restart production at its steel plant on Teesside this month, securing the future of 1,800 jobs.
16-Apr-2012

The University of Sheffield is to invest £134m in the expansion of its engineering facilities, including a new £80m teaching block.
16-Apr-2012

Thales UK is to sell its fixed-wing aircraft simulator production division to L-3 Communications of the US for £83m, with the transfer of 400 staff in Crawley.
16-Apr-2012

Cummins is creating 74 new jobs at its diesel engines factory in Daventry.
16-Apr-2012

Manner UK, the Gloucestershire-based supplier of castors and wheels made in Finland, has been acquired by H Varley of Altrincham.
16-Apr-2012

Chemwaste, the West Yorkshire-based waste management firm, has been acquired by Huddersfield-based Bradley Park for undisclosed terms.
16-Apr-2012

Umeco, the composites manufacturer with sites in Derbyshire, Hampshire, Warwickshire and West Yorkshire, is to be acquired by Cytec Industries for £274m.
16-Apr-2012

Advanced Industrial Solutions is to create up to 80 jobs at a new offshore training facility in North Tyneside over the next three years.
16-Apr-2012

Sarclad is relocating its Chesterfield-based metal production technology business and 65 staff to a 13,000 sq ft unit at the Advanced Manufacturing Park in South Yorkshire.
16-Apr-2012

Sweet Dreams is to invest £2m in the expansion of its bed manufacturing and showroom facilities in Burnley by the end of the year.
16-Apr-2012

Thurlow Nunn Standen has acquired the Norfolk-based farm machinery franchises of Randell Norfolk, including depots in Attleborough, North Walsham and Sculthorpe.
12-Apr-2012

Tenet Consultants has secured a funding package from NatWest to support the expansion of the 28-strong workforce at its Warrington-based nuclear engineering consultancy.
12-Apr-2012

Sims Recycling Solutions is looking to recruit 50 staff for a new £9m plastics recycling plant due to open in Billingham in May.
12-Apr-2012

Weartech International, the engineering components manufacturer with 140 staff in Port Talbot and the US, has been acquired by Lincoln Electric.
11-Apr-2012

Tesla Engineering is planning to set up a new £2.5m 23,000 sq ft factory near its site in West Sussex by 2013, in order to produce components for medical equipment and create up to 50 jobs.
10-Apr-2012

MB Aerospace has bought the business and assets of Thomson Aero out of administration, saving 60 jobs at its Somerset-based aircraft engine components manufacturing business.
10-Apr-2012

Egger has announced a £20m investment in production improvements at its chipboard processing plant in Hexham, securing the future of 520 jobs.
10-Apr-2012

Norbar Torque Tools is to relocate its Banbury-based tool manufacturing business and up to 239 staff to a 170,000 sq ft site on the Wildmere Industrial Estate.
05-Apr-2012

Dresser is to relocate its Skelmersdale-based valve manufacturing business to Rainford Industrial Estate in St Helens, where it will employ 215 staff and create 65 new jobs.
04-Apr-2012

Steel & Alloy, the steel processing firm with sites in West Bromwich, Cannock, Darlaston, Warley and Durham, has been acquired by Gonvarri Steel Industries of Spain.
04-Apr-2012

Rocktop Waste Management has been acquired by O'Brien Waste Recycling Solutions, and a new office and call centre will be created at its site in Sunderland.
04-Apr-2012

Formaplex is to expand the 100-strong workforce at its Havant-based engineering components business with 30 new jobs, having agreed a £3.5m financing deal with NatWest.
04-Apr-2012

Primary Security is planning to expand the 120-strong workforce at its Manchester-based security services business with 100 new jobs this summer.
04-Apr-2012

AMI Blaymires has been sold out of administration to Unitech Industries, securing the future of 44 jobs at its Stourbridge-based metal parts manufacturing business.
03-Apr-2012

Airco has acquired Express Refrigeration & Air Conditioning of Immingham for undisclosed terms.
03-Apr-2012

Bodycote has acquired the heat-treating business of US-based Curtiss Wright Corporation for £32m.
03-Apr-2012

ADAS UK is to relocate its Wolverhampton-based environmental and agricultural consultancy to a new office at Pendeford Business Park in June.
02-Apr-2012

Eveden Group, the Kettering-based lingerie manufacturer with 660 staff, is to be acquired by Wacoal of Japan for £144m.
02-Apr-2012

Jonesco is planning to build a new warehouse for its Preston-based steel and plastic mudguards business at Millennium City Park, where it will employ up to 25 staff.
02-Apr-2012

Longcross Security is to relocate its Sidcup-based security equipment business and 14 staff to a 5,600 sq ft office in Kings Hill in April.
02-Apr-2012

Harrison & Clough is expanding the 200-strong workforce at its West Yorkshire-based tools and fixings business with 17 new jobs.
02-Apr-2012

NVC Lighting Technology of China has acquired a 49,000 sq ft industrial unit at Hollymoor Point at Rubery in Birmingham, which will create up to 170 jobs.
29-Mar-2012

Recycling UK has acquired Oswestry Waste Paper, the waste paper and plastic recycling firm operating across the West Midlands and Wales.
29-Mar-2012

Hunter Stoves has won permission to build a £1.2m research and development centre at Camelford in Cornwall, with the creation of 32 jobs.
29-Mar-2012

Assystem is to create 300 new jobs at its aerospace operations in Derby and Warwickshire, in order to support Rolls-Royce in the production of jet engines.
28-Mar-2012

CommScope is to invest £1m in the expansion of its aluminium cables factory in Lochgelly, Fife, securing the future of 90 jobs.
28-Mar-2012

Bifrangi is to invest £50m in the expansion of its power generation components plant in Lincoln, including new manufacturing equipment and the creation of 100 jobs.
27-Mar-2012

Christy is to relocate its textiles business and about 50 staff from Hyde to a 12,000 sq ft office and showroom in Cheadle.
27-Mar-2012

Kelvatek is to invest £3.5m in the expansion of its Lisburn-based power and rail products manufacturing business, with the creation of 60 jobs over the next three years.
27-Mar-2012

Responsive Engineering Group is looking to expand the workforce at its Tyneside-based engineering business from 165 to 250 over the next three years.
27-Mar-2012

Assured Fire & Security is looking to expand its South Yorkshire-based safety and security systems business with up to eight acquisitions and 250 new jobs over the next five years.
27-Mar-2012

BAe Systems has announced a £150m investment in the expansion of a new military jet manufacturing plant at Samlesbury in Lancashire.
26-Mar-2012

Somar International, the Truro-based lighting manufacturer, has been bought out of administration by Mark Group.
26-Mar-2012

OpSec Security is to acquire Delta Labelling, the supplier of labels to the fashion industry with sites in Tamworth and Hong Kong, for £12m.
26-Mar-2012

Umeco is to invest £3.1m in the expansion of the capacity at its structural materials plant in Leamington Spa this year.
26-Mar-2012

Renishaw is looking to recruit 120 new staff for its five engineering sites in Gloucestershire.
22-Mar-2012

Sterecycle is looking to expand its waste recycling and renewable energy plant in Rotherham and open a new facility in Cardiff, funded by a listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
22-Mar-2012

Expro has sold its connectors and measurements manufacturing business to Siemens of Germany for £397m, with the transfer of 450 staff in Cumbria, Norway, Brazil, Malaysia and the US.
21-Mar-2012

The Plymouth Electron Microscopy Centre is planning to set up a £1.3m centre for materials characterisation and analysis at Plymouth University, which could create up to 50 jobs.
21-Mar-2012

Advance Tapes is to relocate its Leicester-based adhesive tapes business to a 55,000 sq ft site in Thurmaston later this year.
21-Mar-2012

Contract Fire Security of Sutton Coldfield is looking to recruit an additional 60 fire extinguisher installation engineers across the country.
21-Mar-2012

Silentnight has secured a £1m investment package from Lancashire County Council to expand its bed factory in Barnoldswick, with the creation of 140 jobs.
20-Mar-2012

HH Valves, the Wigan-based valve manufacturer, has been acquired by Hangzhou Jiujiu of China for undisclosed terms.
20-Mar-2012

KMZ Industries of Ukraine has acquired the assets of Bedfordshire-based Brice Baker's grain storage and processing equipment manufacturing business.
20-Mar-2012

McAuley Engineering is to invest £3m in the expansion of its Ballymoney-based precision engineering business, with the creation of 32 jobs.
20-Mar-2012

TIS Cumbria is seeking permission to invest £2m in the expansion of its Workington-based engineering business, including a new 28,000 sq ft building and 30 new jobs.
19-Mar-2012

Welsh Water is to create 40 jobs at a new water quality laboratory in Newport by the end of the year, as part of a £8.6m investment.
19-Mar-2012

JCB is to expand the apprenticeship scheme at its Uttoxeter-based diggers factory with the recruitment of 100 young people this year.
15-Mar-2012

Corac Group is to acquire Wellman Hunt Graham and Wellman Defence, the manufacturers of heat exchangers and air purification equipment with 67 staff in Manchester and 54 in Portsmouth, for £11m.
15-Mar-2012

SafeTIC UK, the manufacturer of digital fingerprint readers with 39 staff in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh, has been bought out of administration by Butler Capital Partners for undisclosed terms.
15-Mar-2012

Tynetec is looking to create up to 15 new jobs at its new 10,000 sq ft technology systems warehouse and production facility in Blyth this year.
15-Mar-2012

Thermal Resources Management and sister company MICC are expanding their Wearside-based sensor manufacturing operations into an adjacent 28,000 sq ft factory, with the creation of 12 new jobs.
14-Mar-2012

Raytec, the Ashington-based lighting manufacturer with 45 staff, has been acquired by Optex Technologies of Japan for undisclosed terms.
14-Mar-2012

Waldeck Engineering has secured funding to expand its engineering consultancy with new offices, new staff and an investment in research and development.
14-Mar-2012

Lockheed Martin has announced that 25,000 jobs will be created and sustained at 130 companies across the UK over the next 30 years, in order to make components for the F-35 fighter jet.
13-Mar-2012

Molecular Technology, the Wolverhampton-based supplier of electrocoating products, has been acquired by Coventya of France for undisclosed terms.
13-Mar-2012

Centrica is creating 30 new jobs at sites in Morecambe Bay, including vacancies for mechanics and engineers at its gas terminal in Barrow.
12-Mar-2012

Nautic Steels, the Tamworth-based pipe fittings manufacturer, has been acquired by Pantech Group Holdings of Malaysia for £9.5m.
12-Mar-2012

Mouchel is to create up to 40 new jobs to work on a contract to provide asset inventory services for Northern Ireland Water.
12-Mar-2012

University of Reading is planning a £50m investment in research into global issues such as climate change and sustainable development, with the creation of 50 jobs for senior academics.
08-Mar-2012

Tanfield is to create about 50 new jobs at its Wearside-based aerial lift manufacturing business this year.
08-Mar-2012

Mercury Recycling, the Manchester-based battery recycling firm, is to undergo a £14m reverse takeover with Sylvania Group, in order to acquire iron ore mining rights in South Africa.
08-Mar-2012

Viridor is to submit plans to the London Borough of Sutton to build a £200m waste recovery plant in Beddington.
07-Mar-2012

Judges Scientific has acquired Global Digital Systems, the Hampshire-based manufacturer of scientific instruments, for £7.6m.
07-Mar-2012

Amtico, the Coventry-based flooring manufacturer, has been acquired by Mannington Mills of the US for £127m.
06-Mar-2012

Lister Petter is setting up a 20,000 sq ft distribution centre for its diesel and gas engine manufacturing business at the Quadrant Centre in Gloucester.
06-Mar-2012

Consult Lift Services is planning to double the 25-strong workforce at its Paisley-based lift manufacturing business and expand into north eastern Scotland and southern England by 2015.
06-Mar-2012

Ledwood is creating up to 170 jobs at its Pembrokeshire-based engineering business, having won a number of new contracts.
05-Mar-2012

Digital Barriers has acquired Codestuff, the Livingston-based surveillance cameras firm, for up to £1.5m.
05-Mar-2012

Proventec has sold Contico Manufacturing, the Cornwall-based cleaning products supplier, to Robert Scott & Sons for undisclosed terms.
05-Mar-2012

The Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Service's is to merge its control room with neighbouring Oxfordshire by 2014, and a new headquarters will be established in Calcot.
05-Mar-2012

Kedco has unveiled plans for a £5m anaerobic digestion plant on a Larkfleet Group site at Langham in Rutland.
05-Mar-2012

Porvair has acquired Pell Industries, the manufacturer of products for the powder metal industry.
05-Mar-2012

Croma Group of Dumfries has acquired CSS Group, the Southampton-based security services firm, in a £5m reverse takeover.
05-Mar-2012

Cassidian is to set up a £1.5m defence storage and logistics centre in Llangennech in Carmarthenshire, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs.
01-Mar-2012

Anglian Water has submitted plans to invest £8m in the development of two new pumping stations at Melchbourne and Wellingborough, in order to increase water supplies in Northamptonshire.
29-Feb-2012

Avocet Hardware has been bought out of administration by Atlantic Group, saving 108 jobs at its Brighouse-based doors and windows manufacturing business.
29-Feb-2012

Bowens International is seeking permission to build a new headquarters for its photographic equipment business at Cuckoo Farm in Colchester.
28-Feb-2012

G4S has acquired Chubb Emergency Response, the key holding and response service with 28 offices and 247 staff, from UTC Fire & Security for up to £17m.
27-Feb-2012

Cyberhawk Innovations is looking to recruit up to 12 engineers at its Livingston-based unmanned helicopters business, in order to provide inspection services for the oil industry.
27-Feb-2012

Ross & Bonnyman's lift factory in Forfar has been sold out of liquidation to a new company created by XL Group, saving up to 30 jobs.
27-Feb-2012

Jacobs Engineering is to relocate a further 100 staff to its Park Square site in Cheadle.
27-Feb-2012

Ultimate Products of Oldham has bought the kitchenware stock and trademarks of Giles & Posner out of administration.
27-Feb-2012

Deben UK is to acquire the assets and trade of KE Developments, the Cambridgeshire-based manufacturer of electron microscopy accessories, for £0.3m.
23-Feb-2012

Avingtrans has acquired Composites Engineering Group of Buckingham, including Delta Composites, Alpha Composites and Orion Machining, in order to create a new group called Sigma Composites.
22-Feb-2012

Tyseley Electrical, the Birmingham-based electrical maintenance firm, has been sold in a pre-pack administration to a new company called Dicecom.
22-Feb-2012

Pinnacle Re-Tec is planning to expand the workforce at its new replacement parts engineering plant in Consett from 22 to 40 over the next two years.
20-Feb-2012

Photogenic, the Llanidloes-based photographic filters company with 20 staff, has been acquired by an investor in the Xenos network for undisclosed terms.
20-Feb-2012

Covanta Energy has won approval to build a waste processing plant at the Ince Resource Recovery Park in Cheshire, with capacity to transform up to 250,000 tonnes of incinerator ash into aggregate.
20-Feb-2012

Pennine Resource Recovery is to submit plans to build a waste treatment plant at the Bowling Back Lane site in Bradford by 2016, with the creation of 80 jobs.
20-Feb-2012

Presto International is to relocate its Sheffield-based tools business to a 25,000 sq feet unit on the Thorncliffe Industrial Estate in April.
16-Feb-2012

Helix, the Stourbridge-based stationery company with 38 staff, has been bought out of administration by Maped of France for undisclosed terms.
16-Feb-2012

Multimesh, the St Helens-based wire products supplier, has been bought from the administrators of Dungannon-based Soar Group by Quarrytech, while Locker Wire Weavers has acquired Potter & Soar.
16-Feb-2012

Celtic Recycling is planning to create 30 new jobs at its electrical equipment recycling sites in Newport, Bridgend and Barnsley this year.
16-Feb-2012

Petrofac is to acquire KW, the provider of pipeline engineering services with 56 staff in Woking and Aberdeen, for undisclosed terms.
16-Feb-2012

Viridor is to invest £6m in the expansion of its glass recycling site at Bonnyrigg in Midlothian this year.
15-Feb-2012

Shield On-Site Services has acquired the On-Site Services division of ALcontrol, including environmental monitoring facilities in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Rotherham and East Kilbride.
15-Feb-2012

Gabbro Precision has acquired Midland Precision, the Leicester-based precision engineering firm, for £10m.
15-Feb-2012

Rainham Industrial Services has sold its Kent-based mechanical services business to a management team operating under the name of EFW Mechanical Services.
15-Feb-2012

Kronospan is to invest £5.5m in new equipment at its factory in Chirk this year, in order to produce natural-looking wood products.
15-Feb-2012

Meso Design is seeking a suitable location for a new £2m headquarters for its Inchinnan-based engineering design business.
14-Feb-2012

Beaumanor Engineering has acquired Derek Lane & Company, the Exeter-based hydraulics firm with 25 staff, for undisclosed terms.
14-Feb-2012

Dyson is looking to expand its 1,500-strong workforce in Wiltshire with up to 300 new engineering and other skilled jobs this year.
13-Feb-2012

Hille is planning to double the 25-strong workforce at its new 41,000 sq ft stadium seating factory in Ebbw Vale.
13-Feb-2012

Weir Group is planning to acquire Ludowici, the Australian mining equipment firm with 1,000 staff, for £200m.
13-Feb-2012

EnvironCom is planning to create 150 new jobs at its recycling plant in Grantham this year.
13-Feb-2012

Transdek UK is to expand its industrial lifts factory in Doncaster from 40,000 sq ft to 120,000 sq ft, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs.
13-Feb-2012

United Utilities is looking to recruit 40 apprentices at its water operations in Bolton, Manchester, Stockport, Warrington and Wigan.
13-Feb-2012

Johnstons of Elgin is investing £1m in the expansion of its textile manufacturing facility in Hawick, including a visitor centre and 15 new jobs.
13-Feb-2012

Darchem Engineering has won a fabrication contract from ACKtiv Nuclear that will create 20 new jobs and help support its plans for a new £8m factory at its Stillington site.
09-Feb-2012

Bombardier Aerospace is to acquire the 430,000 sq ft former Nortel industrial site in Newtownabbey for £5m, in order to consolidate various parts of its business in one location.
09-Feb-2012

Landis & Gyr is to create up to 30 jobs at its smart meter manufacturing and research centre at Market Deeping in Lincolnshire.
09-Feb-2012

Fred Lawton of Huddersfield is to merge with William S Graham of Dewsbury to form a new textiles group called Lawton Yarns, but 99 jobs are expected to be lost.
09-Feb-2012

MDL Laser Systems has submitted plans to expand its headquarters on the Northminster Business Park in York, with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
07-Feb-2012

BAe Systems is planning to recruit 265 engineering and business apprentices at sites in Cumbria, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire and Glasgow this year.
06-Feb-2012

Cleansing Service Group has bought Harpers Environmental Services, the Middlesbrough-based hazardous waste treatment firm with ten staff, out of administration.
06-Feb-2012

Hunwick Engineering is to relocate its Braintree-based factory to Gosfield Airfield later this year, with the creation of 65 jobs.
06-Feb-2012

David Brown has acquired Unigear Industries, the Canadian industrial gear manufacturer, for £15m.
06-Feb-2012

Cooper & Turner, the Sheffield-based industrial fastenings manufacturer, has acquired the 63,000 sq ft former Manheim car auction site in Rotherham for £1.8m.
02-Feb-2012

European Automation is looking to expand the 50-strong workforce at its industrial automation spares business in Stafford with up to 30 new jobs this year.
02-Feb-2012

Bosch is to relocate up to 100 staff at its power tools development facility in Stowmarket to the former Hopgoods store in Gipping Way this summer.
01-Feb-2012

The Castle Group is planning to expand the 140-strong workforce at its Inverness-based security business with 90 new jobs this year.
31-Jan-2012

Blue Machinery is planning to set up a new headquarters for its industrial equipment distribution business and 30 staff at the New Cheshire Business Park near Northwich.
26-Jan-2012

CN Creative of Manchester has secured a £2m equity investment to fund the commercial development of its electronic cigarette, and plans to expand its workforce from 40 to 100 by 2015.
26-Jan-2012

AmeyCespa has won planning permission to build a 60,000 tonne-per-year waste recycling plant at Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire by the end of the year, with the creation of 21 jobs.
25-Jan-2012

Goldshield Electronic Security has acquired AIS Total Security, the Nottingham-based provider of electronic security services, for undisclosed terms.
25-Jan-2012

Weir Group is to acquire Novatech, the US manufacturer of well service pump valves with 58 staff, for £113m.
25-Jan-2012

Halifax Rack & Screw Cutting is to invest £1.5m in the expansion of its precision manufacturing facility in Halifax, with the creation of 12 jobs.
25-Jan-2012

Therm Tech, the Manchester-based manufacturer of industrial waste heat recovery systems with 12 staff, has been acquired by Workspace Group.
24-Jan-2012

GB Controls, the Colne-based control panels manufacturer, has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed terms.
24-Jan-2012

Johnson Service is to acquire Cannon Textile Care from OCS Group UK for £6.1m, including laundries in Glasgow, Manchester, Bristol, Newmarket and Balham.
24-Jan-2012

Progress Group has bought TM Newburn, the Bradford-based diesel generator supplier with 24 staff, out of administration.
24-Jan-2012

UK Drainage Network of Solihull has acquired Drain Control for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its network of 18 drainage and plumbing depots into the South East.
24-Jan-2012

BC Barton & Son has been sold out of administration by Baker Tilly to a newly-formed company for undisclosed terms, saving 29 jobs at its Oldbury-based pressworks.
23-Jan-2012

Forsyths is investing £3.3m in the expansion of its manufacturing facilities in Moray, with the creation of up to 25 jobs, in order to supply equipment to the oil and gas sector.
23-Jan-2012

Airbus is looking to create up to 600 new jobs at its aircraft factories in Bristol and Broughton this year.
18-Jan-2012

Wilton Group is to create 250 jobs at its Teesside-based engineering services division, having won a fabrication contract from ConocoPhillips for the Britannia gas field.
18-Jan-2012

Peel Environmental has unveiled plans for a £35m waste recycling plant at Rothesay Dock on the Clyde, with the creation of 40 jobs.
18-Jan-2012

PDM Group is to invest £40m in the development of new ReFood anaerobic digestion plants this year, including new facilities in Widnes and East London.
17-Jan-2012

Ensor Holdings is to acquire Technocover, the Mid Wales-based manufacturer of physical security products with annual sales of £10m.
17-Jan-2012

Industrial Engineering Plastics, the plastics manufacturer with sites in Hampshire and Birmingham, has undergone a £4m management buy-in backed by venture capital trust manager Foresight.
17-Jan-2012

Cordell Group has acquired Southern Technical Services, the Surrey-based electrical contractor, for undisclosed terms.
17-Jan-2012

Displayplan, the Hertfordshire-based supplier of display fixtures with 50 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by YFM Equity Partners.
17-Jan-2012

United Utilities has won permission for the £200m expansion of its waste treatment plant at Sandon Dock in Liverpool, with the creation of up to 350 jobs.
16-Jan-2012

JMG Systems is to expand the 70-strong workforce at its Omagh-based engine monitoring systems factory with 20 new jobs.
16-Jan-2012

Bolton Council is to consider plans from Viridor Laing for the development of a new waste recycling centre in Salford Road, in order to transfer work from a number of smaller sites.
12-Jan-2012

Veolia has won permission to build a £60m waste incinerator at Battlefield Enterprise Park in Shrewsbury.
11-Jan-2012

Klinger UK is to invest £1m in the expansion of its industrial gasket warehouses in Aberdeen and Runcorn.
11-Jan-2012

TBA Textiles is setting up an 85,500 sq ft flame retardant materials warehouse and office at G3 Gorrells Way in Rochdale.
11-Jan-2012

National Hickman is creating up to 30 jobs at its timber factory in Wolverhampton, in order to increase production of panelised roofs.
09-Jan-2012

Evenproducts, the Evesham-based supplier of water storage tanks with 30 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
09-Jan-2012

Hilson Moran, the engineering consultancy with 200 staff at offices including London, Manchester and Farnborough, has undergone a management buy-out backed by private equity firm Albion Ventures.
09-Jan-2012

Manchester Hosiery of Leicestershire has been sold out of administration to Aikon International for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 30 jobs.
09-Jan-2012

Pegasus Helicopter Group has selected the Tamar Science Park in Plymouth as the location for the UK headquarters of its helicopter business.
09-Jan-2012

Balfour Beatty and Urbaser of Spain have won a £800m waste processing contract from the Essex Waste Partnership, including the development of an MBT plant in Basildon with the creation of 87 jobs.
04-Jan-2012

Alstom is to create 125 jobs new jobs at its transformer equipment factory in Stafford, having won a new contract from Svenska Kraftnat of Sweden.
03-Jan-2012