Engineering 2010

Denby Pottery is to set up a 100,000 sq ft distribution centre at Bemrose Park in Derby next summer, with the creation of 45 jobs. [23-Dec-2010]

ENER-G has acquired the assets of SmartHome Controls, the Sussex-based supplier of heating and ventilation systems, in order to expand its energy management division. [23-Dec-2010]

BAe Systems is to acquire ETI, the Danish provider of intelligence technology products with 260 staff, for £137m. [23-Dec-2010]

Conflow and Bestobell Valves have undergone a management buy-out from Sheffield-based Flow Group for undisclosed terms. [22-Dec-2010]

Viridor has acquired Adapt Recycling, the Bury-based recycling firm with 20 staff. [21-Dec-2010]

HW Martin Waste is seeking permission to develop a waste processing plant at the Clover Nook Industrial Estate near Alfreton, with the creation of 50 jobs. [21-Dec-2010]

Cory Environmental and Wheelabrator Technologies are to unveil plans for a 268,000 tonnes-a-year energy-from-waste incinerator at Saddlebow near King's Lynn. [20-Dec-2010]

Potters Waste Management has won permission to build an anaerobic digester at the Bryn Posteg landfill site in Llanidloes, with the creation of ten jobs. [20-Dec-2010]

Fiberweb has acquired Boddingtons International, the Essex-based supplier of geosynthetic nets and other accessories with 92 staff, for £9.4m. [20-Dec-2010]

British Gas has acquired JK Environmental Services, the Hertfordshire-based provider of environmental, sewer cleansing and tankering services with 102 staff, for £7m. [20-Dec-2010]

TT Electronics has sold BAS Components, the Pembroke-based manufacturer of fasteners, to PSM International for £4.4m. [16-Dec-2010]

Consilia Partners has acquired HTG Holdings, the Ipswich-based catering equipment supplier. [16-Dec-2010]

The Underwater Centre is planning to invest £5m in the expansion of its subsea training facility in Fort William, with the creation of 20 jobs. [16-Dec-2010]

Roydon, the waste management firm, has acquired a 130,00 sq ft industrial unit at the Junction Business Park near Salford, with the creation of 100 jobs. [16-Dec-2010]

Environmental Waste Controls is to expand the 50-strong workforce at its site in Knowsley with ten new jobs, with the relocation of its engineering division to Kitling Road and the expansion of its materials recycling facility. [16-Dec-2010]

TEG Group has secured £1.9m from the London Waste & Recycling Board to develop a 30,000 tonnes-a-year AD waste processing plant in Dagenham by 2012. [15-Dec-2010]

Imagination Technologies is to acquire Caustic Graphics, the US developer of interactive ray tracing graphics technology, for £17m. [14-Dec-2010]

Hyco Manufacturing is to relocate its electrical equipment business and 15 staff to a 26,000 sq ft site at Wakefield Europort next May. [14-Dec-2010]

Nature Group is to acquire ISD and Ecoscrub, the Dutch waste processing companies, from Port Invest for £16m. [14-Dec-2010]

Carleton Furniture of Pontefract has acquired the assets of Chamois Eco-Kitchens of Wolverhampton out of administration, securing six jobs. [14-Dec-2010]

Bosch has won planning permission to build a new headquarters for its Worcester-based heating business at Junction 6 of the M5, which could create more than 4,000 jobs over the next ten years. [13-Dec-2010]

Airsprung has acquired Collins & Hayes, the East Sussex-based furniture manufacturer, for £2.3m. [13-Dec-2010]

Cawood Scientific, the analytical testing services firm with 130 staff in North Yorkshire and Berkshire, has undergone a £4m management buy-out backed by NVM Private Equity. [13-Dec-2010]

Survitec has acquired Revere Commercial Marine Business, the US supplier of safety equipment, for undisclosed terms. [13-Dec-2010]

Renishaw is to create 125 new jobs for young people at its Gloucestershire-based engineering business next year. [13-Dec-2010]

JA Harrison has acquired Acumen Seals, the Salford-based supplier of mechanical seals with five staff. [13-Dec-2010]

BAe Systems is planning to shed up to 1,350 jobs in Stockport, Samlesbury, Warton and Farnborough, in response to the recent government defence review. [09-Dec-2010]

Newburgh Engineering of Rotherham is forming a joint venture with Leeds-based Firechill to manufacture and distribute energy-efficient refrigeration systems, which could create up to 100 jobs. [08-Dec-2010]

Green Compliance has acquired Enviroguard, the Kent-based pest control firm with 14 staff, for £1.6m. [08-Dec-2010]

Ley Rubber, the Merseyside-based rubber processing firm with 36 staff, is to open a new factory in Kirkby in January. [07-Dec-2010]

Toughsheet Building Products is to invest £3m in the expansion of its sheeting materials business in Bolton, with the creation of 30 jobs. [07-Dec-2010]

Brulines has acquired Amscreen M2M, the Bolton-based developer of data collection and monitoring systems with nine staff, for an initial £2m. [07-Dec-2010]

Cobham is to acquire RVision, the US manufacturer of electro-optical and infrared imaging systems with 40 staff, for £18m. [07-Dec-2010]

Thornber Home & Leisure has bought Busby & Busby, the Dorset-based textiles supplier with eight staff, out of administration. [06-Dec-2010]

Aggreko has acquired Northland Power Services, the US supplier of power generators with 30 staff, for £17m. [06-Dec-2010]

Dieselec has bought Thistle Generators, the Bothwell-based supplier of power generators, out of administration, and the business will relocate to Nevis Capital's 6.5-acre site in Milngavie. [06-Dec-2010]

Yorkshire Water is to recruit an additional 120 staff to its leakage detection division, following an increase in burst pipes caused by cold weather. [06-Dec-2010]

Sinclair Collis may have to close its business in South Staffordshire, which employs 150 people, following a government ban on cigarette vending machines. [06-Dec-2010]

Green Compliance has acquired FDSA Fire Protection Services of Harrow for £0.6m. [02-Dec-2010]

Straight has acquired Tapmagic, the Ipswich-based manufacturer of water-saving tap inserts, for £0.1m. [02-Dec-2010]

KPMG has sold the Pilkington's Group Quiligotti Terrazzo business out of administration to a former management team, securing 23 jobs at its tiles factory in Manchester. [02-Dec-2010]

Clyde Process Solutions, the supplier of pneumatic conveying and air filtration equipment with 520 staff at sites including Glasgow and Doncaster, is to be acquired by Schenck Process of Germany for £33m. [01-Dec-2010]

Cobham is looking to close more of its defence and aerospace factories, affecting an unspecified number of its 7,000 staff worldwide and 2,500 in the UK. [01-Dec-2010]

Enfis Group is to acquire PhotonStar LED, the Hampshire-based manufacturer of LED lighting fixtures, for £5.1m. [30-Nov-2010]

Tata Steel is to invest £6.5m in the expansion of its Stocksbridge plant in South Yorkshire, with the creation of ten jobs. [29-Nov-2010]

Babcock is considering plans to sell off its waste processing and rail maintenance operations, in order to raise up to £300m to reduce debt. [29-Nov-2010]

Rolls-Royce is to shed 220 jobs at its gas turbine services department at Ansty near Coventry. [29-Nov-2010]

Veolia Environmental Services is to invest £3.5m in the installation of combined heat and power technology at its Stalbridge Solvent Recovery plant in Liverpool. [29-Nov-2010]

Tolsa is to relocate the headquarters of its cat litter business and 15 staff from Retford to its main production site in Flixborough. [29-Nov-2010]

ThyssenKrupp is to set up a 10,800 sq ft office for its materials and technology business at the Concord Business Park in Wythenshaw. [25-Nov-2010]

AWS Eco Plastics is to invest a further £15m at its newly-opened plastic bottles recycling plant near Gainsborough, with the creation of 30 jobs. [25-Nov-2010]

Viridor has won planning permission to build a 200,000 tonnes-a-year MBT waste treatment plant at Lostock Gralam in Cheshire. [24-Nov-2010]

OSSL has acquired Woodsetton Steels for undisclosed terms, and the business will relocate from Oldbury to its D&J Steels subsidiary in Wolverhampton. [24-Nov-2010]

Elstat is looking to expand the 55-strong workforce at its Preston-based chiller cabinets business with 25 new jobs. [24-Nov-2010]

Qinetiq is to close its Emerging Technologies Group over the next few weeks, with the loss of 64 jobs in Malvern. [24-Nov-2010]

Hillcliff Tools, the Sheffield-based tooling equipment distributor, has been acquired by Coburg Components for undisclosed terms. [24-Nov-2010]

Giltech has secured a £1m investment to expand its Ayrshire-based biodegradable technologies business, including a move to a larger office. [23-Nov-2010]

Britax Childcare, the manufacturer car safety seats and pushchairs, has been sold by private equity firm Carlyle to Nordic Capital for an estimated £450m. [23-Nov-2010]

Laird has acquired Cattron Group International, the supplier of wireless control and automation products with 290 staff in the US, Canada, Germany, Brazil, China, South Africa and the UK, for £56m. [23-Nov-2010]

Wall Colmonoy is to invest £8.8m in the expansion of its aircraft engine components plant in Pontardawe over the next four years, with the creation of 100 jobs. [22-Nov-2010]

H Brown & Son is to expand the 50-strong workforce at its Burslem-based waste management business with 20 new staff, following a £3.5m investment in the expansion of its recycling facilities. [22-Nov-2010]

Quantum Controls, the Prudhoe-based supplier of industrial drives and motors with 28 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. [22-Nov-2010]

Barker Collins, the Sheffield-based precision engineering firm with 22 staff, has been bought out of administration by its former management. [22-Nov-2010]

Weir Group has acquired American Hydro, the US manufacturer of turbine components for power generation with 130 staff. [18-Nov-2010]

Tyne & Wear Fire Brigade is to shed 170 jobs, in order to cut its budget by 25% over the next four years. [17-Nov-2010]

Mallaig Boat Builders & Engineering is to close its boatyard in Mallaig, with the loss of the remaining seven jobs. [17-Nov-2010]

Epwin Group is to shed up to 130 of the 700 jobs at its Total Window Solutions manufacturing business in Torbay. [17-Nov-2010]

EJ Badekabiner has been bought out of administration by the Continental Shelf 515 subsidiary of Galliford Try for undisclosed terms, securing 90 jobs at its Cramlington-based bathroom manufacturing business. [17-Nov-2010]

Money Controls, the Oldham-based supplier of coin handling products with 350 staff, is to be acquired by Crane Co of the US for undisclosed terms. [17-Nov-2010]

Green Compliance has acquired Pestfree Environmental Services, the Northamptonshire-based pest control company with 37 staff, for £1.6m. [16-Nov-2010]

Marine Subsea (UK) has gone into provisional liquidation through KPMG, with the loss of 23 jobs at its Aberdeen-based marine engineering business. [16-Nov-2010]

Griffon Hoverwork, the Hampshire-based hovercraft manufacturer with almost 200 staff, is to relocate to the former Vestas site in Woolston. [15-Nov-2010]

Hawick Knitwear, the textiles supplier with 200 staff, has been sold by Harris Watson to a management buy-out. [15-Nov-2010]

Stellex, the Northumberland-based manufacturer of commercial kitchen equipment, has been bought out of administration by Scomac Catering Equipment of Edinburgh, securing ten of the 19 jobs. [15-Nov-2010]

Surrey Waste Management has submitted plans to Surrey County Council to build a waste recovery plant and gasification chamber in Shepperton. [15-Nov-2010]

Corac Group is to raise up to £21m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its Uxbridge-based compressor technology business. [15-Nov-2010]

P&L Systems is to relocate its Knaresborough-based air fresheners business and up to 60 staff to a new site at St James Park by summer 2011. [15-Nov-2010]

Keighley Town Council is in discussions with an unnamed manufacturer of emergency vehicles about the possibility of setting up a new base in Royd Ings Avenue, which could create up to 200 jobs. [15-Nov-2010]

Prevost of France is setting up a UK headquarters for its air treatment and fluid distribution business at The Pavilions in Rochdale. [11-Nov-2010]

Flambeau Europlast is expected to close its plastics factory at Highams Park in London next month, with the loss of up to 150 jobs. [11-Nov-2010]

Corus Process Engineering is planning to expand the 311-strong workforce at its fabrication business in Workington with 35 new jobs over the next six months. [11-Nov-2010]

Mouchel is to close its engineering consultancy office in Dundee, with the loss of up to 25 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Glasgow and Perth. [11-Nov-2010]

Ross & Bonnyman is to stop producing commercial vehicle tail lifts at its factory in Forfar, with the loss of an unspecified number of jobs. [11-Nov-2010]

Futur, the Wiltshire-based waste management and recycling firm, has been acquired by SAICA of Spain. [10-Nov-2010]

Serco Group has won a £650m 25-year contract to provide refuse collection, recycling, waste processing and street cleaning services to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. [10-Nov-2010]

SITA UK is planning to build up to ten new waste processing plants across the country over the next few years, having agreed a deal to use Cynar's plastics-to-fuel technology. [09-Nov-2010]

Xeros of Rotherham has raised £3.5m from investors to fund the commercial development of its polymer-based cleaning technology. [09-Nov-2010]

SenseLogix has raised £1m from investors to fund the commercial development of its electricity monitoring technology, with the creation of up to 20 new jobs over the next year. [09-Nov-2010]

Hurlingham is to acquire Manroy Systems, the weapons manufacturer, with funding from a £6m share placing. [09-Nov-2010]

Harris Pye is considering plans to relocate the headquarters of its marine engineering business from Barry to Swansea, and will invest a further £2m at the dry docks. [08-Nov-2010]

Tata Steel is to set up a £5m High Temperature Innovation Centre in Middlesbrough over the next two years, in order to research technology to transform waste products into fuel and create 20 jobs. [08-Nov-2010]

Viridor has acquired Pearsons Group Holding, the operator of two recycling sites in Norfolk, for £16m. [08-Nov-2010]

Fenner is to acquire Belle Banne, the Australian conveyor belt maintenance firm, for up to £40m. [08-Nov-2010]

Stokes Forgings is to close its hammer forging plant in Brierley Hill in February, with the loss of up to 100 of the 200 jobs. [08-Nov-2010]

Unisurf Engineering, the Bradford-based precision engineering firm with 15 staff, has undergone a management buy-in backed by Castle Square Corporate Finance. [08-Nov-2010]

PHS Group has acquired Fyr Fyter, the Durham-based provider of safety advice and equipment, for undisclosed terms. [08-Nov-2010]

Marco Cable Management is planning to expand the workforce at its Anglesey-based plastic trunking business from 50 to 65 next year. [04-Nov-2010]

APEM of Manchester is to open its first environmental consultancy office in Scotland at the Edinburgh Technopole. [04-Nov-2010]

Spirit AeroSystems is to set up a new office for about 80 staff at Bluebell Way in Preston by the end of the year. [03-Nov-2010]

Halma has acquired Alicat Scientific, the US supplier of industrial flow meters and controllers, for £16m. [03-Nov-2010]

Park Engineering has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing 60 jobs at its Weymouth-based engineering business. [03-Nov-2010]

Cooper Lighting & Safety is to invest £2.3m in the expansion of its factory in Doncaster, including new manufacturing equipment and distribution facilities. [03-Nov-2010]

Atlas Converting Equipment of Bedford has undergone a management buy-out from Bobst Group for undisclosed terms. [02-Nov-2010]

Jays Engineering Supplies, the Oldbury-based engineering firm with 22 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [02-Nov-2010]

Leo Group has submitted plans for the £4m expansion of its 17-acre waste management site in Halifax, including improvements to its pet food processing plant. [01-Nov-2010]

Shore Energy is planning to build a £20m household waste processing plant at Inverness Harbour, with the creation of 30 jobs. [01-Nov-2010]

Alnmaritec is to expand the 65-strong workforce at its boat building operation at the Port of Blyth with 35 new jobs next year. [01-Nov-2010]

MTL Group is to set up a new steel turbine manufacturing operation at the Port of Blyth, with the creation of up to 70 jobs over the next three years. [01-Nov-2010]

Intertek has acquired Metoc, the environmental consultancy with 80 staff in Hampshire, Cardiff and Dundee, for £8m, as well as Profitech, the analytical laboratory technology firm, for £0.4m. [01-Nov-2010]

I-plas has secured a £2.5m investment from Foresight Group to expand its Halifax-based plastic waste recycling business. [01-Nov-2010]

TT Electronics is to sell WT Henley, the Kent-based manufacturer of electrical products, to Sicame for £12m. [01-Nov-2010]

Active Energy is to sell its its Derlite gas ignition equipment division and its Gasignition distribution division to a former chief executive for £0.5m, in order to focus on its East Kilbride-based voltage optimisation business. [01-Nov-2010]

Scott Health & Safety has announced the creation of 50 jobs at its Skelmersdale-based facility, in order to produce masks for the Ministry of Defence. [01-Nov-2010]

AES Engineering has acquired Ceetak Engineering, the Bedford-based provider of pump support services with 35 staff. [01-Nov-2010]

Sterecycle is planning to build a £85m resource recovery plant based on autoclave technology in Harlow. [28-Oct-2010]

Bowens International is to close its lighting equipment factory in Clacton next year, with the loss of about 50 jobs, in order to transfer production to China. [28-Oct-2010]

Hughes Safety Showers is setting up a new £1.4m 38,000 sq ft factory on its existing site in Stockport. [27-Oct-2010]

David Brown is to sell its Applied Products division, including the Radicon and Benzlers gearbox brands, to Elecon of India. [27-Oct-2010]

Siemens is to close its electrical equipment plant in Hebburn, Tyne & Wear, in 2012, with the loss of 90 jobs. [27-Oct-2010]

Pentagon Protection has acquired International Glass Solutions, the US supplier of film-based glazing solutions, for up to £1m. [26-Oct-2010]

Haynes & Cann has closed its boot factory in Northampton, following the loss of a Ministry of Defence contract. [26-Oct-2010]

Breconcherry, the Ledbury-based supplier of tank washing equipment, has been acquired by GEA Tuchenhagen of Germany. [26-Oct-2010]

IMI is to acquire Zimmermann & Jansen, the German supplier of flow control products with 430 staff, for £120m. [25-Oct-2010]

Bestobell Valves, the Sheffield-based valve manufacturer with 80 staff, has been acquired by a management team for undisclosed terms. [25-Oct-2010]

International Innovative Technology of Gateshead is hoping to create more than 100 jobs in the long-term, in order to support the growth of its new powder milling technology. [25-Oct-2010]

Deloro Stellite is planning to close its alloys manufacturing plant in Swindon, with the loss of 97 jobs. [25-Oct-2010]

Robotic Technology Systems, the Salford-based robotic equipment manufacturer, is to be acquired by Cheshire-based Entologi. [25-Oct-2010]

Bingham Davis has gone into liquidation through Begbies Traynor, casting doubt on the future of 40 jobs at its Liverpool-based structural engineering business. [25-Oct-2010]

Envisage Group has acquired AST Resourcing and AST Recruitment of Staffordshire, in order to expand its design business into the defence, rail and nuclear sectors. [25-Oct-2010]

Digital Barriers has acquired Waterfall Solutions, the Guildford-based technology consultancy, for up to £5.5m. [25-Oct-2010]

Pentland Precision Engineering has been sold out of administration by MLM Insolvency to a management team, securing the future of 26 jobs at its Loanhead-based engineering business. [25-Oct-2010]

Warwickshire County Council and Staffordshire County Council are seeking bidders to develop a new £6.5m recycling centre in Baddesley Ensor. [21-Oct-2010]

Carlton Laser Services, the Leicester-based engineering firm, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms, and plans to increase the 71-strong workforce. [21-Oct-2010]

Straight is to invest £2m in improvements to its recently-acquired Dyro injection moulding factory in Hull. [21-Oct-2010]

Terex Corporation of the US is to set up a £1.7m Business Services Centre at Dungannon in Northern Ireland, with the creation of 35 jobs. [20-Oct-2010]

Gowercroft is planning to expand the 21-strong workforce at the new 15,000 sq ft Alfreton headquarters of its joinery business with ten new jobs over the next 18 months. [20-Oct-2010]

Thames Water is to create 50 new jobs at its call centres in Reading and Swindon. [19-Oct-2010]

Ardor Engineering is planning to double its 12-strong workforce at the new Huddersfield headquarters of its precision components business. [19-Oct-2010]

Yuasa Batteries is to set up a 76,000 sq ft warehouse at South Marston in Swindon. [18-Oct-2010]

Strathclyde Fire & Rescue is to shed up to 104 jobs from its support staff. [18-Oct-2010]

Pressure Technologies has acquired Hydratron, the Altrincham-based manufacturer of hydraulic pumps and control panels with 46 staff, for £3.3m. [18-Oct-2010]

Black Sheep Textiles, the Bury-based dyeing and finishing firm with 20 staff, has been bought out of administration by Thornber. [18-Oct-2010]

Fine Tubes is to shed 38 of the 335 jobs at its metal tubes factory in Plymouth. [18-Oct-2010]

International Recycling Corporation is to set up a 15,000 sq ft unit at the Severnside Trading Estate in Trafford Park. [18-Oct-2010]

All-Tex Recyclers is to expand the 188-strong workforce at its textile recycling business in County Antrim with 60 new jobs. [14-Oct-2010]

YASA Motors of Oxford has secured £1.5m from investors to fund the commercial development of a new electric engine. [14-Oct-2010]

Thorn Lighting is to relocate its headquarters and 30 jobs from Borehamwood to its main factory in Spennymoor by the end of the year. [14-Oct-2010]

ADT, the security firm, is setting up a 4,500 sq ft office at Prescot Business Park. [14-Oct-2010]

Vector Aerospace Component Services is to shed 30 of the 300 jobs at its helicopter repair facility in Perth. [13-Oct-2010]

DIPT is looking to relocate its Pride Park-based power tools business and up to 35 staff to another site in Derby. [13-Oct-2010]

Oxford Cryosystems, the Long Hanborough-based company with 17 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Catapult Venture Mergers. [13-Oct-2010]

Chinook Sciences is to increase the workforce at its industrial recycling technology business from 22 to 48 over the next year, having acquired a new 15,000 sq ft office at Nottingham Science Park. [13-Oct-2010]

Lenstec Optical Laboratories has acquired Tant Laboratories, the Bishop's Stortford-based lens manufacturer with 25 staff. [13-Oct-2010]

Pearson-Harper is to create at least 20 jobs at its engineering site in Billingham, having won a new contract to provide services for Chevron's Gorgon gas project in Australia. [13-Oct-2010]

Acal has sold ATM Parts Company to Cennox for £0.7m, in order to focus on IT spares and outsourcing solutions for technology companies. [13-Oct-2010]

Duckworths has warned that up to 37 jobs could be lost at its Blackpool business, due to a ban on cigarette vending machines. [12-Oct-2010]

PJH Group is setting up an additional 60,000 sq ft bathroom supplies warehouse at the Towngate Business Centre in Walkden, near Salford. [11-Oct-2010]

Brush Electrical Machines is to shed up to 98 of the 970 jobs at its Loughborough-based transformers business. [11-Oct-2010]

Mount Engineering, the York-based engineering firm with sites in Darlaston, Aldridge and Suffolk, is to be acquired by Cooper Controls for £19m. [11-Oct-2010]

AEA Technology is to acquire Eastern Research Group, the US environmental science firm, for £52m. [11-Oct-2010]

Bywaters has secured funding of £4.5m to expand the capacity at its materials recycling facility at Bow in East London by the end of next year. [07-Oct-2010]

Siemens is to revive plans to relocate its Lincoln-based turbine servicing operation and 540 staff to a new building at Teal Park in North Hykeham in 2012. [07-Oct-2010]

Smallridge Brothers of Barnstaple is linking up with Robert Cole of Holsworthy to acquire the agricultural machinery assets of Cornwall Farmers for undisclosed terms. [07-Oct-2010]

PYReco is looking to start work early next year on the development of a £80m tyre recycling plant at Middlesbrough's South Tees Eco Park, which will create 90 jobs. [06-Oct-2010]

Omega Red, the Nottingham-based lighting and electrical firm with 230 staff, has been acquired by Walsall-based South Staffordshire Group for undisclosed terms. [06-Oct-2010]

Underhill Engineering is relocating its Plymouth-based structural fabrication business and up to 60 staff to a 90,000 sq ft building on Estover Industrial Estate. [05-Oct-2010]

Shanks Group has acquired the UK waste PFI interests of United Utilities, including bids for contracts in Derbyshire, Leicester, Derry and Gloucester. [05-Oct-2010]

Monthind has acquired Sanitec Cleaning Services, the Norwich-based cleaning firm with 170 staff, for undisclosed terms. [05-Oct-2010]

Rotary UK has acquired CA Sothers, the Birmingham-based provider of mechanical and electrical installation services. [04-Oct-2010]

Royden Engineering has been bought out of administration by a new company called Royden Structures, securing 89 jobs at its St Helens-based structural steelwork business. [04-Oct-2010]

Parker Hannifin is planning to close its tube fittings plant and sales office in Derby, with the loss of up to 110 jobs. [04-Oct-2010]

Balmers Garden Machinery is considering plans to relocate its gardening equipment business and 40 staff from Burnley to Blackburn. [04-Oct-2010]

Axminster Tool Centre is investing £2.3m in the expansion of its tool and machinery sites in East Devon, in order to improve conditions for its 218 staff. [04-Oct-2010]

West Berkshire Council has approved plans to build a multi-million pound hydrodynamics research facility at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston. [30-Sep-2010]

Spice, the Leeds-based utility services provider, is to be acquired by private equity firm Cinven for £251m. [28-Sep-2010]

Fairbanks Environmental has secured an undisclosed equity investment from Tokheim Group of France, in order to fund the global expansion of its Skelmersdale-based petrol pump technology business. [28-Sep-2010]

Oran, the Grangemouth-based waste management firm with 250 staff, has sold its business and assets to a new private equity-based firm called Oran Environmental Solutions for undisclosed terms. [27-Sep-2010]

Century Lighting is expanding its distribution facilities at Shawbank Road in Redditch into a new warehouse, having won a contract to supply lighting to NHS hospitals across the country. [27-Sep-2010]

Banks Group is relocating the headquarters of its mining business and more than 100 staff to a new 25,000 sq ft office at Inkerman House in Durham. [27-Sep-2010]

Bluewater Bio International is to acquire Water Innovate, the developer of water treatment technologies spun out from the Cranfield University School of Water Sciences. [27-Sep-2010]

Rolls-Royce is looking to recruit 150 graduates at its aerospace, marine, energy and nuclear sites across the country. [27-Sep-2010]

Ricardo has won a Ministry of Defence contract to supply an unspecified number of Ocelot armoured vehicles, as part of a £200m package that will secure the future of up to 750 UK jobs. [23-Sep-2010]

James Fisher & Sons has acquired RigCool, the Aberdeen-based supplier of equipment to protect drilling rigs, for £2.1m. [23-Sep-2010]

Humberside Optical Services has been bought out of administration by a new company called Ardent Optical, securing 21 jobs at its Hull-based optical lens business. [23-Sep-2010]

Imperial Tobacco is planning to build a new 100,000 sq ft head office on Winterstoke Road in Bristol by the end of 2012, with the relocation of 500 staff from three existing sites. [21-Sep-2010]

Goodrich is creating 45 new jobs at its aircraft systems factory in Wolverhampton, with vacancies for engineers, fitter testers and apprentices. [21-Sep-2010]

Dyson has raised £350m from banks and investors to finance the expansion of its vacuum cleaner and engineering business, including the recruitment of up to 350 research staff at its site in Wiltshire. [20-Sep-2010]

City of Edinburgh Council is considering plans to close the BlindCraft beds factory with the loss of up to 70 jobs, or it could be transformed into a training centre. [20-Sep-2010]

Pineteum, the Warmington-based furniture manufacturer with 92 staff, is to be acquired by Hamptons Furniture of Portsmouth. [20-Sep-2010]

BGlobal is planning to expand its East Lancashire-based smart meters business with 30 new jobs and additional work space over the next year. [20-Sep-2010]

BAe Systems is to acquire the SpecTal, Advanced Concepts and McClendon security operations of US-based L-1 Identity Solutions for £190m. [20-Sep-2010]

Powerday has unveiled plans to build a £40m recycling facility and civic amenity site for Hillingdon Council in West Drayton, with the creation of 130 jobs. [20-Sep-2010]

Carpets of Kidderminster has been sold out of administration to a management team, securing 58 jobs at its carpets factory in Stourport. [20-Sep-2010]

Abnormal Load Engineering has arranged a £46m refinancing deal with four banks to fund the expansion of its Staffordshire-based heavy transportation and lifting business. [16-Sep-2010]

Edwards, the Crawley-based supplier of vacuum technology to industry with 3,000 staff, has appointed advisers to consider a £1.5bn auction of the company. [15-Sep-2010]

JP Kenny, the subsea engineering firm, is in negotiations to set up a new 69,000 sq ft office at Compass Point in Staines. [15-Sep-2010]

SITA has acquired a 22-acre site in Lower Eccleshill Road, Darwen, for £3.2m, promoting speculation that it could develop a new recycling plant. [14-Sep-2010]

Trotec Laser of Birmingham has acquired Identify Engraving Systems, the Bristol-based supplier of engraving machines. [14-Sep-2010]

NIS Holdings has acquired Hold Engineering, the Whitehaven-based metal fabrication firm with 30 staff, for undisclosed terms. [14-Sep-2010]

ProPhotonix, the US-based lighting group with a laser division in Stansted, is planning to raise £6m in a flotation on Aim. [13-Sep-2010]

Chamois Eco-Kitchens is to shed up to 30 jobs at its Wolverhampton-based kitchens business. [13-Sep-2010]

Bangor University is to collaborate with other universities and companies for the £24m SEACAMS marine research project, which could create more than 100 jobs in North Wales. [13-Sep-2010]

Sifam is to shed 40 jobs in Torquay in November, in order to transfer precision meter production to India and China. [13-Sep-2010]

SEW Euro-Drive has acquired a 10-acre site in Normanton, West Yorkshire, to build a 100,000 sq ft assembly and warehouse facility. [13-Sep-2010]

BAe Systems is to shed 740 jobs in Brough, Chadderton, Farnborough, Samlesbury and Warton, and a further 206 jobs will be lost at its Integrated System Technologies division by 2012. [13-Sep-2010]

European Wood Products, the Ormskirk-based supplier of doors trading as European Door Sets, has been acquired by Brathay Investments for undisclosed terms. [13-Sep-2010]

Moog is planning to relocate its Wolverhampton-based aerospace technology business to a new £15m facility at the i54 technology park by September 2012. [09-Sep-2010]

Oakmount Control Systems is to build a new £1m industrial control panels factory for its 18-strong workforce at Estover in Plymouth by April 2011. [09-Sep-2010]

Pearsons Recycling has acquired the dry waste recycling operation of Thetford-based Envirowaste for undisclosed terms. [09-Sep-2010]

Baric Systems, the Morpeth-based supplier of fluid handling systems with 100 staff, has been acquired by Colfax of the US. [08-Sep-2010]

WLR Prototype Engineers is to relocate to a 30,000 sq ft unit at Boland House on the Nottingham South & Wilford Industrial Estate. [08-Sep-2010]

Allam Marine is planning to build a new 60,000 sq ft generator factory and office next to its existing site on the Melton Estate near Hull by summer 2011, with the creation of 20 jobs. [08-Sep-2010]

Celtic Recycling is seeking permission to extend one of its heavy equipment recycling centres in Newport, with the creation of up to 25 jobs. [07-Sep-2010]

The Welsh Assembly is to invest £4m in local authority recycling projects, including £1m for the creation of a social enterprise to operate a mixed plastics processing facility. [07-Sep-2010]

Survitec has acquired Seaweather, the marine servicing firm with sites in Bromborough, Dartford and Southampton, for undisclosed terms. [06-Sep-2010]

CJ Broom & Son is to close its boat building business in Norfolk with the loss of 70 jobs. [06-Sep-2010]

Donarbon, the provider of waste services to Cambridgeshire County Council, is to be acquired by AmeyCespa of Spain for £49m. [02-Sep-2010]

Icetech is creating 20 new jobs at its white goods factory in Castletown, following a recent investment in new production technology. [02-Sep-2010]

Weir Group is to acquire the valves business of BDK Engineering Industries of India, including gross assets valued at £17m. [02-Sep-2010]

H&F Drilling Supplies, the Stirling-based manufacturer of drilling equipment with 20 staff, has been acquired by Atlas Copco for undisclosed terms. [02-Sep-2010]

ClerkMaxwell is planning to expand the workforce at its Aberdeen-based engineering consultancy from 50 to 70 this year. [02-Sep-2010]

North West Precision Forms has been bought out of administration by a new company called North West Precision, saving 76 jobs at its Birkenhead-based engineering business. [01-Sep-2010]

VBA, the Bolton-based supplier of audiovisual equipment, has been sold to Elitemark in a pre-pack administration through Begbies Traynor. [01-Sep-2010]

Hellermann Tyton is to relocate its Plymouth-based cable manufacturing business and about 100 staff to a new 48,000 sq ft factory in Derriford. [31-Aug-2010]

Bland, Burgess & Hethershaw has been bought out of administration by a management team, securing 11 jobs at its Gainsborough-based metal working business. [31-Aug-2010]

Corus is in negotiations to sell the mothballed Teesside Cast Products plant to SSI of Thailand, which could create hundreds of new jobs from 2011. [31-Aug-2010]

Capita Symonds is planning to expand the initial 12-strong workforce at its new engineering consultancy office in York to 30 by the end of next year. [31-Aug-2010]

I-plas and Lynwood Products are to shed more than 50 jobs at their plastic processing plants in Halifax, and the Lynwood production will transfer to LG Harris in Bromsgrove. [31-Aug-2010]

Compass Group is to acquire VSG Group, the security services firm with 6,000 staff and offices in Northampton, London, Belfast and Dublin, for £64m. [26-Aug-2010]

Trianco Heating Products, the Sheffield-based boiler manufacturer, has sold its assets out of administration to TR Engineering. [26-Aug-2010]

Greencare Mobility is to expand its wheelchair assembly plant in Middlesbrough, with the creation of 13 jobs. [26-Aug-2010]

Bayliss Recovery is looking into the possibility of setting up a new metals recycling plant near Cardiff, having just opened a new £1.2m site in Bridgend. [25-Aug-2010]

Fabricom Offshore Services is planning to create up to 40 new jobs at its Tyneside-based engineering business over the next year. [24-Aug-2010]

Denby Pottery has acquired Burgess, Dorling & Leigh, the Middleport-based manufacturer of Burleigh pottery with 40 staff. [23-Aug-2010]

ERT (Scotland), the Edinburgh-based marine environmental consultancy with 25 staff, has been acquired by Fugro of the Netherlands for undisclosed terms. [23-Aug-2010]

Federal Mogul is planning a £10m investment at its factory in Chapel-en-le-Frith, in order to release about half of the 28-acre site for development and upgrade plant and machinery. [23-Aug-2010]

Armstrong World Industries is to close its flooring factory in Thornaby next year, with the loss of up to 163 jobs. [23-Aug-2010]

Penn Elcom, the manufacturer of cases to transport musical instruments, is to relocate to a larger £1.6m unit at the Parsons Industrial Estate in Washington, with the creation of 15 jobs. [23-Aug-2010]

Westex Carpets has acquired Calder Bank Mills, the Dewsbury-based textile mill, out of administration for undisclosed terms. [23-Aug-2010]

Contract Solutions Grampian has bought the assets of Norsco Facilities out of liquidation, securing 48 jobs at its Aberdeen-based cleaning business. [19-Aug-2010]

UK Blinds Direct has closed its blinds factory in Rochdale, with the loss of more than 40 jobs. [19-Aug-2010]

Corus is to invest £185m at its steelworks in Port Talbot, including the rebuilding of a blast furnace and environmental improvements. [17-Aug-2010]

Senior has acquired WahlcoMetroflex, the US manufacturer of dampers, expansion joints and exhaust gas systems, for £8.5m. [17-Aug-2010]

SPS Technologies is to shed a further 80 of the 500 jobs at its aircraft parts factory in Leicester. [17-Aug-2010]

Straight has acquired Dyro Holdings, the Hull-based injection moulding firm trading as Powell Plastics, for £2.9m. [16-Aug-2010]

Robinson Willey, the Merseyside-based gas fire manufacturer, has sold its assets out of administration to the GDC Group heating division of Glen Dimplex. [16-Aug-2010]

Forest Support Services is to sell its Forest Traffic Signals business to a new company called Caswell Support Services. [12-Aug-2010]

Corus is to invest £8m in the expansion of its steel plant in North Lanarkshire, with the creation of 60 jobs. [11-Aug-2010]

Chemring is to acquire Roke Manor Research, the Romsey-based engineering research firm with 450 staff, from Siemens for £55m. [10-Aug-2010]

Scottish Water is looking to build a new headquarters of up to 108,000 sq ft to replace its existing office in Glasgow. [10-Aug-2010]

Alexandra has been sold out of administration to Dimensions, securing 446 jobs at its corporate clothing operations in Bristol, Swindon, Langley, London and Glasgow. [09-Aug-2010]

Gardner Aerospace is to shed 69 of the 220 jobs at its factory in Ilkeston, and will eventually relocate to another site nearby. [05-Aug-2010]

George Stuart has closed its leather products factory in Bloxwich with the loss of 70 jobs. [05-Aug-2010]

University of Nottingham has won a £3.6m grant from the European Regional Development Fund to develop an Institute for Aerospace Technology, which will employ about 100 staff. [04-Aug-2010]

Qinetiq is to shed 135 jobs at its managed services business in Boscombe Down, as well as another 70 in Farnborough and 30 in Malvern. [04-Aug-2010]

Alcan is to create up to 30 new jobs at its aluminium smelter in Lynemouth, Northumberland, following a recovery in demand. [04-Aug-2010]

Thermal Engineering, the Hertfordshire-based aircraft components manufacturer, has been acquired by private equity firm Privet Capital for undisclosed terms. [02-Aug-2010]

RD Industries, the Plymouth-based stationery firm, has been bought out of administration by West Design Products of Folkestone. [02-Aug-2010]

Jighand is planning to relocate its London-based metals recycling business to the former Sun Chemicals site in Silvertown, with the creation of up to 20 jobs. [02-Aug-2010]

Bridgend Boat has gone into liquidation with the loss of 30 jobs at its Plymouth-based boat building business. [02-Aug-2010]

Rical Group has acquired Kenwell Precision Diecastings of Rochdale for undisclosed terms. [29-Jul-2010]

Tagg Clothing Group has bought Thomas H Loveday, the Blyth-based equestrian clothes and footwear brand, out of administration. [29-Jul-2010]

Closed Loop is looking to raise £30m to set up a nationwide network of plastics recycling plants. [29-Jul-2010]

Integrated Design Associates, the Tattenhall-based data centre engineering company, has been acquired by Hurleypalmerflatt of London for undisclosed terms. [29-Jul-2010]

Pilkington is to restart one of its float glass production lines in St Helens, with the creation of up to 130 jobs. [27-Jul-2010]

Tomkins, the engineering group with 25,000 staff in 23 countries, is to be acquired by a consortium of US private equity firm Onex and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for £2.9bn. [27-Jul-2010]

ENER-G is to invest £2m in the expansion of its monitoring equipment factory in Salford with a new 12,500 sq ft building later this year. [27-Jul-2010]

Dutton Carpets has been bought out of administration by Renewal Carpet Tiles, securing 115 jobs at its Blackburn-based carpet manufacturing business. [26-Jul-2010]

Metal-Woods has closed its engineering components business in Market Harborough with the loss of 20 jobs. [26-Jul-2010]

McBride is considering plans to shed up to 82 jobs at its household goods manufacturing business in Middleton. [26-Jul-2010]

Indair has been sold out of administration by Business Debt Adviser to a management team, saving 14 jobs at its Stockport-based heating and ventilation business. [26-Jul-2010]

The University of Exeter is to build a £30m environmental research centre in Penryn by summer 2012, with the creation of an initial 150 jobs. [22-Jul-2010]

ADS is to set up an aerospace and defence trade office in Belfast, in partnership with Invest NI and Bombardier, in order to boost the profile of local companies. [22-Jul-2010]

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has unveiled plans to set up an environmental monitoring centre at the International Space Innovation Centre in Harwell by April 2011, employing 40 scientists. [21-Jul-2010]

BIB Cochran, the Annan-based boiler manufacturer with 170 staff, has been bought out of administration by the founder of SHBV of China. [21-Jul-2010]

Jacuzzi of Bradford is to shed 90 jobs at its bathroom manufacturing and warehouse operations. [21-Jul-2010]

Ingersoll Rand is planning to close its air compression units distribution business at Hindley Green, near Wigan, with the loss of up to 100 jobs. [21-Jul-2010]

Scotgold Resources is looking to raise new capital over the next year to fund the expansion of its gold exploration activities in Scotland. [20-Jul-2010]

CTC Marine is to expand its 140-strong workforce in Darlington with up to 12 new jobs, having won a number of new subsea construction contracts. [20-Jul-2010]

GE Aviation is to build a 30,000 sq ft power generation research centre at Bishops Cleeve, near Cheltenham, by March 2011. [20-Jul-2010]

Corus is to create a further 154 new jobs at its steel manufacturing plants in Stocksbridge and Rotherham. [20-Jul-2010]

Rolls-Royce is to submit plans to build a new aircraft fan blades factory at its Bankfield site in Barnoldswick, with the creation of up to 100 jobs. [19-Jul-2010]

Zisman Bower & Partners, the consulting engineer, is setting up a 9,219 sq ft office at Ambassador House in Richmond-upon-Thames. [19-Jul-2010]

Metalysis is seeking partners to help fund the expansion of its Rotherham-based titanium technology business with a £70m production plant. [19-Jul-2010]

Subsea 7 is to recruit up to 150 workers at its fabrication yard near Wick, having won orders totalling £145m to supply pipelines for North Sea platforms. [19-Jul-2010]

Dutton Carpets, the Blackburn-based carpet manufacturer, is expected to be sold out of administration by RSM Tenon to a former management team, securing the future of 120 jobs. [19-Jul-2010]

David Jones Electrical has gone into voluntary liquidation with the loss of 31 jobs in Malvern. [19-Jul-2010]

Bystronic UK is consolidating its metal processing operations from two sites in Leeds and Chard into a 25,800 sq ft unit at Wayside Business Park in Coventry. [15-Jul-2010]

London Waste & Recycling Board is to invest £8m in the creation of a material reuse network across six sub-regions of London, in order to help charities and local authorities recycle items. [14-Jul-2010]

Sellers Engineers has submitted plans to Kirklees Council to build a 48,000 sq ft factory at the Trident Business Park in Deighton, and aims to relocate 75 staff by March 2011. [14-Jul-2010]

Katmex, the Stockton-based manufacturer of parts for earth-moving equipment with 60 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from Katsushiro of Japan. [13-Jul-2010]

Morson is to acquire Acetech Personnel, the provider of recruitment and workforce services to Babcock's marine and rail operations, for £2.3m. [12-Jul-2010]

Peter Scott & Company, the Hawick-based knitwear supplier, has been sold out of administration to Gloverall of Northamptonshire, with the transfer of the remaining 20 staff. [12-Jul-2010]

Gardner Aerospace is planning to relocate its aerospace components factory and up to 69 staff from Maesteg to Basildon. [12-Jul-2010]

Dominant Textile, the Turkish industrial textiles manufacturer, is to create up to ten jobs at a new office in Manchester. [12-Jul-2010]

Nanotecture, the developer of nanoporous materials, is planning to set up a pilot manufacturing facility in Southampton by the end of the year. [12-Jul-2010]

Dailys, the Ellesmere Port-based manufacturer of protective clothing with 26 staff, has been acquired by 3M for undisclosed terms. [12-Jul-2010]

Fiskars Brands UK is to shed up to 26 jobs at its garden tools distribution centre in Bridgend, in order to transfer the work to its Bulwell site in Nottinghamshire in November. [12-Jul-2010]

Fenner has acquired MRI Medical, the US manufacturer of silicon-based items for medical devices, for about £1.7m. [12-Jul-2010]

Chapelthorpe has secured £4m to fund the expansion of its West Yorkshire-based polypropylene fibres business, which employs 180 people. [08-Jul-2010]

Expert Group is planning to expand the 46-strong workforce at its Coventry-based automation equipment business with ten new jobs. [08-Jul-2010]

Green Compliance has acquired Envirocare, the pest control company with offices in Hull, Kenilworth, Exeter and Hayes, for an initial £1.8m. [08-Jul-2010]

T Clarke is to close its JJ Cross electrical installation and maintenance business at Bamber Bridge in Lancashire. [08-Jul-2010]

Spirax Sarco has acquired the Watson-Marlow and Bredel Pumps distribution business in Australia and New Zealand for up to £2.1m. [08-Jul-2010]

Qinetiq is to shed 230 jobs at its defence technology plant in Malvern and a further 130 jobs in Farnborough. [07-Jul-2010]

Penicuik is planning to expand its windows and conservatories business across Scotland, and the workforce will rise from 35 to 60 by the end of next year. [07-Jul-2010]

Clancy Consulting has acquired Hodgins Smith, the Prestwick-based engineering consultancy with 25 staff, for undisclosed terms. [07-Jul-2010]

Amplio Group has acquired Puresep Holdings, the water purification company with sales of £3.7m and sites in Lincolnshire and Herefordshire. [06-Jul-2010]

JDR Cable is to expand its factory in Hartlepool with the creation of 80 new jobs, having secured a £2m government grant for offshore wind technology. [06-Jul-2010]

BAe Systems is to close a factory in Leicester by autumn 2011, with the loss of almost 300 jobs, having failed to win a Ministry of Defence armoured vehicle contract. [05-Jul-2010]

Cartwright Group of Altrincham is investing £5m in the expansion of its trailer rental fleet, and 30 new jobs will be added to the 350-strong workforce over the next few weeks. [05-Jul-2010]

Doncasters Aerospace Components is to shed up to 30 of the 400 jobs at its factory in Shrewsbury. [05-Jul-2010]

Green Compliance has acquired Pure Group Management, the water treatment firm trading as Water Pure Systems, for an initial £5m. [05-Jul-2010]

FG Wilson is planning to recruit 300 additional staff at its engineering plant in County Antrim this year, and £5m will be invested in a new assembly line. [05-Jul-2010]

Monthind has acquired B&G Services Anglia, the Suffolk-based cleaning firm with 70 staff, for undisclosed terms, taking its total workforce to about 870. [05-Jul-2010]

Midland Window Group is opening a new 20,000 sq ft aluminium manufacturing plant and office at Herald Way in Coventry. [01-Jul-2010]

Appliances Direct is to open a 51,000 sq ft kitchen appliances showroom and distribution centre at the Nursery business park in South Normanton, Derbyshire, in September. [01-Jul-2010]

HJ Hall is expected to shed some of the 75 jobs at its factory in Hinckley, having lost a contract to supply socks to the Ministry of Defence. [01-Jul-2010]

North Yorkshire Council has selected the Allerton quarry site near the A1M as the preferred location for a new multi-million pound waste incinerator to be built by AmeyCespa. [30-Jun-2010]

Servosteel, the Dudley-based steel processing company, has been acquired by Essar Steel International of India. [30-Jun-2010]

Kelman Engineering has closed its fabrication plants in Turriff and Brechin with the loss of about 80 jobs. [29-Jun-2010]

Thompson Aero Seating is to invest £5.2m in the expansion of its aircraft seating factory in Kilkeel, with the creation of 49 jobs. [29-Jun-2010]

Contour Energy Systems is planning to create a number of finance, sales, logistics and administration jobs at its new battery distribution centre at Keele University Science Park. [29-Jun-2010]

RNA Automation is looking to expand the 35-strong workforce at its automation engineering business in Castle Bromwich, following a rise in export sales. [28-Jun-2010]

BCW Engineering is to create 25 new jobs in Burnley over the next year, having won a contract to supply turbo-charger components to BorgWarner. [28-Jun-2010]

Lister Shearing has acquired the Supershear shearing equipment brand and assets, which could create up to 20 new jobs in Dursley. [28-Jun-2010]

Waste Recycling Group has submitted plans to build a £250m mechanical biological waste treatment plant at the Normanby Enterprise Park near Scunthorpe by 2012. [28-Jun-2010]

Renishaw is to create about 110 new jobs at its four engineering plants in Gloucestershire. [24-Jun-2010]

Weldex, the Inverness-based crawler crane hire company, is to be acquired by private equity firm Dunedin for £100m. [24-Jun-2010]

Tungum is to shed 26 of the 34 jobs at its Tewkesbury-based tube manufacturing business by the end of July. [24-Jun-2010]

Pennon Group has acquired Reconomy Recycling Solutions, the materials recycling company with sites in Wellingborough, Soham and Corby, for £24m, in order to expand its Viridor Waste Management subsidiary. [24-Jun-2010]

General Dynamics has acquired Kylmar, the Andover-based manufacturer of sensors and optical surveillance systems with 50 staff, for undisclosed terms. [23-Jun-2010]

Touchline (UK), the Warrington-based sports and school clothing supplier with 24 staff, has been sold out of administration by KPMG to a new company called DFN Embroidery. [23-Jun-2010]

Inspectorate, the commodity testing company, is to be sold by 3i to Bureau Veritas of France for £450m. [23-Jun-2010]

Petrex is planning to expand the workforce at its Aberdeen-based subsea engineering business from ten to 22 over the next two years, and is currently recruiting engineers and managers. [23-Jun-2010]

Hainsworth, the snooker cloth manufacturer, has acquired the Northern Rubber cushion brand and business from Icon Polymer of Retford for undisclosed terms. [23-Jun-2010]

Excelerate Technology has acquired Norton Integrated Systems, the Pontypool-based manufacturer of surveillance systems with five staff, for undisclosed terms. [23-Jun-2010]

Regatta is setting up an additional 17,500 sq ft warehouse for its outdoor clothing business at Parkway Trading Estate in Manchester. [22-Jun-2010]

Proventec, the Liverpool-based steam cleaning and coatings company with about 100 staff, has had its shares suspended and is seeking additional funding to secure its future. [22-Jun-2010]

Mulberry is to increase the 200-strong workforce at its luxury handbags factory in Somerset with 50 new jobs. [21-Jun-2010]

Brulines is to acquire LBI Installations, the provider of contract management solutions for forecourt operations, for an initial £0.4m. [21-Jun-2010]

Cummins is creating 60 jobs at its factory in Darlington, following a rise in demand for its engines. [21-Jun-2010]

Schmitz Cargobull is considering plans to close its trailer factory in Stanley, with the loss of up to 175 jobs. [21-Jun-2010]

Biffa has unveiled plans to build a 21MW energy-recovery waste plant at the former Skelton Grange site near Leeds by 2014. [21-Jun-2010]

Haworth Combing Company is to increase production at its wool processing plant in Bradford, with the creation of up to ten jobs. [21-Jun-2010]

MTL Group is relocating its contract manufacturing business from Sheffield to a 300,000 sq ft facility in Rotherham, with the creation of 50 jobs. [16-Jun-2010]

BM Catalysts is to create 45 jobs at a new 60,000 sq ft factory, as part of the £6m expansion of its Mansfield-based catalytic converters manufacturing business. [15-Jun-2010]

Abru, the Derbyshire-based ladder manufacturer, has been acquired by Werner Co of the US. [15-Jun-2010]

United Utilities is to sell its non-regulated water businesses to Veolia Environnement of France for about £175m, including operations in Scotland, Bulgaria, Estonia and Poland. [15-Jun-2010]

Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions is to relocate its Slough-based operation to a 13,000 sq ft unit at the Phoenix 2 building on Farnham Road. [15-Jun-2010]

Stadium Group has sold its London-based branded plastics business to Flambeau Europlast for £2.5m. [15-Jun-2010]

Viridor has won planning permission to build a £150m energy-from-waste plant at Trident Park in Cardiff. [14-Jun-2010]

BA Distribution has shed 28 jobs at its industrial conveyors business in Gainsborough. [14-Jun-2010]

Weir Group is to acquire Linatex, the Malaysian supplier of wear-resistant products to the mining industry, for £119m. [14-Jun-2010]

Captus ProNet is planning to expand its Darlington-based industrial maintenance business across the country, with the creation of up to 600 jobs over the next five years. [10-Jun-2010]

Titan Europe is to create up to 20 new jobs at its Wyre Forest-based industrial wheels manufacturing business. [10-Jun-2010]

Greenstar UK is to be acquired by Montagu Private Equity and Global Infrastructure Partners for £135m, and will be merged with their existing Biffa waste management business. [10-Jun-2010]

Arrowsmith Engineering has started work on the development of a new headquarters at Exhall in Coventry, and expects to relocate in August. [09-Jun-2010]

The Crown Estate is to consider plans from an unnamed company to reopen the St David's gold mine at Bontddu in Gwynedd. [09-Jun-2010]

Koppers UK is to close the coal tar distillation plant at its site in Scunthorpe with the loss of up to 19 jobs, in order to focus on blending and distribution. [09-Jun-2010]

Zeeko is to proceed with plans to relocate its Leicester-based precision engineering factory and 32 jobs to the Leicester Science Park by next May, and 20 new jobs will be created. [09-Jun-2010]

Brulines is to acquire Retail & Forecourt Solutions, the Leicestershire-based supplier of fuel pump calibration services. [09-Jun-2010]

Morson has bought the assets of Wynnwith, the Surrey-based technical recruitment firm, out of administration for £7.7m. [09-Jun-2010]

Quest Consumer Products of Chingford is expected to be sold by parent company Stadium to Flambeau Europlast, casting doubt on the future of 150 jobs. [08-Jun-2010]

Green Compliance has acquired the assets of C&T Fire, the West Sussex-based fire protection firm, for an initial £0.6m. [08-Jun-2010]

Clyde Blowers is to acquire Automatik Plastic Machinery, the German equipment manufacturer, for £125m. [08-Jun-2010]

Chloride, the London-based manufacturer of uninterruptible power supplies with 2,500 staff, is to be acquired by ABB of Switzerland for £860m. [08-Jun-2010]

Wilton Group has secured a £16m investment from Barclays Private Equity to fund the expansion of its Middlesbrough-based engineering business. [07-Jun-2010]

Cleveland Bridge is to shed about 90 of the 500 jobs at its Darlington-based structural engineering business. [07-Jun-2010]

Intelect UK is planning to expand the workforce at its Middlesbrough-based electrical and mechanical engineering business from 105 to 130 over the next year. [07-Jun-2010]

FireChill is planning to create up to 100 jobs at its Leeds-based refrigeration manufacturing business. [07-Jun-2010]

Mazars has sold Ideal Furniture Manufacturers of Nelson out of administration to one of its shareholders, securing 27 jobs. [07-Jun-2010]

David Brown is looking to restructure its Huddersfield-based engineering operation and create hundreds of jobs, in order to benefit from opportunities in the renewable energy sector. [07-Jun-2010]

Euroseal Windows is to relocate its Stoke-based windows business to Trinity Street in Hanley in November, and hopes to create up to 100 new sales jobs eventually. [07-Jun-2010]

Hyco Manufacturing, the Castleford-based electrical equipment manufacturer with annual turnover of £3.2m, is seeking a suitable site to transfer production from China back to the UK. [03-Jun-2010]

Castle Support Services, the Birmingham-based electrical engineering group that includes Dowding & Mills, is to be acquired by Sulzer of Switzerland for £127m. [03-Jun-2010]

TEG Group is to acquire Simpro, the operator of six waste composting sites in Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Coventry, Nottingham, Telford and Warwick, for up to £6m. [03-Jun-2010]

Refurbs Flintshire is to create 27 new jobs at its Flint-based furniture and electrical appliance re-use charity. [03-Jun-2010]

Motan of Abingdon is to merge with Colortronic of Chesterfield to form a new plastics processing group called Motan-Colortronic. [03-Jun-2010]

Hertel is to create 150 jobs at its onshore and offshore maintenance services business in Aberdeen over the next year. [03-Jun-2010]

Paddock, the Walsall-based lock manufacturer with 250 staff, has been acquired by Assa Abloy of Sweden for undisclosed terms. [02-Jun-2010]

Spice has sold its gas boiler maintenance division to Booth Securities for a nominal sum. [01-Jun-2010]

Bunzl has acquired Juba, the Spanish manufacturer of plastic gloves, for undisclosed terms. [01-Jun-2010]

Stanelco is to raise up to £3.5m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its bioplastics business, and its name will change to Biome Technologies. [01-Jun-2010]

RPS has acquired Aquaterra Consulting, the Australian water and environmental consultancy with 90 staff, for up to £7.8m. [01-Jun-2010]

Panaloc is relocating its bathroom pods factory from Manchester to the Kingston International Business Park in Hull, with the creation of up to 70 jobs. [01-Jun-2010]

CR Taylor Timber is seeking a suitable site in Bradford for the relocation of its Denholme-based timber processing business and about 40 staff. [01-Jun-2010]

Emma Bridgewater is planning to increase the 150-strong workforce at its pottery design business in Stoke-on-Trent by about 20%, and the visitors' centre will be expanded. [01-Jun-2010]

The National Skills Academy for the Process Industry (NSAPI) is planning to set up a new £2m skills academy at Framwellgate in Durham by 2013. [01-Jun-2010]

Britten-Norman is planning to set up a light aircraft factory in Lee-on-the-Solent by July, with the creation of more than 60 jobs. [01-Jun-2010]

Alcoa Howmet is to shed a further 200 jobs at its turbine blades factory in Exeter. [27-May-2010]

Orwelco Holdings has bought the assets of the GW Waite components business in Ulverston out of administration, and the 35 staff will relocate to Barrow. [27-May-2010]

Devon Contract Waste has submitted plans to build a £2.5m materials recycling facility at Matford Business Park in Exeter, with the creation of about 20 jobs. [27-May-2010]

Coastal Windows is to shed up to 56 jobs at its factory in Purbeck, in order to transfer production of PVC windows and doors to parent company A&B Glass in Sudbury. [27-May-2010]

Bradken is considering plans to shed up to 20 of the 100 jobs at its foundry in Scunthorpe. [26-May-2010]

Xitek is to acquire Optimec, the Malvern-based specialist optical equipment manufacturer. [25-May-2010]

Burleigh, the Stoke-based pottery, has been acquired by restructuring group Hilco for about £1m, and will be combined with Denby. [24-May-2010]

Siemens is to shed 96 jobs at the Trench UK factory on South Tyneside, in order to transfer high voltage bushings production to China, France and Germany in 2011. [24-May-2010]

Lister-Petter is considering plans to relocate its diesel and gas engines factory and up to 150 staff from Dursley to Tewkesbury. [24-May-2010]

Antler, the Bury-based luggage supplier with about 300 staff, has been bought out of administration by private equity firm LDC for undisclosed terms. [24-May-2010]

EH Thorne is to relocate its Lincolnshire-based beekeeping equipment business and up to 64 staff to Market Rasen by January 2011, and a further 30 new jobs will be created. [24-May-2010]

Drallim Industries has bought the assets of Horsell Electrics, the Brighton-based manufacturing company, saving nine jobs. [20-May-2010]

Aeroconseil of France is to create more than 50 jobs at a new UK headquarters for its aerospace business at Brabazon Business Park in Bristol over the next two years. [20-May-2010]

HCK is to relocate its Goole-based commercial catering equipment business to a 66,500 sq ft unit at the Opus 36 business park. [20-May-2010]

Oxfordshire County Council has unveiled plans to set up a new £3m waste recycling centre in Kidlington by next year. [20-May-2010]

Rotork has acquired Ralph A Hiller, the US manufacturer of nuclear actuators, for £5.3m. [20-May-2010]

BAe Systems is to acquire Atlantic Marine, the US-based vessel maintenance and repair firm with 1,000 staff, from JFL-AMH Partners for £240m. [19-May-2010]

AB Connectors is creating 40 new jobs at its factory in the Cynon Valley, having won a £2m contract from Thales UK to supply cabling and harnessing systems. [19-May-2010]

Advanced Insulation is to relocate its fire-resistant coatings business and up to 30 jobs from Berkeley to a 32,000 sq ft unit at the Quedgeley West Business Park in Gloucester. [19-May-2010]

Key Technologies is to acquire Primetake, the Lincolnshire-based ammunition and equipment manufacturer with 54 staff, for undisclosed terms. [19-May-2010]

Craftmatic has gone into voluntary liquidation with the loss of up to 300 jobs at its Abingdon-based adjustable beds business. [19-May-2010]

Vp has acquired Harbray Plant Hire, the Aylesford-based pipeline pressure testing rental firm, for £0.9m. [18-May-2010]

Sagentia is to raise £8m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its Cambridge-based technology and product development business. [18-May-2010]

Mercia Waste Management has submitted plans to build a £120m 15MW EnviRecover energy-from-waste plant in Worcestershire. [17-May-2010]

Steel Centre 4 has been bought out of administration by Bowdon Investments for undisclosed terms, securing 16 of the 27 jobs at its Scunthorpe-based steel processing business. [17-May-2010]

Messier-Dowty is to shed about 80 of the 1,000 jobs at its aircraft landing gear factory at Staverton in Gloucestershire. [17-May-2010]

ClydeUnion is to create up to 120 jobs for skilled engineers and apprentices at its pump manufacturing business in Glasgow this year. [17-May-2010]

AP Precision Hydraulics is to shed up to 40 jobs at its aerospace hydraulics factory in Westhoughton, in order to transfer the work to its site in Runcorn. [17-May-2010]

SLP Engineering has sold its Sea & Land Power and Energy subsidiary out of administration to a subsidiary of Smulders Group, securing 17 jobs in Lowestoft. [17-May-2010]

Kier Group has acquired Pure Recycling Warwick, the owner of a materials recycling facility due for completion at Ettington in Warwickshire in March 2011, for an initial £2m. [17-May-2010]

Kelman is to expand the workforce at its Lisburn-based energy technology business from 84 to 188, following a decision by parent company GE Energy Services to manufacture new products at the site. [13-May-2010]

Zeta Compliance has acquired The Fire Strategy Company, the Ramsgate-based fire engineering consultancy, for an initial £0.2m. [13-May-2010]

WEC Group has acquired Nutter Aircrafts, the Blackburn-based precision engineering firm with 22 staff, for undisclosed terms. [13-May-2010]

Jeld-Wen has announced the creation of 30 jobs at its site in Melton and 50 in Sheffield, following the closure of its staircases and windows factory in Lowestoft. [12-May-2010]

Suffolk County Council has selected Sita UK as the preferred bidder for a £612m waste treatment contract that will involve the development of an energy-from-waste facility at Great Blakenham by the end of 2014. [11-May-2010]

HSS Hire has acquired Hydrex, the Bristol-based health and safety training consultancy with five branches. [11-May-2010]

John Chorley & Company is looking to expand the 40-strong workforce at its steel stockholding operation in Warrington, following a £1m investment in new warehousing and processing facilities. [11-May-2010]

United Utilities has sold its water and wastewater treatment operations in Australia to a consortium led by Mitsubishi Corporation for £136m. [11-May-2010]

Gardner Group is to acquire some of the assets of RD Precision, the manufacturer of precision tools for the aerospace and defence sectors, out of administration for £1.1m. [11-May-2010]

Chemring Energetics is investing £20m in the expansion of its explosives manufacturing business in North Ayrshire, including a new factory due to start production next year. [10-May-2010]

Daltons of Nottingham has bought the name and intellectual property of Wadkin, the Leicester-based manufacturer of woodworking machines, out of administration. [10-May-2010]

H Beesley has been bought out of administration by Bromford Holdings, securing the future of almost 100 jobs at its Leicester-based engineering business. [10-May-2010]

Twyford Bathrooms is considering plans to close its factory in Alsager next year, with the loss of up to 150 production jobs, but a further 183 commercial staff will be retained. [10-May-2010]

Ilika is to raise £5.2m in a flotation to fund the expansion of its Southampton-based materials technology business. [10-May-2010]

Intertek has acquired Norca Ingenieria de Calidad, the Spanish provider of infrastructure risk assessment services with 70 staff, for £3.7m. [10-May-2010]

Western United Mines has discovered "commercial levels" of gold at the South Crofty tin mine near Camborne, and will expand its exploration activities to other parts of Cornwall. [10-May-2010]

Arjo is considering plans to shed up to 55 of the 200 jobs at its medical equipment business in Gloucester, following its merger with Huntleigh UK. [10-May-2010]

Hydratight is to close its pipe parts factory in Darlaston this month with the loss of 26 jobs, in order to transfer the work to its site in Walsall. [10-May-2010]

Green Compliance has acquired Mayfair Fire Protection of Oldbury for an initial £2.4m and Professional Fire Solutions for an initial £0.1m. [06-May-2010]

Haas-Tek Services has acquired ACE Engineering, the stainless steel fabrication firm, to create a combined Lockerbie-based engineering group with 59 staff. [06-May-2010]

Zolfo Cooper has sold Octaveward, the Lancashire-based window supplier, out of administration to Millfield Group of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. [06-May-2010]

Billington Holdings has sold Dosco Overseas Engineering and Hollybank Engineering, its Nottinghamshire-based mining engineering operations, to SMT Scharf of Germany for £1.8m. [06-May-2010]

ERA Products is to shed 29 of the 150 jobs at its locks factory in Willenhall. [06-May-2010]

Polypipe has won planning permission to extend its plastic piping factory in Doncaster, with the creation of up to 40 jobs. [05-May-2010]

Hydac Technology is to relocate its Oxfordshire-based manufacturing business and 90 staff to the 48,000 sq ft Alden Press building in Witney in September. [05-May-2010]

Adelaide Engineering has bought Leopold Grove Engineering of Blackpool out of administration for undisclosed terms. [04-May-2010]

GF Interiors has been sold out of administration by Begbies Traynor to a consortium led by its founder, securing 30 jobs at its Brighouse-based joinery business. [04-May-2010]

TAG Safety, the Oldham-based safety training firm with 12 staff, has been acquired by Capital Safety Group of the US for undisclosed terms. [04-May-2010]

Pope & Parr, the Nottingham-based glazing firm, has been bought out of administration by Cassco Holdings for undisclosed terms, and plans to create 30 new jobs over the next year. [04-May-2010]

Pimlico Plumbers is in negotiations to sell a 30-40% stake in its London-based plumbing business to the founder of Dyno-Rod, in order to raise £25m to fund its nationwide expansion. [04-May-2010]

Alloy Polishing & Plating has gone into voluntary liquidation with the loss of 17 jobs at its Willenhall-based manufacturing operation. [04-May-2010]

Mainetti is to shed 64 jobs at its coat hangers factory in Jedburgh. [29-Apr-2010]

EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, is to relocate its Tyneside office to an 11,000 sq ft unit at Team Valley over the next two months. [29-Apr-2010]

Industrial Door Engineering, the Northwich-based industrial door manufacturer with 40 staff, has been acquired by Monsoon Industries of Australia for undisclosed terms. [29-Apr-2010]

Ebac is relocating the 220 staff at its water cooler and dehumidifier business from Bishop Auckland to a 180,000 sq ft unit in Newton Aycliffe this month. [28-Apr-2010]

TAS Engineering Consultants, the Stockton-based supplier of control room simulators, has been acquired by GSE Systems of the US, and expects to double its 30-strong workforce over the next few years. [28-Apr-2010]

Powerday is planning to build a £30m materials recycling facility on a 27-acre site in West Drayton. [28-Apr-2010]

BSW Timber is to invest £7m in the expansion of its recently-acquired sawmill in Dalbeattie, in order to increase capacity by more than 50%. [28-Apr-2010]

Lawrence Recycling has secured a £1m funding package to expand its materials recycling plant in Kidderminster, which could create up to 70 new jobs. [28-Apr-2010]

Lectec, the Lincolnshire-based instrumentation supplier, has been acquired by Engenda of Cheshire for undisclosed terms. [28-Apr-2010]

Isleburn, the manufacturer of marine renewable devices with 220 staff, has confirmed plans to relocate its fabrication yard from Nigg to Invergordon. [27-Apr-2010]

Dyson is planning to recruit an additional 350 engineers and scientists at its engineering design business. [26-Apr-2010]

CSE-Global has acquired Systems Integration & Automation, the engineering and construction services firm with about 50 staff in Sheffield and Aberdeen, for undisclosed terms . [26-Apr-2010]

NCC Group has acquired SDLC Solutions, the Cheshire-based testing services firm with more than 70 staff, for up to £15m. [26-Apr-2010]

Morganite is to shed up to 64 of the 250 jobs at its electric motor brushes factory in Swansea over the next year. [26-Apr-2010]

Redileads is to go into voluntary liquidation with the loss of 35 jobs at its cables and wiring components business on Anglesey. [22-Apr-2010]

H Pontifex & Sons is to close its pressure vessels and storage tanks engineering business in Leeds, with the loss of about 12 jobs. [21-Apr-2010]

Griffon Hoverwork has acquired Hovercraft Consultants, the Hampshire-based developer of air cushion technology, for undisclosed terms. [20-Apr-2010]

Westminster Group has acquired CTAC, the Kidderminster-based security solutions company, for up to £1.8m. [19-Apr-2010]

Managed Support Services has acquired Data Sound, the health and safety consultancy, for £2.8m. [19-Apr-2010]

Rolls-Royce is to shed about 40 of the 1,200 jobs at its turbines casting facility in Derby. [19-Apr-2010]

Precision Polymer Engineering, the Blackburn-based seals manufacturer with 200 staff, has been acquired by IDEX Corporation of the US, and sister companies Perlast and Aberdeen O-Rings & Seals are also included. [19-Apr-2010]

JMP Wilcox has acquired the wholesale textile collection business of Cannock-based European Textile Recycling, with the transfer of 12 staff. [19-Apr-2010]

Customworks has acquired Castle Melamine, the Stirling-based manufacturer of table mats with annual turnover of £1m. [19-Apr-2010]

Homeserve has acquired the contract services division of National Grid Energy Services for £9m, in order to expand its home equipment repair operations in the US. [15-Apr-2010]

Mazars has sold the joinery assets of Rochdale-based A Train & Sons out of administration to a former director. [15-Apr-2010]

Malvern Instruments has bought some of the assets of Reologica Instruments of Sweden out of administration, with the transfer of a number of staff. [15-Apr-2010]

Anglian Water has confirmed plans to shed 42 jobs, as part of the reorganisation of its working practices. [15-Apr-2010]

Andor Technology has acquired Photonic of the US for £3.2m, and will transfer the manufacture of precision lighting systems to Belfast. [15-Apr-2010]

Veolia has won approval from Nottinghamshire County Council to build a household waste recycling centre at Brunel Drive in Newark. [15-Apr-2010]

EnerMech has acquired Norson Power, the Aberdeen-based hydraulics firm, for £11m, and Norson's 90-strong workforce will relocate to the EnerMech site in Howes Road later this year. [15-Apr-2010]

Sutcliffe Play, the West Yorkshire-based manufacturer of playground equipment with 90 staff, has been sold to its workforce for £1.3m. [14-Apr-2010]

Centrica has acquired Hillserve, the insulation supplier with 159 staff in Stockport, Stoke, Warrington and Gwynedd, for £5m. [14-Apr-2010]

Prosper Distribution, the bolt manufacturer with 120 staff in Kingswinford and Aberdeen, has been acquired by Beck Industries for undisclosed terms. [14-Apr-2010]

Furnace Construction Company, the Hyde-based furnace manufacturer, has been acquired by Matthew International of the US for undisclosed terms. [14-Apr-2010]

Altra Energy is planning to create up to 200 new jobs at its Aberdeen-based engineering business by 2013, having won a number of new contracts from the oil industry. [14-Apr-2010]

BiFab is to invest £14m in the expansion of its Fife-based offshore manufacturing operations, having secured a £2m Regional Selective Assistance grant and sold a 15% stake to Scottish & Southern Energy. [13-Apr-2010]

LVS IMAS, the Chorley-based conveyor belts manufacturer with 12 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [13-Apr-2010]

Dowding & Mills has sold its calibration division to Trescal for £6.5m, in order to focus on the maintenance of generators and motors. [13-Apr-2010]

Pilkington is to shed a further 18 engineering jobs at its St Helens-based glass production business. [12-Apr-2010]

Enesco Europe has closed Bilston & Battersea Enamels, with the loss of 15 jobs at its Bilston-based enamel manufacturing business. [12-Apr-2010]

Crompton Greaves of India has acquired Power Technology Solutions, the Stockport-based supplier of electricity substations, for £30m. [12-Apr-2010]

SPS Technologies is to shed up to 70 of the 493 jobs at its aircraft parts engineering plant in Leicester. [12-Apr-2010]

Babcock Integrated Technology is to close its office in Weymouth next month, with the loss of up to 22 jobs. [12-Apr-2010]

Advanced Sheet Metal is closing its sheet metal business on the Granby Industrial Estate in Weymouth, with the loss of 43 jobs. [12-Apr-2010]

Countrystyle Group has acquired TJ Composting, the operator of composting sites in Sussex, Kent, Essex and Hampshire, for undisclosed terms. [07-Apr-2010]

Astonish, the Pudsey-based manufacturer of household and car care products with more than 50 staff, is to set up a new £4.5m 65,000 sq ft plant in Bradford later this month. [07-Apr-2010]

Marshall Aerospace is to shed up to 99 jobs in Cambridge, following the completion of two Ministry of Defence contracts. [06-Apr-2010]

Cummins has secured a One North East grant to develop new diesel engines for low-emission commercial vehicles at its site in Darlington, which should lead to an increase in the 750-strong workforce. [06-Apr-2010]

Petrofac has acquired Stephen Gillespie Consultants, the Grangemouth-based engineering consultancy with almost 40 staff, for up to £3.5m. [06-Apr-2010]

Corus is to create 160 new jobs at its steel manufacturing operations at Stocksbridge and Rotherham in South Yorkshire. [01-Apr-2010]

One North East Has approved about £7m of funding to support expansion projects at BOC, GrowHow, MSD Biologics, PYReco and Tees Alliance Group, which will create about 240 jobs in the Tees Valley. [01-Apr-2010]

Shanks has won planning permission to build a mechanical biological waste treatment plant at Sowerby Woods in Barrow by 2013. [01-Apr-2010]

White Young Green, the engineering consultancy, is relocating its Manchester-based regional office from Clippers Quay to a 10,565 sq ft unit at Quay West on Salford Quays. [01-Apr-2010]

Zaun is investing £5m in the expansion of its fencing factory in Wolverhampton, including 50,000 sq ft of additional space and the creation of up to 30 jobs. [01-Apr-2010]

Amec has acquired Entec, the Newcastle-based environmental consultancy with 700 staff at 14 offices, for £61m. [31-Mar-2010]

Aker Solutions is planning to expand the 600-strong workforce at its Stockton-based engineering and construction business with 100 additional jobs over the next 12 months. [30-Mar-2010]

Component Force is to expand the 25-strong workforce at its new plastic and rubber products manufacturing site in Rochester with ten new jobs over the next few months. [30-Mar-2010]

Corus has been approached by a consortium of local entrepreneurs about a proposal to acquire and restart production at the mothballed 3,000-acre Teesside Cast Products steel plant. [29-Mar-2010]

BAe Systems has won a £127m Ministry of Defence contract to develop the next generation of warships, and an 80-strong Bristol-based team will rise to more than 300 over the next four years. [29-Mar-2010]

Munster Simms has announced a £3m investment in research and development at its Bangor-based pumps and plumbing products manufacturing business, which employs 128 staff. [29-Mar-2010]

Digital Barriers has acquired Security Applications, the supplier of thermal imaging equipment trading as D Ford Associates, for up to £2.5m. [29-Mar-2010]

Wainwright & Gibson, the Birkenhead-based manufacturer of pumps and motors, has undergone a secondary management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [29-Mar-2010]

DEVI Electroheat, the Suffolk-based supplier of underfloor heating systems, has undergone a management buy-out from Danfoss of Denmark. [29-Mar-2010]

JLA, the West Yorkshire-based supplier of commercial laundry equipment with 340 staff, has sold a majority stake to private equity firm HG Capital. [29-Mar-2010]

South West Regional Development Agency has unveiled plans for a £25m investment in the Plymouth Science & Innovation Programme, in order to support science research and develop a new £18m marine research building at the University of Plymouth. [25-Mar-2010]

South West Regional Development Agency has unveiled details of a planned £25m investment in a National Composites Centre at the SPark in Bristol, with more than 200 researchers working at a new 70,000 sq ft facility due to open next year. [25-Mar-2010]

Coates Offshore, the Aberdeen-based energy equipment rental firm with about 60 staff, is to open a new base in Great Yarmouth next month, as part of a plan to treble the size of its business over the next three years. [25-Mar-2010]

Cory Environmental has won approval from the Environment Agency to set up a 300,000 tonnes-a-year waste landfill site at Middlewich in Cheshire. [25-Mar-2010]

Romax Technology is looking to create up to 100 jobs at its Nottingham-based transmission systems business over the next year, due to rising demand from the renewable energy sector. [25-Mar-2010]

Corus is to create up to 100 jobs at its plant in Hartlepool, having won contracts worth almost £200m to supply offshore gas pipes to Total. [24-Mar-2010]

The British National Space Centre has announced plans for the creation of a new £40m International Space Innovation Centre at Harwell, which could create up to 700 jobs over the next five years. [24-Mar-2010]

Waste Recycling Group has won permission from North Lanarkshire Council to develop a mechanical biological treatment and composting facility at the Greengairs landfill site near Airdrie by 2012. [24-Mar-2010]

Redrock Engineering has been bought out of administration by Steel Solutions of Fermanagh, securing the future of 28 of the 80 jobs at its agricultural and construction equipment business in County Armagh. [24-Mar-2010]

Babcock has reached agreement to acquire VT Group for £1.3bn, creating a combined defence engineering and support services group with about 27,000 staff. [24-Mar-2010]

CWPro, the London-based supplier of professional audio and visual equipment, has been acquired by Academia. [24-Mar-2010]

BAe Systems is to shed up to 500 jobs at factories in Newcastle, Leicester and Telford, following the award of a Ministry of Defence contract to rival General Dynamics. [23-Mar-2010]

Ultimate Products is to acquire the luggage manufacturing operations of Japinda Group for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 30 Oldham-based staff. [23-Mar-2010]

General Dynamics is to create up to 200 jobs at its plant in Newbridge, South Wales, having won a contract worth an estimated £4bn to supply a new light tank for the British army. [23-Mar-2010]

Brulines has acquired Energy Level Systems, the Market Harborough-based supplier of fuel management systems, for an initial £0.7m. [23-Mar-2010]

T Clarke is to acquire D&S Engineering, the East Lancashire-based facilities management company with 150 staff, for up to £12m. [22-Mar-2010]

BTC Activewear, the West Midlands-based clothing distributor with 116 staff, has been acquired by Falk & Ross for undisclosed terms. [22-Mar-2010]

Colourbank Carpets & Beds is to set up a new £2m warehouse at Crest Rise in Leicester by October. [22-Mar-2010]

BKS Security Services is looking to create up to 50 jobs through its recently-opened office in Exmouth. [22-Mar-2010]

Hydrasun is to relocate the headquarters of its Aberdeen-based engineering services business to a new £12m site on the Aberdeen Gateway Business Park later this year. [22-Mar-2010]

Judges Scientific has acquired Sircal Instruments, the Surrey-based manufacturer of gas purifiers, for £1m. [22-Mar-2010]

One North East is providing financial support to Teesside Precision Engineering as it creates 21 jobs at its new offshore engineering business on the Skippers Lane Industrial Estate in Middlesbrough. [22-Mar-2010]

Firedoors is planning to expand the 45-strong workforce at its Flintshire-based door manufacturing business with at least 25 additional staff over the next three years. [18-Mar-2010]

Precision Technologies Group is to sell its machine tool manufacturing operations in Rochdale and Huddersfield to Chongqing Machinery & Electric of China for £20m, with the transfer of about 184 staff. [18-Mar-2010]

Sheffield Forgemasters has secured a government loan of £80m to produce giant forgings for the nuclear power sector, with the creation of about 180 jobs. [18-Mar-2010]

Bolton Brass, the Aldridge-based brass fittings manufacturer with 45 staff, has been acquired by private investment company Fox Access. [18-Mar-2010]

Broughton Controls is relocating its security products business and up to 36 staff from Oldham to a 20,000 sq ft unit at the Stakehill Industrial Estate in Middleton. [17-Mar-2010]

Green Compliance is to acquire Waterchem, the provider of water treatment services with offices in Worcester, Northampton and Essex, for an initial £5.5m. [17-Mar-2010]

Fuel Conservation Services, the Cannock-based manufacturer of furnace liners with 15 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [16-Mar-2010]

Euro Environmental Group has bought parts of Future Environmental Services out of administration for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 120 jobs in Inchinnan. [16-Mar-2010]

Tyrone Crystal is to close its factory in Dungannon with the loss of 31 jobs, having failed to find a buyer for the brand. [15-Mar-2010]

PD&MS Energy is planning to create up to 27 new jobs over the next two years, having secured a One North East grant to expand its Teesside-based offshore engineering design services business. [15-Mar-2010]

Loddon Engineering, the Norfolk-based stabling manufacturer with 13 staff, has been acquired by Camellia Group for undisclosed terms. [15-Mar-2010]

Veolia Environmental Services is to build a new headquarters for its waste business at Norton Canes in Cannock, with the relocation of 300 staff from two existing sites and the creation of up to 150 new jobs. [15-Mar-2010]

Ethos Recycling, the Uxbridge-based recycling firm, has been sold out of administration by Pitman Cohen to a new company called Ethos Environmental Management. [11-Mar-2010]

Gripple is planning to renovate the former 80,000 sq ft Macalloy factory in Hawke Street, Sheffield, in order to house parts of its wire tensioning device business. [11-Mar-2010]

EADS Astrium has won a £400m contract to supply a satellite to the Ministry of Defence, which will create about 100 jobs in Stevenage and Portsmouth. [10-Mar-2010]

Terex Powertrain is considering plans to shed up to 50 jobs at its engineering plant in Peterhead. [10-Mar-2010]

Pearson & Curtiss has acquired JW O'Pray & Sons for £1m, creating a combined Hull-based lift equipment manufacturing group with 19 staff. [10-Mar-2010]

Straight has acquired the Rotherham-based waste bin manufacturing business of Helesi of Greece for £1.6m. [09-Mar-2010]

GT Group is planning to double the 200-strong workforce at its County Durham-based engineering business by 2014, having won orders worth £200m to supply engine emission control systems. [08-Mar-2010]

Hippowaste is to relocate its waste management business from Fareham to a 5,400 sq ft unit at 1000 Lakeside in Portsmouth. [08-Mar-2010]

Senator International is to shed about 50 of the 1,000 jobs at its office furniture manufacturing operations in East Lancashire. [08-Mar-2010]

Northrop Grumman is planning to close the repair and administrative operations at its navigation systems division in Isleworth, with the loss of up to 25 jobs. [08-Mar-2010]

Carrylift, the Skelmersdale-based supplier of material handling equipment with 230 staff at seven depots, has been acquired by Altrincham-based CorpAcq for undisclosed terms. [04-Mar-2010]

Visage, the South Shields-based clothing supplier, has been acquired by Li & Fung of Hong Kong for an initial £57m, securing the future of about 200 jobs. [04-Mar-2010]

DavyMarkham, the Sheffield-based manufacturer of heavy engineering components with annual turnover of £20m, has been acquired by HDO of India for undisclosed terms. [02-Mar-2010]

Trutex, the Lancashire-based supplier of school uniforms with about 100 staff, has sold its business and assets to private equity firm Endless in a pre-pack administration. [01-Mar-2010]

Synseal Extrusions, the Nottingham-based windows and doors manufacturer with about 500 staff, has undergone a £30m management buy-out backed by HIG Capital. [01-Mar-2010]

Mainwarings Interiors is planning to double the 14-strong workforce at its Macclesfield-based soft furnishings business over the next six months, having won a contract to supply curtains to John Lewis. [01-Mar-2010]

Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority has unveiled plans to build a new £1.9m household waste recycling centre in Knowsley. [01-Mar-2010]

Guy Machinery has acquired the assets of the Lindley Pate agricultural supplies business in Lancashire out of liquidation for undisclosed terms. [01-Mar-2010]

Doncasters is to shed up to 60 jobs at its speciality castings engineering plant in Blaenavon. [01-Mar-2010]

Digital Barriers is to raise £19m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its security products business. [01-Mar-2010]

Parle Skip Hire is to apply for voluntary liquidation with the loss of up to 50 jobs at its waste management and recycling business in South Wales. [01-Mar-2010]

Corus Process Engineering is to shed up to 32 jobs at its engineering services operation in Workington. [01-Mar-2010]

Selex Communications is to shed 41 of the 236 jobs at its defence communications business in Christchurch, Dorset, and a further 40 jobs will be lost at other sites. [25-Feb-2010]

Broadleaf Timber is looking to create 12 new jobs following a £2m investment at its timber processing plant and warehouse in Carmarthenshire. [25-Feb-2010]

Harris Tweed Scotland is looking to reopen the Kenneth Mackenzie textile mill on the Isle of Lewis over the coming months, in order to produce a lightweight tweed called Hamish. [24-Feb-2010]

Balfour Beatty is to close its rail switches factory in Sheffield in May with the loss of up to 90 jobs, in order to transfer production to Nottingham and Edinburgh. [24-Feb-2010]

Burnden Group has been sold in a pre-pack administration to K2 Conservatories, securing about 300 jobs at its Blackburn-based conservatory manufacturing business. [24-Feb-2010]

BCW Engineering is looking to expand the 80-strong workforce at its precision components factory in Burnley with 15 new jobs and invest in new machinery over the next two years. [24-Feb-2010]

FGH Security has acquired Guardhall Group of Accrington, in order to expand its security business into East Lancashire and Manchester with the creation of up to 50 jobs. [23-Feb-2010]

Shirley's is to relocate its Blackburn-based waste recycling business and 23 staff to a new £2.5m facility at junction four of the M65 motorway in June. [22-Feb-2010]

Royal Mint is to invest £16m in the expansion of its factory in Llantrisant, including new nickel-plating production facilities and an effluent plant. [22-Feb-2010]

Siemens is to relocate the headquarters of its Siemens VAI metals technology operation from Christchurch to Sheffield, with the creation of about 80 jobs. [22-Feb-2010]

Steelcraft Precision is to close its engineering business in Narborough in May with the loss of up to 25 jobs, following its recent acquisition by Bromford Industries. [22-Feb-2010]

Eyre Electrical Shropshire has ceased trading with the loss of 30 jobs at its Telford-based electrical contracting business. [22-Feb-2010]

TJ Composting is seeking permission to build a 46,000 tonne-a-year dry anaerobic digestion facility in the London borough of Bromley by early 2011. [22-Feb-2010]

Isleburn is to build a multi-million pound fabrication facility at Invergordon habour, in order to replace its site at Nigg and secure the future of hundreds of jobs. [22-Feb-2010]

Darchem has shed 65 of the 550 jobs at its engineering operation in the Tees Valley, following a fall in demand from the business jet and marine markets. [22-Feb-2010]

Ferguson Group is to relocate the headquarters of its accommodation modules business and about 40 staff from Inverurie to a new £6m site at Kintore in May 2011. [18-Feb-2010]

EJ Badekabiner is to create 82 new jobs at its site in Cramlington, having decided to transfer production of bathroom pods from Denmark. [18-Feb-2010]

Welsh Water is to invest £8.6m in improvements to the Eithin Fynydd water treatment plant in Gwynedd by March 2011. [17-Feb-2010]

Anachem, the Luton-based supplier of scientific equipment, has been acquired by Mettler Toledo International. [17-Feb-2010]

SAM Mouldings, the Antrim-based manufacturer of architectural mouldings, has undergone a management buy-in. [17-Feb-2010]

Brooks Bros has acquired the trading assets of Quality Timber, the Sunderland-based supplier of mouldings, decking and joinery products with 18 staff. [17-Feb-2010]

K Home International is planning to create up to 50 jobs at its plant engineering business on Teesside, having won a number of new contracts from Iceland and the Middle East. [17-Feb-2010]

Siemens Flow Instruments is to close its factory in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, by the end of the year, with the loss of 116 jobs, in order to transfer production to France and China. [16-Feb-2010]

Peratech has secured a £1.1m private equity investment from YFM to fund the expansion of its North Yorkshire-based quantum tunnelling composite technology business. [16-Feb-2010]

European Metal Recycling has won planning permission to build a gasification plant at its site in Bootle, in order to divert 130,000 tonnes of material from landfill each year. [16-Feb-2010]

BAe Systems is to shed 230 of the 4,500 jobs at its submarine site in Barrow-in-Furness. [15-Feb-2010]

Intamac has secured £2m of venture capital to fund the expansion of its Northampton-based home control systems business. [15-Feb-2010]

Brian Fisher & Sons is planning to expand the 40-strong workforce at its Norfolk-based soft furnishings manufacturing business to 140 this year. [15-Feb-2010]

Carclo has raised £3.5m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its West Yorkshire-based technical plastics business. [15-Feb-2010]

Cartwright Rentals is to open two additional trailer rental sites in London and the North East over the next six months. [15-Feb-2010]

GKN Aerospace is to create 30 new jobs at its factory in Luton over the next five years, having won a £100m contract to supply ice protection systems for Boeing aircraft. [15-Feb-2010]

Severn Trent is to shed up to 250 of the 1,100 jobs at its business service teams in Birmingham and Warwickshire. [15-Feb-2010]

Seajacks, the Great Yarmouth-based provider of offshore maintenance services, has been acquired by US private equity firm Riverstone Holdings for £130m. [11-Feb-2010]

Mackay Engineering has closed its engineering plant at Cherry Hinton in Cambridge, with the loss of 19 jobs. [11-Feb-2010]

Rolls-Royce has secured a £45m government grant to develop fuel-efficient aircraft engines in partnership with ten universities. [11-Feb-2010]

CP Group has acquired the tile distribution business of Staffordshire-based Creta Ceramica out of administration for undisclosed terms. [11-Feb-2010]

Welsh Water is to shed about 300 jobs over the next five years, while 1,100 United Utilities staff will transfer to Welsh Water over the next few months. [10-Feb-2010]

Dyson Group has sold its Precision Ceramics division to a management team trading as Magma Ceramics, with the transfer of 24 Dewsbury-based staff. [10-Feb-2010]

Rolls-Royce is to shed 38 of the 200 jobs at its turbine blades manufacturing division at Patchway in Bristol. [10-Feb-2010]

Geka Manufacturing is planning to close its brushes factory at Stanley in County Durham, with the loss of 132 jobs, in order to transfer production to Germany. [10-Feb-2010]

Gosselin, the French manufacturer of laboratory consumables, is to invest £1.9m opening a UK operation in Blackburn, with the creation of 37 jobs. [10-Feb-2010]

AML, the Swindon-based supplier of vehicle armour, has been acquired by TenCate of the Netherlands for £10m. [09-Feb-2010]

Pressure Technologies has acquired Al-Met, the Cardiff-based valve manufacturer with 29 staff, for up to £2.2m. [09-Feb-2010]

Furmanite is planning to close three engineering operations in Scunthorpe and Stallingborough, with the loss of at least 25 jobs. [09-Feb-2010]

Firth Rixson is considering plans to shed an estimated 45 of the 160 jobs at its forging plant at Darley Dale in Derbyshire. [08-Feb-2010]

Gardner, the Ilkeston-based aerospace components supplier with sites in Basildon, Burnley, Hull and Glamorgan, has been acquired by private equity firm Better Capital for undisclosed terms. [08-Feb-2010]

Crabtree is to increase the 160-strong workforce at its Gateshead-based engineering business with ten new staff, following a rise in demand for metal printing machines. [08-Feb-2010]

TEG is planning to close its organic waste recycling site at Sherdley Farm near Preston to a larger facility elsewhere in Lancashire. [08-Feb-2010]

D&P Textile is looking to restart production at its textiles factory in Birmingham over the next few weeks, following a recent fire. [04-Feb-2010]

The Ministry of Defence is to create more than 130 civilian jobs at a new headquarters for the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps at the former RAF Innsworth site in Gloucestershire. [04-Feb-2010]

Minivator, the West Midlands-based stairlift manufacturer, has been sold by Gresham Private Equity to Handicare of Norway for undisclosed terms. [03-Feb-2010]

Trumeter, the manufacturer of electromechanical devices with 170 staff in Radcliffe and Malaysia, has been sold out of administration by Leonard Curtis to Energize Capital for undisclosed terms. [03-Feb-2010]

Beverston Engineering is relocating its Rainford-based precision components business and 32 staff to a £2.1m site at Knowsley Business Park, with the creation of 14 new jobs. [03-Feb-2010]

Wadkin has gone into liquidation through Smith Cooper with the loss of about 50 jobs at its Leicestershire-based woodwork machines business. [03-Feb-2010]

Sterecycle has secured £10m to double the capacity of its 100,000 tonnes-a-year autoclave treatment plant in Rotherham by the end of the year. [03-Feb-2010]

WES Greenstar has secured a £1.2m government grant to develop a new household plastics recycling plant at its site in Redcar, with the creation of 20 jobs. [02-Feb-2010]

Viridor Waste Management is considering four potential sites in the West of Scotland to build a new £250m waste processing plant, with the creation of 50 jobs, and the company expects to invest up to £800m across Scotland over the next five years. [02-Feb-2010]

Mabey Bridge is to invest £38m in the expansion of its wind turbine towers factory in Chepstow, with the creation of 240 jobs. [01-Feb-2010]

Morson Projects has acquired Power Engineering Systems, the Tyneside-based engineering firm, for undisclosed terms. [01-Feb-2010]

Wessex Water is to shed a further 85 jobs at its Bath-based utilities business by the end of April. [01-Feb-2010]

Hughes Christensen is to close its drill bits factory in Belfast, with the loss of 210 jobs. [01-Feb-2010]

Cleansing Service Group has acquired Mitchell Parker White, the Lymington-based sewage plant maintenance firm. [01-Feb-2010]

Smith Fire Protection has been sold out of administration by Northpoint Associates to a management team, securing 20 jobs at its North Shields-based fire protection engineering business. [01-Feb-2010]

County Linen is to shed more than 20 of the 350 jobs at its commercial linen and laundry business in Clacton. [28-Jan-2010]

Doncasters Group is to shed 35 of the 169 jobs at its power generation components plant in Chard. [28-Jan-2010]

AWS Eco Plastics is planning to invest a further £10m in the expansion of its recycling plant in Gainsborough from 100,000 sq ft to 140,000 sq ft. [28-Jan-2010]

United Utilities is shedding up to 500 jobs at its water, gas and electricity operations in Warrington and across the country by March. [28-Jan-2010]

James Halstead is to invest £4m in the expansion of production capacity at its flooring factory in Bury this year. [26-Jan-2010]

BiFab is in talks with Scottish Enterprise about plans to invest £14m in two new factories in Methil to manufacture subsea platforms for the offshore wind sector, with the creation of up to 200 jobs. [26-Jan-2010]

Survitec, the Belfast-based supplier of safety equipment with 1,100 staff, is expected to be sold by Montagu to buy-out firm Warburg Pincus for about £280m. [25-Jan-2010]

Smartcellar, the Oxfordshire-based supplier of beer flow monitoring equipment, has been acquired by the founder of Brulines, and expects to create 40 jobs at a new data management division on Teesside. [25-Jan-2010]

Thames Water is recruiting 196 staff for its new operations management centre at Green Park in Reading. [25-Jan-2010]

SMD has acquired Hallin Robotics, the North Yorkshire-based robotics firm, for undisclosed terms. [25-Jan-2010]

Siemens is to shed 155 jobs at its gas turbine plant in Lincoln, in order to consolidate its packaging work in Sweden and the Netherlands. [21-Jan-2010]

SMD is to create more than 75 jobs at its Tyneside-based subsea vehicle equipment manufacturing business by the end of the year. [21-Jan-2010]

Chemring is to acquire Allied Defense Group, the US ammunition manufacturer, for £36m. [20-Jan-2010]

Alcoa Howmet is to shed a further 95 of the 786 jobs at its turbine blades manufacturing business in Exeter. [20-Jan-2010]

Severn Trent is to invest £2.5bn upgrading its water and sewerage systems over the next five years. [20-Jan-2010]

The Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is to set up a £5.3m Virtual Engineering Centre at the Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire, in partnership with the Northwest Aerospace Alliance and the University of Liverpool. [20-Jan-2010]

Aga Rangemaster is shedding 35 jobs at its cooker manufacturing operations in Shropshire. [20-Jan-2010]

Carrington Wire is planning to close its factory in Elland with the loss of up to 80 jobs. [19-Jan-2010]

James Fisher has awarded a £1.5m contract to Kier Construction to build a nuclear engineering test centre in Egremont, Cumbria, by August. [19-Jan-2010]

Edwards is to shed a further 220 of the 1,000 jobs at its vacuum technology plant in West Sussex, in order to transfer some of the production to South Korea and the Czech Republic. [18-Jan-2010]

Octavian Security, the Nottingham-based security services firm with 743 staff, has been sold out of administration by Begbies Traynor to a management team. [18-Jan-2010]

J&G Engineering has ceased trading with the loss of 63 jobs at its electrical engineering business in Belfast. [18-Jan-2010]

Lindam, the Harrogate-based manufacturer of nursery products with 40 staff, has been acquired by Munchkin of the US for undisclosed terms. [18-Jan-2010]

Cobham is to shed 108 jobs at RAF Kinloss in Moray, in response to the planned withdrawal of Nimrod aircraft in March. [18-Jan-2010]

Arco has acquired ARC Associates, the Hull-based environmental training consultancy, for undisclosed terms. [14-Jan-2010]

Arntz Belting is planning to close its industrial belts factory in Londonderry with the loss of up to 115 jobs. [13-Jan-2010]

Makita Manufacturing Europe is to expand the 450-strong workforce at its power tools factory in Telford with more than 70 new jobs this year. [13-Jan-2010]

Coba International has acquired Copely Developments, the Leicester-based hosing manufacturer with 70 staff. [13-Jan-2010]

Dynamic Materials, the Nottingham-based manufacturer of industrial materials, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. [12-Jan-2010]

Stapleton International is planning to expand the workforce at its Darlington-based engineering consultancy business from 60 to 100 over the next two years. [12-Jan-2010]

Davis Service Group has acquired the Scandinavian mat cleaning operation of ISS and the German workwear business of Klarner for a total £44m. [11-Jan-2010]

AMECaL is planning to create ten new jobs at its Tyneside-based equipment calibration business this year. [11-Jan-2010]

Apollo Group has acquired Goldhall Electrical, the Yeovil-based mechanical and electrical firm with more than 50 staff. [11-Jan-2010]

Biffa is to set up a £20m waste recycling facility at the Midpoint Distribution Centre near Birmingham, with the creation of 40 jobs. [11-Jan-2010]

The Department for Business Innovation & Skills is to invest £70m in three university manufacturing research centres, specialising in photonics at Southampton, regenerative medicine at Loughborough and liquid metals at Brunel. [11-Jan-2010]

Cobra UK is close to securing new contracts to supply seating to Russian aircraft manufacturers, which could create up to 45 jobs at its factory in Welshpool. [11-Jan-2010]

Spear & Jackson is to stop producing precision hand tools at its Neill Tools factory in Sheffield, with the loss of about 65 jobs. [11-Jan-2010]

Marshall Aerospace has acquired Slingsby Advanced Composites, the aerospace components manufacturer with 130 staff in North Yorkshire and Glasgow Prestwick Airport, for undisclosed terms. [11-Jan-2010]

Sulzer Pumps is to close its factory in Netherton by March, with the loss of more than 40 jobs. [07-Jan-2010]

PSN is planning to reopen for former Glencraft beds and mattresses factory in Aberdeen, creating jobs for the 51 staff that left in November. [07-Jan-2010]

Advanced Industrial Solutions is relocating its Tyneside-based oil and gas insulation products business to the Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate, and expects to increase the 22-strong workforce with up to ten new staff. [06-Jan-2010]