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HiB, the bathrooms manufacturer, is to expand its operations at the Birch Coppice business park in Warwickshire with an additional 80,000 sq ft unit in 2017.
16-Jun-2016


Truflow Hydraulic Components, the Walsall-based hydraulics manufacturer, has been acquired by US-based Brennan Industries for undisclosed terms.
16-Jun-2016


University of Nottingham has won permission to build a £18m 97,000 sq ft Advanced Manufacturing Building for 400 staff and students.
15-Jun-2016


Formula Plastics is to create up to ten jobs this year, as part of an investment in new capacity at its plastics processing plant in Newton Aycliffe.
15-Jun-2016


ADEY Professional Heating Solutions has undergone a management buy-out, securing the future of 75 jobs at its Gloucestershire-based manufacturing business.
13-Jun-2016


Rimstock, the West Bromwich-based manufacturer of forged and cast alloy wheels with 230 staff, has been acquired by US-based Safanad and Current Capital.
13-Jun-2016


TLA Distribution has acquired a new 30,000 sq ft site in Bingham for the expansion of its Nottinghamshire-based electrical wholesaling business.
08-Jun-2016


David Brown, the Huddersfield-based gear systems manufacturer with 250 staff, has merged with Finland-based sister company Santasalo.
06-Jun-2016


Keynvor Morlift has acquired Falmouth Wharves from Fairhaven Shipping, in order to expand its marine contracting business and create 39 jobs.
02-Jun-2016


Sylatech is planning to set up a £7m 55,000 sq ft aerospace components factory and 130,000 sq ft of commercial space at a new site in Pickering.
01-Jun-2016


GSA Environmental is planning to double the ten-strong workforce at its Brigg-based metals extraction business over the next few years.
31-May-2016


Rexel UK is expanding its Leeds-based electrical supplies distribution operation with an additional 51,000 sq ft at Latchmore Park.
31-May-2016


Vulcan to the Sky Trust has unveiled proposals to develop an engineering technology visitor attraction called the Etna Project near Doncaster.
31-May-2016


Caunton Engineering is expanding its Nottinghamshire-based structural steelwork business into an adjacent 5,000 sq ft headquarters in Newthorpe.
31-May-2016


Pyronix, the Rotherham-based intrusion alarm manufacturing firm with about 200 staff and a site in Berkshire, has been acquired by Hikvision of China.
23-May-2016


Marlowe has acquired Fire Alarm Fabrication Services, the Chessington-based fire protection services firm with about 35 staff, for £1.2m.
16-May-2016


AIS Technical is to open a £2.5m 14,000 sq ft protection systems manufacturing facility on North Tyneside, with the creation of up to 30 jobs.
16-May-2016


University of Salford has won approval to build a £16m engineering exhibition space at the Newton Building on its main campus.
16-May-2016


Midland Group Training Services is to set up a £1.5m engineering centre of excellence for up to 200 apprentices in Redditch this autumn.
11-May-2016


Winbro Group Technologies of Coalville is planning to expand the 220-strong workforce at its hi-tech manufacturing business in the UK and US to 330 by 2018.
11-May-2016


Autac Products, the Macclesfield-based electrical cables firm with 20 staff, has undergone a management buy-in for undisclosed terms.
11-May-2016


Guilford Europe has acquired a 72,500 sq ft warehouse at Clover Nook Industrial Estate in Derbyshire for its automotive textiles business.
10-May-2016


Bowers & Wilkins, the Worthing-based audio equipment firm with 1,100 staff, is to be acquired by Eva Automation of the US for undisclosed terms.
09-May-2016


Sigma Components, the Hinckley-based aerospace division of Avingtrans, is to be acquired by Silverfleet Capital Partners for £65m.
05-May-2016


Star International is to relocate its Flintshire-based marine and offshore services business to a 16,000 sq ft unit at Turbine Business Park in Birkenhead.
05-May-2016


Johnson Service Group has acquired Gwynedd-based Afonwen Laundry for £53m and Chester Textile Services of Chester for £3.3m.
03-May-2016


Shire Beds has acquired a 17,000 sq ft building on Netherfield Road for the expansion of its Dewsbury-based bed manufacturing facility.
28-Apr-2016


Commander Controls is to relocate its Nottinghamshire-based industrial control systems business from Cotgrave to a 6,000 sq ft facility in Bingham this May.
28-Apr-2016


CTS Projects is planning to expand the 70-strong workforce at its Co Down-based heating installation business with 50 new jobs over the next year.
27-Apr-2016


Statiflo International, the Macclesfield-based static mixers engineering firm with 23 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
27-Apr-2016


Expanded Metal Company, the Hartlepool-based metal production firm, has been acquired from Gibraltar Industries by Empire of the US.
26-Apr-2016


Unipart is to create more than 100 engineering and logistics jobs at a new distribution centre in Cowley, having secured a contract from HSS.
25-Apr-2016


Partic Motor Spares is to relocate its Lincolnshire Radiators business from Newark Road in Lincoln to a 4,000 sq ft unit on Pioneer Way.
20-Apr-2016


Unicorn Mouldings is to create ten jobs at its flooring manufacturing business in Lisburn and Markethill, having acquired Ecoloc of Belgium.
20-Apr-2016


AB Systems of Buckinghamshire is to merge with Sterling Ancillary Services, the Leighton Buzzard-based plastics installation consultancy.
18-Apr-2016


SGS Engineering has acquired a 60,000 sq ft warehouse due to be built at Westside Park in Derby for its gas struts manufacturing business.
14-Apr-2016


Alpha Group has acquired the Glasgow office of Steelcase, the US-based office furniture business, taking its total headcount to 92.
13-Apr-2016


Furniture Clinic is to expand the 65-strong workforce at its County Durham-based leather repair business with at least 20 new jobs.
11-Apr-2016


Sigma Technologies is relocating its precision engineering business from Shipley to a 21,400 sq ft unit at Euroway Industrial Estate in Bradford.
07-Apr-2016


MB Aerospace has acquired Centrax Turbine Components, the Newton Abbot-based turbine manufacturing firm with 430 staff, for undisclosed terms.
06-Apr-2016


Building Product Solutions is to expand its Rotherham-based window manufacturing business with a new 7,000 sq ft distribution centre.
30-Mar-2016


UK Fire Doors has acquired the former Leaderflush Shapland door factory at Langley Mill in Derbyshire, securing the future of at least 20 jobs.
30-Mar-2016


Liberty House is to acquire the mothballed Dalzell and Clydebridge steel plants in Lanarkshire for the expansion of its metals business.
29-Mar-2016


Altec Hydraulics has acquired Hydrofit Alliance, the Newton Aycliffe-based engineering firm, out of administration through Tait Walker for undisclosed terms.
29-Mar-2016


Bloc Blinds is to create 93 jobs at its Londonderry-based blind manufacturing business over the next three years, as part of a £4m investment.
23-Mar-2016


UPU Industries is to create 12 jobs at its County Down-based binding products manufacturing business, as part of a £1.2m investment.
23-Mar-2016


James Fisher & Sons is creating about 110 jobs at its marine services business in Lowestoft, having secured a £25m contract from Galloper.
22-Mar-2016


Veolia has submitted plans to Shropshire Council for a new technology recycling centre in Bridgnorth, with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
22-Mar-2016


Dyson has secured a £16m government grant for research into battery technology, which will help support the creation of up to 570 jobs in Wiltshire.
21-Mar-2016


Hawick Knitwear has sold its brand and intellectual property out of administration to Lyber 2016, securing 32 jobs at its Borders-based textiles business.
21-Mar-2016


Harper Adams University has won approval to build a £17m agricultural engineering centre at Newport in Shropshire by February 2017.
21-Mar-2016


Black & Decker is looking to relocate the Slough-based headquarters of its power tools business, having appointed JLL to find a site of up to 40,000 sq ft.
21-Mar-2016


Thistle Windows is to relocate its Aberdeen-based office and manufacturing operations to a 35,000 sq ft unit in Bridge of Don in April.
17-Mar-2016


Intelect Engineering is looking to relocate its Grimsby-based mechanical engineering business and about 50 staff to a larger 20,000 sq ft site.
16-Mar-2016


Suprafilt is to relocate its Rochdale-based water treatment systems business and 20 staff to the 42,000 sq ft Sagar Holme Mills in Rossendale.
16-Mar-2016


General Dynamics UK is to create 50 new jobs in South Wales, as part of a £175m Ministry of Defence investment in communications equipment.
14-Mar-2016


Eurocell has acquired Vista Panels, the Wirral-based composite and PVC-U doors manufacturing firm with more than 100 staff, for £7.1m.
10-Mar-2016


Westexe Forklifts is to relocate its forklift truck business from Exeter to a larger site on Heathfield Industrial Estate in Newton Abbot.
09-Mar-2016


Clean Linen Services is to set up a 42,400 sq ft hub on Slough Trading Estate for its laundry and dry cleaning business in London and the South East.
09-Mar-2016


VPS has acquired Evander Glazing & Locks, the Norwich-based home security firm, and will relocate from Borehamwood to Oldham by April.
07-Mar-2016


Chamberlin is to set up a £1.6m machined components plant at Darlaston in Walsall by early 2017, with the creation of 33 jobs.
02-Mar-2016


David Brown Gears has submitted plans to Kirklees Council to build a new warship parts factory at Lockwood Park in Huddersfield, with the creation of 15 jobs.
01-Mar-2016


Dantec Hose, the Merseyside-based composite hose manufacturing firm, has been acquired by Elaflex-Gummi Ehlers of Germany for undisclosed terms.
01-Mar-2016


Mettis, the Redditch-based aerospace supply firm, has been acquired by private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners for undisclosed terms.
25-Feb-2016


Quick Hydraulics is seeking a 10,000 sq ft site on Teesside to set up a new engineering facility, with the creation of up to ten jobs.
23-Feb-2016


Liberty Steel is considering plans to recycle scrap metal at its plant in Newport with the reopening of its arc furnace, which could create 1,000 jobs.
22-Feb-2016


Timber Garden Buildings has acquired a £1.3m 152,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Rotherham for its garden buildings business.
18-Feb-2016


Dunlop BTL is to set up an equipment manufacturing and distribution centre at Consett in County Durham, with the creation of 60 jobs.
11-Feb-2016


TGM Recycling has acquired Plastics Plus Recycling Group, the Devon-based recycling firm and its subsidiary business Polymer Industries.
08-Feb-2016


Blaenau Gwent Council is to consider plans from Rubber Manufacturing to set up a 60,000 sq ft tyre recycling factory at Rassau Industrial Estate.
04-Feb-2016


Total Recycling Services has secured investment of £6.7m for the expansion of its Darlington-based waste management business.
04-Feb-2016


Hiatt Hardware is to relocate its Birmingham-based hardware products business to a 55,000 sq ft facility at Centrepoint51 in Aston this May.
03-Feb-2016


DPS Group is planning to double the workforce at its Glenrothes-based electrical equipment business to 120 over the next five years.
02-Feb-2016


Avingtrans is to acquire the Nuneaton-based internal pipe manufacturing business of Rolls-Royce, with 132 staff and a factory in China, for £3.5m.
01-Feb-2016


Norbord is to invest £95m in the expansion of its factory in Inverness to double wood panel production, securing the future of 130 jobs.
01-Feb-2016


TWI is to build a £7.5m engineering research facility at Harbourside Business Park in Port Talbot, with the creation of 16 jobs.
26-Jan-2016


Sumac Precision Engineering has acquired WSM Manufacturing out of administration, securing the future of 21 jobs at its Weymouth-based engineering business.
26-Jan-2016


Project Development International, the Aberdeen-based engineering firm, has been acquired by Tattva International Holdings of Singapore.
26-Jan-2016


Camden Group is to create 50 jobs at its PVC manufacturing site in Antrim, and close its Camden Glass plant in Benburb with the loss of 65 jobs.
25-Jan-2016


WEC Group is to invest £7m in the expansion of its MTL Advanced metal fabricating plant in Rotherham, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs.
19-Jan-2016


Accutronics, the Staffordshire-based battery manufacturing firm, has been acquired by Ultralife Corporation of the US for £7.6m.
18-Jan-2016


Omega Plastics is to expand the 80-strong workforce at its injection moulding business with 20 new jobs, following its recent merger with Signal Plastics.
11-Jan-2016


Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue is planning to build a £4m fire and ambulance station at its site on Robin Park Road in Wigan next year.
07-Jan-2016


Epwin Group has acquired Stormking Plastics, the Tamworth-based moulded building components firm with 200 staff, for an initial £27m.
05-Jan-2016


BAe Systems has awarded an £11m contract to Pochin's for the construction of a 165,000 sq ft warehouse at Salmesbury in Lancashire.
05-Jan-2016


Chubb Fire & Security has won approval to build a new office at Shadsworth Business Park in Blackburn, with the creation of about 150 jobs.
04-Jan-2016


Exac-One is seeking permission from Malvern Hills District Council to build a new head office in Upton for its engineering business.
04-Jan-2016