QinetiQ, the defence contractor spun out of the Ministry of Defence, is considering acquisitions in the United States after record sales this year.

The company, which recently opened an office in Australia, is also looking to expand into the Middle East, Scandinavia and South-East Asia.

Graham Love, chief executive of QinetiQ, said that the company was keen to trade with a number of countries in the Middle East.

Beko Technologies have announced that they will locate a new production facility, Georgia, in the south of the USA. The company plans to invest 4 million dollars and create 35 jobs through its American subsidiary, Beko Technologies Corp, at their new Fulton County facility.

Beko Technologies recently purchased a 50,000 square foot facility located at 900 Great Southwest Parkway in Fulton County. These premises will completely converted and renovated to suit Beko

Corus Northern Engineering Services (CNES) has successfully built and installed a large grinding machine for Wyman-Gordon Ltd, a manufacturer of seamless pipes for the offshore oil, gas and power generation industry, based in Livingston, Scotland.

The new grinding machine, which measures 19m in length by 2.5m wide and 4.5m high, weighs approximately 70 tonnes and has a 16m travel for the grinding heads. The machine will supplement the company

On February 8th 2008, the new manufacturing plant of the Beko group which also acts as the headquarters of the Indian branch office was inaugurated in Hyderbad. With its completion after nearly one and half years of planning and construction time, India becomes the third country with a Beko manufacturing plant, after Germany and the USA.

In the presence of the new Beko management, Monique Abeels-Koch, Manfred Lehner and Werner Koslowski, celebrations were held with approximately 100 guests from the world of business and politics, with customers, suppliers, employees and the media. Following an Indian custom for such events, the new Beko management planted trees. A memorial plaque was unveiled in honour of Bethold Koch, the founder of the company who passed away last Autumn. The local Indian television station as well as the business press gave a detailed report on the festivities.

Artesis MCM, a new entrant to the UK predictive maintenance market, has won a prestigious Innovation in Engineering Award from The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

Artesis MCM uses advanced technology to satisfy the requirements of the many industries looking to increase the productivity of their machinery, predicting the effect of faults without the complication and cost of traditional monitoring systems.

Artesis MCM monitors the condition of electric motor driven equipment, effectively using the motor itself as a sophisticated transducer. The system offers automated set-up and fault diagnosis with minimal user intervention. It is applicable to a very wide range of motor driven equipment, including pumps, fans, compressors, and conveyors and is particularly valuable where equipment is in inaccessible locations or hazardous environments.

Airchannel and Speedy Compressors have agreed a partnership arrangement which will combine Airchannel

A recent survey reveals that the makers of sports car Aston Martin and Sunseeker luxury power boats are among Britain

Huddersfield based gearbox manufacturer, Hansen Transmissions Ltd, have announced that Taylor & Goodman have been appointed as their