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This week's PE contents

Volume 22 Number 21
9 December 2009

News
ETI boss denies secrecy claims
MPs back Visteon workers on pensions
Corus axes 1,700 jobs on Teesside
Taskforce promised for gas storage programme
Mothball rigs for carbon capture
Wheels 'last challenge' for world's fastest car
Manufacturers need 600,000 skilled workers
Steam engine goes home for major overhaul
Worst of the downturn is over but more job cuts to come
Engineers 'have right approach to climate'
Nuclear wins £8m upgrade
Plutonium stockpile poses terrorism risk, warn scientists
Rail electrification has been a failure, admits Adonis
MG6 to be assembled at Longbridge
Cuts in decommissioning 'threaten nuclear newbuild'
£20m support package for composites manufacturers
Feed-in tariff decision delay hits solar
Job hope at crisis-hit SLP
Second wave of eco-towns get the green light
£9bn bill for smart meters in every British home raises questions
News in brief

Surveys
Q&A	Engineers' views on the health of the economy
Soundbites	PE readers' views on an issue of the day
Soundbites Extra	The full, unexpurgated comments submitted by PE readers

This week's cover story
Space-age travel Engineers are trying to design better train interiors that give passengers more space and easier access

Features
Energy The “energy coast” in Cumbria is seeing a research and development revival with laboratories at Sellafield carrying out a host of technically challenging projects
Automotive Electric cars are environmentally friendly but efforts need to be made to ensure they are built to be at least as safe as their gas-guzzling forebears
Defence PE talks to Professor Mark Welland, the chief scientific adviser at the Ministry of Defence, and finds out how engineering is underpinning the activities of the armed forces

Finance Focus
Winning research funding from the European Union might mean filling in a lot of forms but it can be worthwhile in the long run
Banks might not be popular, but they claim to still be interested in funding innovative firms within the manufacturing sector
Engineers must have a good grasp of financial matters if they want to help their companies move forward in these tough times
Green technology has suffered in the wake of the credit crunch and global recession. But significant investment is still flowing into the sector

Technology
Boeing claims laser weapon test success
CT scan enhances GE's radioscopic inspection system
Ship converted for hydraulic fracturing
PTFE coating protects offshore flanges against corrosion
Flywheel energy storage cuts hybrid costs
Shape memory alloys for waste heat scavenging
ABB Turbo joins Schaeffler in variable valve control system project
Plato powertrain tester upgraded
Smart fridges in from the cold with home tests
Gasket sealant cuts downtime
Thorp plant valves delivered

Regulars
Commentary	The major job we face in 2010
People	Who's reached the top of the pile?
Bids & deals	Business deals and takeovers
Letters	Readers have their say
Archive	The engineer with embroidery skills
Review	A book charting the journey to first flight of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner

Features in PDF
Commentary	The major job we face in 2010
Cover story	Engineers are trying to design better trains
Review	A book charting the journey to first flight of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner
Archive	The engineer with embroidery skills
Q&A	Engineers' views on the health of the economy
Diary Extra	More than a year's worth of EVENTS
Classified	Some services for the readers
Profeng jobs	The Appointments section from this issue of PE For further jobs go to our jobs website
MX 09	All the winners from the 2009 Manufacturing Excellence Awards