Kelly does electrification U-turn

Gas price levels 'endanger firms'

Ministers accused on Kingsnorth

SUV secures jobs at Nissan Sunderland

Airlines want bigger superjumbo

Windfarm sites go up for grabs offshore

Super-lorry ban angers industry

Smiths could lead exodus from UK over corporation tax

Royal Academy gives a big hand to prosthetics company

Network Rail demands £2.5bn increase in funding award

MG Rover inquiry 'must end'

Imperial sets entrance exam

Cern freezes in run-up to experiment

Defence ministry in move to make peace with windfarm developers

Firms unfazed by downturn in economy

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Complex composites: How the aerospace industry is trying to get around problems with their production

Automotive
PE visits Aston Martin's plant at Gaydon to learn from director of product development, Ian Minards, about the company's rapid expansion a year on from its sale by car giant Ford

Energy
The new National Nuclear Laboratory is poised to open for business, and is said to have a set of facilities unmatched anywhere in the world

Innovation
How nanotech materials could be used to toughen up and lighten soldiers' kit, and summon aid when they are injured

Profession
New IMechE president Bill Banks talks about his Christian faith, his engineering background, and his plans for the future of the institution

Manufacturing
Vacuum pump firm Edwards proves there is life after a private equity purchase

Drax power station intends to replace a tenth of its coal feedstock with biomass

Waste not, want not: Attempts to reduce gas flaring

Desalinated water from the Thames is only two years away

How electronics recycling legislation will affect your firm

Self-heal system mends cracks

Pressure regulators give better control

Floating turbine should capture more wind

CHP plant is first to run on jatropha oil

Missile aims at export markets

Accurate metal tube bending cuts scrap

Device detects impact of blasts

Repair product will bond to oily surfaces

High hopes for solar towers

Hydrogen tanks cut weight

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