Engineering
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NCMT has secured £13.5m to fund ownership and expansion plans. The Coventry engineering business will use new facilities to support technology investment, larger contracts, and workforce development.
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Sellafield’s replacement effluent plant has now reached 75% overall completion. Major equipment installation is moving the SIXEP Continuity Plant towards its planned 2029 commissioning.
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Madison Air has agreed an acquisition valuing ebm-papst at €5.1bn. The deal combines US air-quality operations with a German ventilation and motor manufacturer employing more than 13,000 people, as cooling demand rises across data centres and other industrial applications.
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UKAEA has spun out Singular Machines for engineering workflow automation. Strategic investors include Oxford Science Enterprises and Arup, which has also contracted to use coEngen, an agentic AI platform designed around traceable multidisciplinary engineering processes.
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Lam Research plans $3bn investment across its global laboratory network. The five-year semiconductor R&D programme is expected to increase experiment capacity by more than 50% and shorten process development from early research to fab deployment.
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Sinopec Engineering has secured two major Gulf contracts worth $795m. The awards cover ADNOC construction work at Habshan and emergency refinery repairs for Saudi Aramco, alongside two five-year Saudi framework agreements.
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Quinbrook has advanced Supernode through operations and new financing milestones. Stage 2 is commercially operational, while A$469m financing for Stage 3 takes the first three phases towards 780MW and 3,074MWh.
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Rolls-Royce and Reliance plan a sovereign Indian combat engine partnership. Their proposal includes a dedicated gas turbine complex covering design, development, manufacturing, testing, production, and through-life support for advanced propulsion.
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Strathclyde researchers will develop compact ultra-stable lasers over ten years. The £8m PORTAL programme targets practical systems for quantum navigation, sensing, communications, and precision timing beyond specialist laboratory environments.
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Doncaster Sheffield Airport has ordered a new multimillion-pound radar system. Raytheon UK will install the equipment for 2027 delivery as the airport rebuilds surveillance, airspace, and operational infrastructure ahead of reopening.
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