Engineering


  • Scania powers MacLean underground mining electrification

    Scania will supply MacLean with batteries for underground mining equipment. The Core 800 platform will support future battery electric vehicle deployments.


  • Fastems launches compact modular CNC automation

    Fastems is lowering the entry barrier for flexible CNC automation. Its stationary pallet system can begin with one machine and expand later.


  • Safran backs Lufthansa Technik landing gear support

    Safran will support Lufthansa Technik’s Airbus landing gear operations globally. The ten-year agreement covers maintenance requirements across four commercial aircraft families.


  • Rolls-Royce embeds support for binational C-130Js

    Rolls-Royce will support French-German C-130J engines through MissionCare services directly. Engineers, logistics, spares, and technical data will be embedded alongside the operating fleet.


  • Do228 NXT makes international Farnborough debut

    General Atomics is taking German Do228 production back to market. The modernised utility aircraft combines established aerodynamics with updated systems and manufacturing.


  • Group Rhodes expands large press capacity

    Group Rhodes is expanding capacity for increasingly complex press projects. New pits and handling infrastructure support aerospace, defence, composites, and advanced forming systems.


  • Voxshell funding targets engineering simulation bottleneck

    Voxshell has raised £800,000 to accelerate automated simulation meshing development. Its ChopMesh platform processes complex and implicit geometry while reducing the extensive preparation normally required before computational analysis can begin.


  • Vertiv doubles Italian chiller manufacturing capacity

    Vertiv is doubling Italian chiller production for high-density AI infrastructure. Tognana will gain new manufacturing processes and an integrated laboratory for large-scale thermal testing.


  • Heatwave renews copper pipe resilience debate

    Britain’s heatwaves have renewed debate over resilient plumbing material choices. Copper producers are calling for greater attention to thermal movement, service life, recyclability, maintenance, and whole-life cost.


  • Alfa Laval expands semi-welded exchanger range

    Alfa Laval has introduced its largest semi-welded plate exchanger platform. The TS45 targets high-capacity heat pumps, thermal storage, carbon capture, and chemical processing duties.