Administrators called in to a Newport steel plant are trying to find a buyer in the new year. The Alphasteel site, which went into administrative receivership on 21st, employs more than 400. The compa... [more]

As part of Trelleborg’s strategic and operational action program within the Trelleborg Automotive business area, Trelleborg has entered an agreement in principal to divest its operations in Coventry, ... [more]

Amtek Auto Ltd has acquired one of the largest automotive precision machining companies, Triplex- Ketlon Group, which was also Amtek's strongest competitor, running close to 185 different machining li... [more]

Invensys plc has announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell APV to SPX Corporation for a cash consideration of £250m, subject to customary regulatory approvals. The disposal is being made... [more]

The boards of Cookson Group plc and Foseco plc have announced that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer by Cookson for the entire issued and to be issued share capital ... [more]

Severfield-Rowen Plc , the market leading structural steel group, has announced that it has agreed to acquire Action Merchants Limited , the holding company of Fisher Engineering Limited, a constructi... [more]

The Weir Group Plc has announced that it has agreed to acquire SPM Flow Control, Inc for $653m (£328m). Anticipated revenues for calendar year 2007 are $320m (£161m).... [more]

FKI, the British engineering group that’s currently in talks with an unnamed suitor regarding a proposal thought to be around £765m, has announced that it is looking to dispose its Hardware and FKI Lo... [more]

Amec, the UK-based support services group, announced yesterday that it is to sell its 50 per cent stake in its Amec Spie Rail Systems business to French infrastructure company Colas for an estimated £... [more]

Mounting talk surrounding the possibility of a sale of Weir Group’s founding business Weir Pumps to Swiss company Sulzer, was yesterday further fuelled by the refusal of a Weir Group spokeswoman to ... [more]

RPS is to acquire APA, the Canadian petroleum engineering consultancy with 30 staff, for £2.6m.... [more]

Redhall Group has acquired Steels Engineering Services and Steels Engineering Design, including 80 staff at offices in Billingham and Reading, for £2.1m.... [more]

Intertek has acquired Umitek, which is based in Manchester and Aberdeen, for £10m and CB Iberica of Spain for £5.7m, in order to expand its oil and gas testing and consultancy business.... [more]

Smiths Group is to sell its London-based aerospace division, which has 11,500 staff and manufacturing facilities in five countries, to General Electric of the US for £2.4bn.... [more]

UK-listed engineering group Melrose is rumoured to be close to a sale of its aerospace division. ... [more]

Micon Components, the Sheffield-based engineering company with 15 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.... [more]

Nylacast has sold its Leicester-based precision engineered components business, which employs 316 staff, to a management buy-out for more than £30m.... [more]

HQ Engineering has been acquired by SBV Fabrications for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 49 of the 95 jobs at its Hartlepool-based machinery engineering business.... [more]

FKI, the UK-listed engineering company, has appointed Rothschild to carry out a strategic review of the business which could lead to a sale of some of its divisions. Divisions tipped for a sale includ... [more]

Stephen Clark Fabrications, the sheet metal fabricator based in Scotland, has been put up for sale after the loss of two of its key clients forced the firm into administration.... [more]