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]