Rubix UK Ltd was awarded Lot 1 (valves and fittings) of the Centre for Process Innovation's engineering spares framework, worth GBP 500,000 excluding VAT, for contract dates from 22 December 2025 to 21 December 2029.
Framatome signed a contract with Sizewell C to procure, qualify and pre-assemble over 8,000 conventional field instrumentation systems for the two EPR units in Suffolk, and also a contract for Ultimate Diesel Generators.
GE Vernova is expanding its existing Stafford manufacturing sites to double HVDC valve manufacturing capacity and upgrade HVDC converter transformer production, and is hiring additional engineers and skilled staff.
Invertek Drives celebrated producing its three millionth variable frequency drive at its headquarters near Welshpool, UK. The company is undergoing a major expansion including a new 2,750sqm facility to boost production capacity.
Integrated Power Services, a North American servicing, engineering and remanufacturing firm, acquired UK electromechanical services provider Houghton International in Q2 2024.
ABB won an order from Portsmouth International Port to supply a shore connection system for ferries and cruise ships under the port's Sea Change project. The system is due for installation in Q4 2024 and operation by Q2 2025.
A GE Vernova-led consortium with MYTILINEOS was awarded a GBP 1 billion contract by National Grid Electricity Transmission and SP Transmission to supply and construct two HVDC converter stations for the Eastern Green Link 1 subsea link in the UK.
Prysmian, in consortium with Siemens, won a record contract worth about €800 million to build the Western HVDC submarine interconnector between Scotland and England for NGET/SPT Upgrades Ltd. The total project value is about €1.1 billion, with commissioning scheduled for late 2015.
Wärtsilä signed a repeat order with EDF Renewables UK and Ireland to deliver a 50 MW / 100 MWh lithium-ion grid-scale battery storage facility in Sundon, Bedfordshire, as part of an Energy Superhub. Construction is expected to start in spring 2023.
National Grid Gas awarded a single contract for the design, manufacture, testing and delivery of an Integrated Control & Safety System for a new unit at the Hatton Compressor Station near Lincoln, England. The contract value is not stated.
Hitachi Energy won an order from Ørsted to supply two HVDC Light converter systems connecting the 2.85 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm off the UK east coast, delivered with partner Aibel. The announcement is dated July 14, 2022.
JDR Cable Systems reached final agreement under the UK government's OWMIS scheme for financial support for its £130m subsea cable factory in Cambois near Blyth, Northumberland. Construction starts in summer 2022 with opening planned for 2024 and 171 jobs expected.
A GE Renewable Energy Grid Solutions and Sembcorp Marine consortium was selected as preferred supplier of the HVDC transmission system for RWE's 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm on Dogger Bank in the North Sea. More than 50% of the components will be made in local facilities.
Parvalux Electric Motors plans to build a new 13,000 m2 factory and headquarters in Poole, consolidating three existing sites. It has bought a 3.54ha site on Cabot Lane, with construction due to start later in 2020 and occupation in 2021.
SSE Renewables appointed Petrofac as preferred supplier of substations for the 1,075MW Seagreen offshore wind farm off the Angus coast in Scotland. Petrofac will design, supply and install the onshore and offshore HVAC substations, supporting up to 100 jobs. The announcement was made on January 16, 2020.
ABB secured a contract to supply HVDC Light converter systems connecting the Dogger Bank offshore wind project, developed by Equinor and SSE Renewables, to the UK transmission network. Aibel will deliver two offshore converter platforms. The report is dated 30 October 2019.
Hoppecke Industrial Batteries was selected to supply batteries for the safety systems of EDF's Hinkley Point C nuclear power station under construction in north Somerset, England. The announcement was made on 17 October 2019.
Northumberland-based Avid Technology won six new contracts worth a total of £50 million a year with international automotive firms, including a supercar maker, a tier one supplier and OEMs, for electric and hybrid powertrain systems.
Rosh Engineering bought a 1,100 square metre factory on the banks of the River Tyne at Blaydon for a half-million-pound investment. The site will extend its repair, refurbishment, testing and installation services.
Rosh Engineering won a five-year framework contract with Northern Powergrid to repair and refurbish power transformers. It is the company's third such framework contract in 18 months. The announcement was dated 3 July 2018.
Cramlington-based AVID Technology has secured part of a £20.8m R&D project with Jaguar Land Rover and five other partners, backed by the Advanced Propulsion Centre, to develop hybrid electric vehicle electronics and componentry.
Eurotunnel awarded GE Power's Grid Solutions a contract to supply a STATCOM system for the Channel Tunnel catenary traction system, to be sited in Folkestone, Kent and expected complete by end 2019.
Longacre Group announced the acquisition of Pyroban and Pyropress, makers of explosion protection equipment, from Caterpillar Inc. Brian Quarendon joins as CEO to carry out the carve-out and drive growth.
Invertek Drives is constructing a 5,500 square metre production facility at Welshpool, Powys, Wales, to raise drive output to more than 400,000 units per year, with completion due next year.
Avingtrans Engineering Technology Group acquired Hayward Tyler, a maker of electric motors and pumps for energy and chemical industries, in an all-share transaction effective September 1, 2017. Hayward Tyler becomes a wholly-owned division of Avingtrans.
AIM-listed pumps and motors group Hayward Tyler agreed an all-share merger with fellow AIM engineer Avingtrans, valuing Hayward at 51.6p per share, subject to shareholder approval of a scheme of arrangement.
Invertek is investing in a new 5,000 square metre factory adjacent to its Welshpool HQ, enabling production of over 400,000 variable frequency drives per year. The announcement was reported on 4 January 2017.