From SUPPORT SERVICES 10:49pm

Sites severely affected by recession.

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Treasury profits by more than £1bn a year

Royal Mail employee ©Bloomberg From UK 6:28pm

Royal Mail seeks injunction against staff

Majority of workers vote to boycott handling of competitors’ mail

Aston MArtin ©Bloomberg From AUTOMOBILES 5:52pm

Kuwaiti group to use Aston stake as collateral

Creditors to be offered stake in special purpose vehicle

A worker cleans the newly launched upgraded version of Tata Nano ©EPA From AUTOMOBILES 1:08pm

Tata Motors aims to jump start Nano brand

Upgrades across five models mark effort to win back market share

From AUTOMOBILES Jun 18, 2013

European car sales at lowest since 1993

Data mark return to gloom for troubled manufacturers

Jun 17, 2013

Smiths names former 3M head as chairman

Sir George Buckley to join engineering group’s board in August

Logos of ABB AG sit on display outside the company's semi-conductor plant in Lenzburg, Switzerland ©Bloomberg From LEX Jun 17, 2013

ABB: all change at the top

Swiss engineering group’s new CEO takes over at challenging time

Logos of ABB AG sit on display outside the company's semi-conductor plant in Lenzburg, Switzerland ©Bloomberg Jun 17, 2013

ABB promotes Spiesshofer to chief

Internal candidate chosen to lead Swiss engineering conglomerate

Li Ka-shing ©Bloomberg From ENERGY Jun 17, 2013

Li Ka-shing seals €950m Dutch waste deal

Move highlights appeal of income-generating assets

Production At The Faurecia Car Parts Plant France ©Bloomberg From AUTOMOBILES Jun 16, 2013

Europe’s auto market gloom to last until 2019

Report raises spectre of further plant closures across continent

From AUTOMOBILES Jun 16, 2013

Europe carmakers set for long-term gloom

More factory shutdowns likely as car sales set to fall until 2014

Jun 16, 2013

Cinven pays €1.5bn for ceramics maker Ceramtec

Rockwood sells unit to private equity group

Jun 16, 2013

Grohe considers IPO or trade sale

Sanitary fittings maker could be valued at nearly €4bn

From UK Jun 14, 2013

Sellafield fined over radioactive waste

Nuclear clean-up operator fined £700,000 after landfill error

From WORLD Jun 14, 2013

Agricultural groups explore impact of ruling

Seed makers confident products fall outside Supreme Court finding

From UK Jun 13, 2013

Jaguar-Land Rover exposes skill shortage

Suppliers at risk from lack of trained staff

Jun 13, 2013

Health and safety rules benefit Halma

Engineering group raises dividend by more than 5%

From SPECIAL REPORTS Jun 13, 2013

Industrial process

The drive towards greater flexibility and reduction of waste continues, writes Robert Wright

Jun 11, 2013

Dialight promises brighter second half

Shares in LED maker fall after issuing profit warning

Jun 10, 2013

Smiths’ planned unit sale raises questions

Pension liabilities weigh heavily on engineering conglomerate

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