Real World Engineering

Rs 2,500-cr scheme to boost engineering SMEs (Express India)
The government is working out an ambitious technology upgradation fund scheme for the engineering sector, which constitutes the largest chunk of exports from India and employs 10 million people.

Maruti saves Rs 175 cr in 3 yrs through value engineering (The Hindu)
NEW DELHI: At a time when dropping sales are hurting the automobile industry, especially on margins, country’s largest passenger car maker Maruti Suzuki has managed to save around Rs 175 crore in the last three fiscals through value engineering.

Village turns to Robinson for engineering of project (Morris Daily Herald)
COAL CITY – Following the mayor’s wish, a different engineering firm may design the village’s $600,000 storm water infrastructure construction project.

Jacobs Engineering, Patriot, Ulta Salon: U.S. Equity Movers (Bloomberg)
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) — The following companies are having unusual price changes in U.S. trading . Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of 2:40 p.m. in New York.

Bryan Little opens engineering business (Sonoma Index-Tribune)
Bryan Little has recently opened a civil engineering and land-surveying business in Sonoma Valley called Little Engineering.

Ahead of the Bell: Jacobs Engineering estimate cut (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The higher end of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.’s 2009 earnings forecast is “achievable,” an analyst said Wednesday, but she lowered her estimates for the engineering and construction firm saying she expects the company to book less business and that profit margins will be pressured.

Fluor buys two European engineering firms (BizJournals)
Engineering and construction contractor Fluor Corp. has acquired two European-based engineering companies UNEC Engineering NV, which is based in Antwerp, Belgium, and Europea de Ingenieria y Asesoramiento, based in Tarragona, Spain. (FLR)

Sector Snap: Engineering and Construction (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Investors continued to buy up engineering and construction firm stocks Tuesday as President-elect Barack Obama’s economic rescue package appeared likely to boost spending in public works projects.

Chinese scientists call for enhancing studies on chromosome engineering in plants (SeedQuest)
Botanists advocate more support to the studies of chromosomal engineering in plants at a recent session of the Xiangshan Science Conferences (XSSC). Under the theme of chromosome engineering of plants and molecular breeding of crops, the 330th session of XSSC convened from 14 to 16 October, 2008 in Beijing, bringing together senior researchers in chromosome engineering and young scientists in …

Fluor buys 2 European engineering companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Fluor Corp. said Monday it has acquired two private European engineering companies for an undisclosed sum. The engineering and construction company said UNEC Engineering NV of Belgium and Europea de Ingenieria y Asesoramiento of Spain will become part of its Global Services business group.