@MegMunnMP David Delpy is chief executive of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
The former chief executive of engineering group Morgan Crucible has failed in a supreme court application to avoid extradition to the US where he faces charges of obstructing justice.
Samir Brikho, chief executive of engineering group Amec Foster Wheeler, warned that constant changes of policy were undermining confidence of the supply sector.
Joe Kaeser, the chief executive of engineering multinational Siemens and whose supervisory board consists of 50% employee representatives, said: "In Germany we've seen companies where workers' representatives thought they co-managed the company – that obviously is a bit too much..
A week after Charter issued a profit warning and two days after it announced the departure of its chief executive, the engineering group has received a £1.3bn bid approach.
The list of applications goes on and on and over time it will get even longer, according to Tim Routsis, chief executive of engineering company Cosworth.
"Most people in the nuclear industry are in the autumn of their careers," observes Kevin Thomas, chief executive of engineering firm Babcock's support services, which will be working with Hitachi.
Nor was there much sign of the special relationship during a couple of recent extradition cases, one concerning an autistic computer hacker called Gary McKinnon, the other involving Ian Norris, former chief executive of engineering company Morgan Crucible.
Ivan Williams, an executive at engineering firm WorleyParsons in Monrovia, was able to visit the set of Media Society's first film, "Big Stone Gap," when it was shooting on location in Virginia.
