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NAA Update: NW Automotive Alliance: ‘100% useful’
NAA director Steve Williams, standing in for Carol this month, highlights the critical importance of the NAA from the point of view of automotive supply chain companies. It was interesting to see the Annual Manufacturing Report 2014 from The Manufacturer magazine. The NAA scored an impressive 100% for usefulness when compared against a whole range […]
In the Driving Seat: Martyn Cray, Business Development Manager, NAA
If you’ve not had chance to find out much about the NAA’s Business Development Manager, Martyn Cray, then here’s your chance to find out more, including whether his best motoring moment involved an eco-friendly Vauxhall Ampera or a 6.2-litre V8 Name Martyn Cray Company NAA Position Business Development Manager Apart from that Volunteer Business Mentor […]
Benefits of being an NAA member according to Martyn Cray
Martyn Cray, the NAA’s Business Development Manager, gives us his views on some of the key benefits of being an NAA member Networking events – allow members to engage with other companies within the North West automotive community. Access Financial Support – the NAA can guide members to access funding that best suits their specific […]
Benefits of being an NAA member: Mini Gears grows from £7.5 million to £10 million with help from the NAA
Paul Darwent, owner of Mini Gears, gives us an insight into how joining the NAA over two years ago has helped the company move forward Mini Gears is best known for producing low to medium volumes of gear transmission components, and more recently, due to a large investment in various items of CNC machinery, the […]
NAA Member Company News: Varroc announces partnership with Scorpion Automotive for Vehicle Security Systems
Varroc Engineering Pvt. Ltd., the flagship company of Varroc Group, India’s leading auto component manufacturer, has announced a technical collaboration with Scorpion Automotive Pvt. Ltd, to provide security based products and marketing solutions to the automotive industry, especially the two wheeler segment in India. Varroc Engineering Pvt. Ltd, India and Scorpion Auto, UK have signed […]
Put the spotlight on your company and sponsor the NAA Annual Dinner & Awards Ceremony, The Mere Golf Resort & Spa Hotel, 12 November 2015
Be a part of celebrating excellence and innovation in the North West Automotive Industry As an event sponsor you will have: Table of 10 – a chance to reward staff or engage potential customers Half page promotional write up in the event brochure Inclusion of promotional material in rolling video footage throughout event Company logo […]
Exhibit with the NAA at the UK’s leading low carbon vehicle event, LCV2015, 9 & 10 September, Millbrook
If you want to supply to the vehicles of the future then you need to exhibit at the Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle Event 2015 at Millbrook, and you can do this extremely cost-effectively by taking a space on the NAA stand If you supply into the automotive industry, wouldn’t it be useful to look into […]
Event review: Future Powertrain Conference review, 25/26 February 2015, Solihull
The Future Powertrain Conference took place at the National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull on 25th & 26th February 2015, and it brought together academics and engineers from the automotive industry with the aim of jointly exploring solutions for future powertrain challenges A number of interesting ideas were presented in the various sessions, ranging from removing […]
Event review: Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership Parliamentary Reception – opportunities for UK supply chain companies, but they need to grow
The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) hosted an event in the House of Commons on 9 March to present the findings of a report by Cambridge Econometrics entitled ‘Fuelling Britain’s Future’, about the economic impact of low carbon vehicles in the UK. The report shows that moving to low carbon vehicles makes economic and environmental […]
Event review: The Automotive Industrial Partnership Launch Event, 12 March at Cholmondeley Room & Terrace, House of Lords, London
Joining a plethora of key Automotive Industry/Sector representatives at the beautiful Cholmondeley Room and Terrace, House of Lords, on the river Thames, the Automotive Industrial Partnership was officially launched – showing how OEM collaboration in the sector is vowing to bridge the skills gaps and attract the next generation of Automotive Engineers/skilled workers. The UK […]