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NAA Update: After a fascinating visit to Vodafone Automotive, make sure you don’t miss out on forthcoming events
Our Vodafone Automotive visit has now been and gone, so please make sure you have the following events in your diaries, as you will always learn something from them, as well as making new business relationships… I am writing this immediately after our networking meeting at Vodafone, it was a not-to-be-missed event as you will […]
In the Driving Seat: Andrew Smith, Managing Director, Vodafone Automotive UK
Andrew Smith is Managing Director of Vodafone Automotive UK (see our report about the NAA visit to this company in the newsletter below), but he invites NAA members to ask him more over a beer about the ‘unforgettable time he had in a previous role as Managing Director of Ford Greece’ – sounds like an […]
NAA member company profile: GEFCO
From supply to distribution, GEFCO provides global and integrated management and optimisation of the logistics chain for its industrial customers… Renowned for the reliability of its services, GEFCO has expertise in automotive logistics – one of the most demanding sectors – in order to respond to the globalisation of industrial flows and the needs of […]
NAA Project News: SPLICE project to develop polymer springs to help accelerate vehicle lightweighting
Researchers at WMG, part of the University of Warwick, together with Force Technology and the Northern Automotive Alliance (NAA), have won research funding worth £244,090 from Innovate UK for a project that will develop polymer springs for vehicles in order to reduce vehicle weight, so improving fuel efficiency and lowering emissions… The project, led by […]
NAA Project News: STRIVE Project is a Winner at the 2016 North West Business Insider ‘Made in the North West’ Awards
The STRIVE project, for which the Northern Automotive Alliance (NAA) is the project lead, has brought home the ‘Education in Business’ Award from the 2016 North West Business Insider ‘Made in the North West’ Awards… Announced at the Awards evening at the Bolton Whites Hotel on the 5th May, the Award recognised the benefits gained […]