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Event review: Helical Technology
NAA members were recently treated to a fascinating tour of Helical’s Technical Centre near Preston by this month’s ‘In the Driving Seat’ star, Tony Cox. The Warton Technical Centre offers a range of facilities including 15 test and NVH cells and a calibrated test track, for vehicles and components, including low and ultra-low emission vehicle […]
Event review: Apprenticeship Matching Service
Mark Greenhalgh, Business Development Manager, Apprenticeship Matching Service, gave a presentation about the organisation at the NAA event at Helical. If you missed it, here’s a summary… The Apprenticeship Matching Service re-directs high quality talent from over-subscribed apprenticeship programmes to other companies within the engineering/manufacturing sector that have similar opportunities. By actively working with both […]
Event review: Presentation of the outcomes from Bentley’s STRIVE virtual design for manufacturing project
STRIVE (Simulated Tools for Rapid Innovation in Vehicle Engineering) is an AMSCI-funded collaborative project between Bentley Motors, the Northern Automotive Alliance, Liverpool University’s Virtual Engineering Centre, Optis and Valuechain. Over the last three years, the project has brought about a step change in Bentley’s design for manufacturing, bringing about a faster time to market by […]
Event review: Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) Event 2016
The NAA once again had a stand at the UK’s leading business-to-business low carbon vehicle event, LCV2016, which took place at Millbrook from 14th to 15th September; read our summary of the event… The Future Of Green Car Technologies At LCV2016 The Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV2016) event showcases the best of current low carbon […]
Event review: LowCVP Conference 2016: Low Carbon Automotive – a much needed area of future certainty for the UK
The LowCVP Conference 2016 looked at a range of issues including a new APC report on the UK’s low carbon automotive capabilities, as well as potential changes for the UK’s low carbon automotive industry after Brexit. At a time when the country was dominated by uncertainty following the EU Referendum, reassurance was provided by a […]
Event review: Winning Eco-marathon Vehicle Achieves 7,362mpg
The winning vehicle at the 2016 Shell Eco Marathon held in London’s Olympic Park from 30 June to 3 July achieved 7,362mpg (2,606.4km/litre). As if that wasn’t enough of an achievement, this year’s event even included a race between the eco cars… The Shell Eco Marathon is a competition that challenges student teams from around […]
Event review: Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) Event 2016 Preview
The Cenex LCV 2016 event, taking place from 14th to 15th September at Millbrook Proving Ground, is the must-attend conference (and exhibition and ride & drive) for all companies and organisations operating – or wanting to operate – in the low carbon vehicle sector. A preview day provided a taster of what you can expect […]
Event review: Automechanika Birmingham and SMMT Open Forum
Automechanika took place for the first time at Birmingham’s NEC from 7-9 June 2016, and the NAA had a stand at the event showcasing Force Technology, Fylde CNC, Erlson Precision Components, Auto Marine Cables, Tilsatec, Wilson Gunn and the STRIVE project. As well as incorporating more of a supply chain focus rather than just purely […]
Event review: Cholmondeley Power & Speed 2016
The NAA, Helical Technology and Automotive Comms shared a hospitality table at Cholmondeley Power and Speed, which took place from 10-12 June 2016. Helical’s customers and prospective NAA members were hosted at the event, which featured a wide variety of vehicles competing on the sprint circuit in the grounds of Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire – […]
NAA Event Review: Celebrating 50 years at Mini Gears
Every NAA factory tour and networking meeting is unique and fascinating for its own reasons, but the recent visit to Mini Gears was all the more memorable due to the family-owned business having its 50th Birthday party on the same day as our event… Mini Gears Chairman Paul Darwent welcomed the NAA contingent to the […]
