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NAA Event Review: Element
Last month saw a networking visit to NAA member Element Technology’s Automotive Laboratory at Wednesbury. Element is a recognised leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification Services to a diverse range of industry sectors where failure in service is not an option. These include automotive; aerospace; energy; connected technologies; fire and building products. Element’s Business Development […]
NAA Event Review: Lister Cars
Last month’s networking event was held at the headquarters of supercar brand Lister, in Hyndburn. Lister Cars had legendary racing cars of the late 1950s, winning or placing in over 2,000 races with models such as the Lister Knobbly. The company then found renewed racing fame after 1999 at Le Mans and others with the […]
NAA Event Review: AMRC North West
April’s networking event was held at NAA Member AMRC North West’s new home, a gateway development on the Samlesbury Aerospace Enterprise Zone, which is part of the wider Lancashire Advanced Manufacturing and Energy Cluster. The flagship facility has been built using a £20m grant from the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Growth Deal and extends the […]
NAA Event Review: Senseye Report – The True Cost of Downtime
Last month, Niall Sullivan, VP Marketing at Senseye, delivered a webinar on “The True Cost of Downtime to the Automotive Industry”, based on the findings of the company’s recent research. The presentation examined the sorts of savings that automotive manufacturing companies could benefit from through the use of Predictive Maintenance, by the prevention of breakdowns […]
Industry Event Review: SMMT Electrified 2022 Conference Review – EV investment needed, now
“The UK government is investing in the EV sector but this is dwarfed by what we see in competing nations overseas. The field is already stacked against us. The UK needs four gigafactories in the next five years or it risks losing the entire automotive industry and its jobs. We need public and private sector […]
NAA Event Review: Modern Materials for the Automotive Industry, McLaren, Sheffield
The NAA’s first factory networking for over two years was at McLaren in Sheffield, where visitors learnt about the manufacturing of composite components for McLaren sports cars as well as hearing about the NAA’s FAST STEP 3 titanium project. We arrived bright and early at McLaren for a full day of activity. This was our […]
NAA Event Review: How Will Net Zero Impact the Automotive Supply Chain?
Last month saw members gather at fellow NAA member Businesswise Solutions’ Energy Centre at Nelson for a roundtable debate on decarbonising the automotive supply chain. There was comprehensive representation from across the supply chain, including OEMs, Tier 1 and 2 suppliers, together with attendance from DIT and a number of local universities. Participants were given […]
NAA Member Event Review: Manchester Metropolitan University’s PrintCity Network Showcase
Industry leaders, small business owners, academics and the NAA came together on Wednesday 16 February to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Manchester Metropolitan University’s PrintCity Network. With a focus on sustainability and the opportunities 3D printing can offer businesses, over 60 guests at the Showcase heard from industry leaders, including Professor Juergen Maier CBE, NAA […]
NAA member event review: University of Salford Road to Electric workshop
The Manchester Clean Air Zone is coming in May 2022, with charges of up to £60 for some non-compliant commercial vehicles, so what can businesses do to avoid paying the charges? The Road to Electric event run by The Energy House 2.0 facility at the University of Salford, an NAA member, looked at this issue […]
NAA Event Review: “Working with Universities”
Professor Andy Lyons from the University of Liverpool Management School guided participants through an overview of the various approaches to collaboration between universities and industry. These included: student projects; consultancy; research partnerships; funded regional support and finally, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships. Successful examples of each of these approaches were also then shared with participants. If you […]
