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NAA Member Company Profile: Drive Development Solutions Ltd
Drive Development Solutions provides a Learning & Development consultancy service to the global automotive industry… The company’s vision is to ensure that the sector has a highly skilled, competent and professional workforce that is able to keep pace with the higher demands of the modern customer, new technologies and a changing marketplace. It does this […]
NAA Member Company News: BAC launches new Hong Kong showroom
Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) opened its brand new Hong Kong showroom on 27th November, in direct response to growing customer demand in Far East Asia… Read more Based at the Nan Fung Commercial Centre in Kowloon Bay, the showroom has already had fantastic success, with BAC selling eight of the annual allocation of 12 vehicles […]
NAA Member Company News: Movetech UK moves forward with major site redevelopments
Movetech UK (part of the British Turntable Group) has successfully had its building plans approved for a brand new £500,000 redevelopment scheme at its head office site on Emblem Street in Bolton, Greater Manchester… The planning application for the new manufacturing and headquarters facility was presented to Bolton Council earlier this year and has recently […]
NAA Member Company News: First Bentley Bentayga rolls off the production line
The very first production Bentley Bentayga, the catalyst for one of the biggest investment programmes in the company’s history, has left the assembly line at Bentley’s iconic headquarters in Crewe… Four years on from the initial concept stage, during which time over 1,500 UK jobs have been created, the car – part of an £840 […]
NAA Member Company News: Vauxhall enjoys success at the EEF Future Manufacturing Awards 2015
Two of Vauxhall’s apprentices have received accolades at the EEF Future Manufacturing Awards 2015… The North West regional winners of the EEF Future Manufacturing Awards were announced at a Celebration Lunch on 18 November 2015 at the A J Bell Stadium, Manchester. Hosted by BBC presenter, Wendy Gibson, the event celebrated the very best of […]
NAA Update: Northern Automotive Alliance launched at the Awards Dinner
The NAA Awards Dinner 2015 was important to recognise the successes of companies operating in the automotive industry in the region, however this year it also marked the launch of the Northern Automotive Alliance… What a busy November! Our annual dinner last week was an amazing success, this was our second year at The Mere […]
Northern Automotive Alliance Awards show the strength of the manufacturing base in the Northern Powerhouse
The winners of the Northern Automotive Alliance (NAA) Awards 2015 provide a clear demonstration that the automotive industry in the Northern Powerhouse area is making a significant and growing contribution to the regional – and national – economy… The NAA Awards took place in Cheshire on 12th November 2015, featuring keynote speaker Mike Hawes, Chief […]
New Northern Automotive Alliance Membership Brochure
The NAA has an all-new membership brochure highlighting 21 benefits of membership… Why should you become a member of the NAA? Take a look at our new membership brochure to find out more about these 21 compelling reasons below why you should join: 1 Providing the focused, industry-specific support that your organisation needs 2 […]
NAA Member Company News: Bentley, Emerald Automotive and Nissan all set to benefit from the Lightweighting Excellence Programme
Sigmatex has announced that three UK-based automotive OEMs – Bentley Motors Limited, Emerald Automotive LLC and Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd – are working closely with the Lightweighting Excellence Programme (LX) in order to achieve vehicle weight reduction… The LX consortium is seeking to enhance capability within the UK automotive supply chain to manufacture composite […]
NAA Member Company News: Innovate 2015 backs Oaktec’s novel gas-powered engine with ‘cash’
Lancashire R&D engineering company wins ‘peer-to-peer’ competition after 15 years’ development of low emissions, low-cost Pulse-R engine… A small gas-powered engine developed by Lancaster-based engineering R&D company Oaktec has been judged the innovation most likely to attract investor backing at Innovate 2015. Fellow entrepreneurs and delegates were given novelty banknotes and asked to choose which […]
