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NAA MEMBER NEWS – BAC SETS UNOFFICIAL ROAD CAR RECORD-BREAKING RUN AT GOODWOOD
BAC introduced the 2016 Model Year Mono to the world at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, with an unofficial road car record-breaking run on the famous hillclimb, a series of runs comfortably sub 50-seconds, and a fastest time of 47.9… The blistering runs capped off a successful Festival of Speed for BAC, where they […]
NAA Member Company News – Bentley hosts its first Women In Engineering Day
On Wednesday 23 June Bentley welcomed 42 female students at the first Women In Engineering Day… The event was held on National Women In Engineering Day and was aimed at female students who are interested in a career in Engineering or Manufacturing. Students from schools and colleges took part in a number of activities and […]
NAA Update: End of Business Excellence; it’s time to convert to NAA membership
Our Business Excellence event at Cholmondeley celebrated the end of the BE programme, so now is the time for companies to convert to NAA membership; it’s also time to enter for the NAA Awards; and please take part in the AIP skills survey… After five years we are coming to the end of the Business […]
What has the NAA done for us? by TISS
TISS is known for its market-leading ‘TankSafe’ range of fuel security and safety products, which contain the award-winning ‘Impregnable’ device – the only device that completely prevents ‘skimming’ of fuel, third party fuel theft, overfilling and diesel spills. Marketing Manager Tom Davis examines what the company has gained by being members of the NAA… Tom […]
NAA Member Company Profile – Fylde CNC Specialists Ltd
Fylde CNC is a sub-contract precision CNC machining company, manufacturing high quality components for OEMs and Tier 1s in a range of sectors including automotive and aerospace… The business has invested significantly in a state-of-the-art factory and the latest machinery as part of the company’s vision to become a world-class manufacturing company. Fylde CNC is […]
Why you should enter for the 2015 NAA Awards – from the 2014 Outreach Award winners, Vauxhall Motors and Sigmatex, and the Award sponsor, Festo
“Organisations wishing to be recognised for their achievements, from Outreach to Innovation, should strongly consider applying for the NAA Awards this year – it is a fantastic way of reflecting on achievements and challenges that have been overcome and a way of sharing this within the organisation as well as with external customers and suppliers.” […]
TWISTER is successful in gaining funding for titanium springs project
A consortium pulled together by the NAA and led by Performance Springs has been successful in obtaining government funding through Innovate UK, for a collaborative research project for the development of titanium spring wire and high duty titanium spring applications for use in automotive lightweighting and engine efficiency. TWISTER (Titanium Wire for Innovative Spring Technologies […]
Sigmatex awarded Government Funding to accelerate vehicle lightweighting through the use of composites
Sigmatex, the world’s leading independent converter of carbon fibre, has been awarded Government Funding through the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI) for a project that aims to produce higher volumes of composites in the UK to accelerate vehicle lightweighting. The Sigmatex Lightweighting Excellence Programme (LX) has been awarded £3.8 million from the latest AMSCI […]
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 […]
