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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 […]
Put the spotlight on your company and sponsor the NAA Annual Dinner & Awards Ceremony, The Mere Golf Resort & Spa Hotel, 12 November 2015
Be a part of celebrating excellence and innovation in the North West Automotive Industry As an event sponsor you will have: Table of 10 – a chance to reward staff or engage potential customers Half page promotional write up in the event brochure Inclusion of promotional material in rolling video footage throughout event Company logo […]
Benefits of being an NAA member: Oaktec
There are many companies that have gained numerous benefits from being members of the Northwest Automotive Alliance. One such company is Oaktec – find out why Paul Andrews, owner of Oaktec, explains how the NAA has helped to transform his business: “Oaktec is a small technology innovation business in the low carbon transport powertrain sector. […]
NAA Member Company News: Oaktec bio-gas engine concept wins Energy Catalyst funding
An award-winning engine invention developed by Lancashire-based innovation company Oaktec has won UK government funding to develop the concept to generate electricity from bio-waste Oaktec has won a £214,000 grant from the new Energy Catalyst initiative run by Innovate UK to design a new version of its highly successful Pulse-R prototype that will produce efficient […]
NAA Member Company News: Performance Springs wins Ricardo Supplier of the Year Award
Performance Springs has won the Ricardo ‘Victoria’ Supplier of the Year Award 2014. Victoria is the high performance engine product supplied by Ricardo, which is also claimed to be best in class for efficiency Performance Springs supplies valve springs for use in the engine, which won the 3 to 4-litre International Engine of the Year […]
NAA Member Company News: Junair Spraybooths Installs New Commercial Spraybooths for Alexander Dennis (Plaxton)
Junair Spraybooths has recently installed two new state-of-the-art, energy efficient commercial spraybooths for Plaxton, part of the Alexander Dennis Limited group, the UK’s largest bus and coach builder Plaxton has over 100 years’ experience in building coaches and buses. The company’s coach range includes Cheetah xl, Leopard, Panther, Elite and Elite i. From its state […]
