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    NAA 2013 Award Winner Profile: Business Excellence Large Company Of The Year Award

    Sponsored by Electron Technical Solutions and presented by Steven Schofield, Managing Director How the award winner was assessed The assessment process for Business Excellence Award winners was based on the linkage of the project to the company objectives, project detail, achievements and future opportunities. The achievements were considered from two perspectives of ‘actual achieved to-date’ […]

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    NAA 2013 Award Winner Profile: Business Excellence SME Project Of The Year Award

    Sponsored by Bentley Motors and presented by Michael Straughan, Board Director for Manufacturing How the award winner was assessed The assessment process for Business Excellence award winners was based on the linkage of the project to the company objectives, project detail, achievements and the future opportunities. The project detail included looking at the method of […]

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    NAA 2013 Award Winner Profile: Trade Company Of The Year Award

    Sponsored by UKTI and presented by Barbara Singleton, Trade Advisor How the award winner was assessed This award was linked to the export activities that companies undertook during 2012. As part of the submission for the award, companies had to identify their market strategy, together with their progress and achievements against the strategy. Winner – […]

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    NAA 2013 Award Winner Profile: Innovation Company Of The Year Award

    Sponsored by Jaguar Land Rover and presented by Richard Else, Plant Operations Director How the award winner was assessed Innovation can mean many things to many people but the clear remit for this award was that it is technical innovation of either a product or a process. This was our most popular award category and […]

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    Semta ‘Best of British Engineering’ Awards

    Semta is calling for you to nominate the people and businesses that represent the “Best of British Engineering “. Nominations are now open for: Apprentice of the Year sponsored by Marshall Higher Apprentice of the Year sponsored by Rolls-Royce Graduate of the Year sponsored by Atkins Champion of the Year sponsored by BAE Systems Skills […]

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    NAA Update: Thank you for your support of the Annual Awards Dinner

    Our Annual Awards Dinner was a huge success, with more than 260 people attending this year, compared to just over 100 in 2012, and only 50 the previous year. Congratulations to our award winners and well done to all the companies that submitted award applications. And of course a very big thank you to our […]

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    NAA Member Company Profile: Norlec Sheet Metal Limited

    Norlec Sheet Metal is one of the leading sheet metal manufacturing companies in the UK, with one of the largest ranges of CNC sheet metal machinery. The company is a manufacturer, fabricator, finisher and assembler of sheet metal products, with a focus on the production of steel components, fabrications and assemblies. It provides products and […]

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    Member Company News: Bentley becomes first automotive manufacturer to achieve Carbon Trust Water Standard

    Bentley has become the first automotive manufacturer, and among the first ten organisations in the world, to achieve the Carbon Trust Water Standard. This comes after the company reduced its water usage by 35.7 per cent over the previous year at its headquarters in Crewe, to 109,284 m³ in 2012 Achieving this reduction, Bentley’s Environmental […]

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    Business Excellence Company News: CSA Group acquires mi Technology

    CSA Group, a leading global provider of product certification and testing services, has announced the acquisition of the Leyland-based mi Technology Group. mi Technology Group is an independent, privately owned company providing analysis, research & development, testing and consultancy services to manufacturers and suppliers around the world “The acquisition of mi Technology Group is key […]

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    NAA Update: NAA Annual Dinner & Awards, plus other 2013 events

    Time is running out to book a place at the main NAA event of the year, the Annual Awards Dinner, and there are also two other events taking place before the year is out, including the opportunity to see how some of the world’s leading performance tyres are made, at a Pirelli factory tour. We […]

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