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NAA Member Company Profile: TVS Supply Chain Solutions
TVS Supply Chain Solutions are specialists in receiving, processing and organising the flow of components and products for developers and manufacturers within the automotive, beverage, power generation and defence markets. The company looks after a range of inventory for its clients from raw materials and individual components to finished products and aftermarket spares Today, the […]
Member News: Bentley Factory Goes Green With The UK’s Largest Roof-Top Solar Installation
Bentley is to install the UK’s largest roof top solar panel system; 20,000 panels on the factory roof in Crewe will generate up to 40% of Bentley’s energy requirements and reduce CO2 usage by 2000 tonnes per year Bentley Motors has announced that it is installing the UK’s largest roof-mounted solar panel system. The installation […]
Member News: Awards for Bentley, Jaguar Land Rover and Vauxhall
Bentley and Vauxhall both receive Britain’s Top Employers Award 2013, while Jaguar Land Rover has been recognised with the highest ranking in Business in the Community’s (BITC) annual benchmark of responsible business management Bentley Motors’ reputation for offering a first class workplace environment with high quality training and development opportunities has been recognised with its […]
Member News: Vauxhall Cars wins ACPO future technology challenge
The Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer, British-built and converted in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire and Millbrook, Bedfordshire, wins the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) future technology challenge, playing a part in securing Police fleet dominance for Vauxhall with 70 per cent market share A crime-busting Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer, installed with Facewatch and other leading edge […]
NAA Business Excellence Programme Update: Project extension, next BE event, case studies, and more
Since Christmas, we have been focussing on a number of areas, including our funding application for the project extension to June 2015, preparation for a European audit, performance evidence, a major public sector event and the commissioning of the last remaining monies for mentoring and technical support in this phase of the project. I would […]
A partnership including the Northwest Automotive Alliance, Bentley Motors and the Virtual Engineering Centre is awarded £1.95 million of AMSCI funding
A partnership comprised of the Northwest Automotive Alliance, Bentley Motors, the Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC) (part of the University of Liverpool), Optis, Icona and SimX has been successful in its bid for £1.95 million of Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI) Round 2 funding, and two more automotive projects with North West partners also gain […]
Member News: Pirelli receives JLR Quality Award
On 24th January, a delegation of managers from Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), including Terry Sampson, the STA Director for JLR, Russ Perry, STA Manager and Mark Beasley STA Engineer visited Pirelli’s Carlisle site to officially present the JLRQ Award to Pirelli UK. JLRQ is the Jaguar Land Rover supplier performance monitoring system and since 2011 […]
NAA Business Excellence Programme Case Study: Hylomar takes part in a European roadshow to showcase its products to car manufacturers
Hylomar, manufacturer of sealing compounds for automotive powertrain components, took part in a mobile exhibition which toured the sites of major European car manufacturers Project Hylomar European Automotive Industry Technology Roadshow. Background Hylomar manufactures a wide range of high performance sealants and adhesives used by some of the world’s leading companies, including in the automotive […]
Member Company News: Bentley Delivers 22% Global Growth In 2012
Bentley Motors has announced global growth of 22% in 2012 as deliveries to customers increased to 8,510 cars (7,003 cars in 2011). This maintains Bentley’s position as the leading manufacturer of luxury vehicles in the world. Deliveries were up in every international region as Bentley increased its global sales network by 10% Commenting on the results, […]
NAA Update: Read Carol’s review of 2012 and look ahead to 2013
December is often a time to reflect upon the progress during the last 12 months, so here we go. Awards Dinner Our 2012 Annual Dinner had over double the number of attendees of 2011. Whilst a huge amount of effort went into the event by NAA staff and all of our sponsors, it was a […]