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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 […]
NAA Update: Celebrating the successes of the automotive industry in the North West
Make sure that you’re at the NAA 2015 Awards Dinner to celebrate the region’s success and witness announcements in person… I hope that you’re all getting your glad-rags ready for the 2015 Annual Dinner on 12th November, I’m really looking forward to the event as it has become the day in the year where we […]
NAA Member Company News: Electron becomes Approved Supplier to Jaguar Land Rover
Electron Technical Solutions has become one of a select few suppliers in the UK automotive industry to achieve the status of Approved Supplier to Jaguar Land Rover… Electron, a company that delivers specialist painting services for plastic components to the UK automotive industry – typically with technical, metallic, body-coloured and decorative finishes – was presented […]
NAA Member Company News – BAC Mono 2016 year car
The 2016 Model Year BAC Mono has been showcased at two of the most exclusive motoring events in the world: Pebble Beach and The Quail… Having introduced the 2016 Model Year Mono at the Goodwood Festival of Speed – where it unofficially broke the course record – BAC showcased the Mono on the Concept Lawn […]
NAA Member Company News – TISS: one year on from winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade
One year ago, TISS Ltd, the world’s leading authority on fuel security and safety, was honoured at a royal reception held at Buckingham Palace in celebration of its achievement for winning the 2014 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade… TISS won the coveted award for its exceptional export growth which saw international sales rise […]
What has the NAA done for us? by Steven Schofield, Electron Technical Solutions
Steven Schofield, Managing Director, Electron Technical Solutions Ltd, explains how the NAA ‘inspires’ companies to develop themselves… Electron Technical Solutions Ltd, one of the UK’s leading painters of plastics components, has worked with the NAA to carry out projects for the company, and Electron has also won NAA awards. Steven Schofield, Managing Director, explains what […]
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 […]













