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NAA News: STRIVE Project To Drive A Manufacturing ‘Step Change’
Northwest based organisations, Northwest Automotive Alliance (NAA), Bentley Motors Ltd, Virtual Engineering Centre (University of Liverpool), Optis SAS, Icona Solutions Ltd and DNA-Agile Group Ltd have been awarded funding of £1.95million from the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI) to create a new ‘digital’ supply chain for the UK automotive sector. Link to: NAA News: […]
NAA Business Excellence Programme Update: Business Excellence Extension – July 2013 to June 2015
As reported last month, a decision was finally taken on 26 March to support our project in principle up to June 2015. I am very pleased to say that the final documentation has been submitted and was approved internally by the European Regional Development Fund team at the Department for Communities and Local Government on […]
NAA Member Company Profile: Juno Racing Cars
Juno Racing Cars is a race constructor based in Leyland, Lancashire, established in 1999 by ex-Williams F1 design engineer Ewan Baldry. Juno recently won the contract to supply Silverstone with a new passenger ride experience car. The car, which has the look of a Formula 1 car, will be used to give members of the […]
Business Excellence Member News: Futaba-Tenneco wins Major Award from Toyota
Futaba-Tenneco has won the Toyota Supplier Award for Achievement in Project Management for 2012, for introducing the tools, fixtures and assembly robots for the new Toyota Auris and the Hybrid version, as well as training most of the workforce in the new products. Burnley-based Futaba-Tenneco beat off the challenge from over 200 suppliers throughout Europe […]
BE Case Study: £4 Million Investment For New Glass Fibre Cord Manufacturing Facility At NGF Europe
NGF EUROPE Ltd gains investment to build a high tensile strength fibre-forming plant in the North West, the only such facility outside Japan Link to case study on website: http://northernautoalliance.com/case-studies/4-million-investment-for-new-glass-fibre-cord-manufacturing-facility-at-ngf-europe/
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 […]
