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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 […]
Bentley Awarded Top Employer For Fourth Consecutive Year
For the fourth consecutive year, Bentley Motors has been named as one of Britain’s top employers by the Top Employers Institute. Bentley has been awarded for its commitment and dedication to the personal development of its 3,800 colleagues working at the Crewe headquarters, and was particularly praised for its focus on the career and succession […]
NAA Update: More Awards success for the North West, and NAA Business Excellence funding needs to be used up!
Torotrak wins the 2014 SMMT Automotive Innovation Award, Michael Straughan and Richard Else make it into the Top 100 People in Manufacturing, JLR employee wins a Pride of Merseyside Fundraising Award, and if you want to win an NAA Business Excellence Award next year, then the funding is about to run out It doesn’t feel […]
Business Excellence Member News: Torotrak wins SMMT Award
The 2014 SMMT Award for Automotive Innovation has been won by Torotrak plc for its Flybrid mechanical flywheel hybrid system. The award, supported by GKN and The Times, recognises UK-developed automotive technologies that have ‘the potential to leave a lasting impression on the whole automotive industry for years to come’… Read more Torotrak’s technology joins […]
NAA Update: Congratulations to all companies shortlisted for our Awards – and especially our winners
The feedback that we have received is that everyone had an excellent evening at the NAA Annual Awards Dinner on 6th November at the Mere – especially all the award winners. It was with trepidation that I arrived at the Mere last week, wondering if we had done the right thing by changing venue, hoping […]
NAA member company new product launch: Far Platform Chassis (FPC) launched at the Advanced Engineering Show
Far-UK has launched the Far Platform Chassis (FPC) at the Advanced Engineering Show at the NEC, Birmingham, 11-12 November 2014. The FPC is a complete lightweight chassis which is fully crash compliant. It is produced in line with the company’s Light and Safe (LiSa) design philosophy. The chassis is designed for low volume automotive manufacturers […]
Northwest Automotive Alliance Award Winners reflect the successful growth of the region’s supply chain
The North West region has achieved great success in helping suppliers in the automotive sector grow into larger companies, and this progress has been showcased at the Northwest Automotive Alliance (NAA) Awards, which took place in Cheshire on 6th November 2014, featuring keynote speaker Jerry Hardcastle OBE, Chairman of the Automotive Council Technology Group, and […]
NAA Member Profile: Performance Springs
Performance Springs is a manufacturer of precision springs for high performance and high duty applications, and recently the company has opened a new factory and enjoyed visits from BIS and others. Performance Springs is a specialist designer and manufacturer of high duty and high precision springs at the leading edge of spring technology and innovation. […]
NAA Member News: TISS receives Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade
TISS Limited, based in Blackpool, has received the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade at an Award Ceremony held at the Park House Hotel in Blackpool The presentation was made by Lord Shuttleworth, the Queen’s representative for Lancashire, at a ceremony attended by staff, business partners, and family and friends of TISS. Notable […]
