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NAA Project News: NAA’s FAST STEP 3 project part of formal opening of the Henry Royce Institute Hub
The NAA’s FAST STEP 3 project was part of the formal opening of the Henry Royce Institute Hub building at the University of Manchester on 7th September. Carol Holden gave a presentation on the role of Royce in the development of the FAST STEP 3 project and the importance of light-weighting for the Automotive Industry. The […]
New fully-funded support will enable Cheshire & Warrington manufacturers to exploit digital technologies
A new £5.6 million, ERDF-funded project brings together leading Universities and industry experts to support growth and resilience in the region’s SME manufacturers. SME manufacturers in Cheshire and Warrington can now access free hands-on support and local R&D expertise to help them make the most of industrial digital technologies, following the launch of a new […]
NAA Member News: LCR4 START Supports over 70 SMEs in its First Year
LCR4 START, the part European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funded business support programme, is designed to provide digitalisation support to SMEs in the Liverpool City Region. The programme has engaged with more than 70 businesses in its first year – this support includes the creation of 11 start-ups. Since launching in late 2019, the £3.9m […]
NAA Project News: Erasmus Automotive 4:0 project meeting, Berlin
The NAA is a partner in the Erasmus Automotive 4:0 project and the European partners recently met at Dekra in Berlin; this time around there was some significant progress, with tangible outputs from the two days of discussions… The Auto 4:0 project is developing open education resources (OERs) to support the upskilling of the automotive […]
NAA Project News: SPLICE presentation at LCV2017
The NAA’s SPLICE (Specialist Polymer Lightweight springs: Innovative processing using Conventional Equipment) project presented at the recent Cenex LCV2017 event, and will be doing so again at the European Spring Conference in Sicily from 29th September – 1st October… About the project The SPLICE project set out to determine whether lightweight polymer springs could be […]