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NAA member company profile: Plus Point
On the whole, cars are more reliable now than ever before. That’s because car makers have to master a key step in automobile manufacturing: quality control. Established in 2005, with an emphasis on people and processes, Plus Point provides a fully managed professional service solution to manufacturing quality issues for tier one and major UK-based […]
NAA Member Company Profile: Kensington Consulting
Kensington Consulting is a specialist engineering and manufacturing search and selection company with automotive industry experienced consultants… The company recruits permanent and interim positions from Engineer to Director level across all disciplines including Operations, Projects, Quality, Engineering Design, Manufacturing Engineering, Maintenance, Service, Sales, and MP&L. This also includes new divisions which are dedicated to Additive […]
NAA Member Company Profile: Servispart Consulting
Servispart Consulting helps Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier ’n’ parts/system suppliers to grow and develop their aftermarket parts and service businesses… Working in the area of aftermarket, parts, customer service and business growth, the company brings innovation, ideas, challenge and intelligent thought to a variety of manufacturing sectors that to date have included Automotive, […]
NAA Member Company Profile: ULEMCo
ULEMCo Ltd, based in Liverpool, is a specialist in low emission technology, offering engineering services for the conversion of engines to run on hydrogen The company has specifically developed capability in the conversion of commercial vehicles to run as hydrogen diesel hybrids, particularly the Ford Transit, where the approach allows fleet managers to reduce their […]
NAA Business Excellence Company Profile: Chevron
Continuing this month’s motorsport theme, we’re delighted that Chevron, one of the few remaining British Heritage Motor Racing marques, has joined the NAA as a Business Excellence member, and a Chevron B25 even won its class in this year’s Cholmondeley Pageant of Power Chevron was founded in 1965 by the genius designer Derek Bennett and […]
Niche Vehicle CR&D Competition Opens
The Technology Strategy Board and the Office for Low Emission Vehicle (OLEV) are investing up to £1.2m in collaborative R&D projects for niche and specialist vehicle manufacturers, suppliers and technology organisations who wish to collaborate on innovative, industry-led projects focussing on developing and demonstrating vehicle or system level road-vehicle technology in the following categories: Improved Fuel Efficiency […]
NAA Business Excellence Programme Update: Funding available for projects is now close to allocation
The year seems to be flying by and we’re already heading towards the end of quarter one of 2014. The number of Business Excellence members currently stands at 124, and 96 projects are being supported. With a target of 133 members, we’re now in the final month or two of membership registration. It’s a very […]
NAA Business Excellence Programme Update: New members, new projects, new events
This past month has once again been extremely busy supporting companies with applications for Business Excellence mentoring and technical support and we have now received applications to subsidise 82 projects; the vast majority of which have been supported and progressed. We have also seen a surge in new members wishing to gain support through the […]
PRESS RELEASE :- STRIVE Project to Drive a Manufacturing ‘Step Change’
Date: Wednesday 12 June 2013 STRIVE project group members with Finance Birmingham Programme Management team Left to right: Tony Guo, Tom Dawes (DNA-Agile), Dr Chris Sutcliffe (University of Liverpool), Andy Green (Finance Birmingham), Dr Gillian Murray (Virtual Engineering Centre), Carol Holden, Zoe Desoer (Northwest Automotive Alliance), Jeremy Taylor (Finance Birmingham), Dr John Maxfield (Icona Solutions), […]
NAA Business Excellence Programme Update: Business Excellence Programme Extension Approaching Final Approval
I would like to take this opportunity to update you on the Business Excellence’s proposed extension July 2013 to June 2015. It is now over a year ago that I met with the team at the European Regional Development Fund and in July 2012 I submitted the proposal for further funding. The ERDF team has […]
