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Member company news: Record-Breaking Range Rover Evoque Reaches Half A Million Production Milestone
Land Rover is celebrating the production of its 500,000th Range Rover Evoque at Halewood, just over four years after deliveries of the luxury compact SUV commenced… The Evoque is the fastest-selling and most successful Land Rover ever produced, having become the quickest to reach the half-a-million vehicle production landmark. One in every three Land Rovers […]
Member company news: Vauxhall wins European Car of the Year 2016 with the Astra and also celebrates the first Astra Sports Tourer built at Ellesmere Port
Vauxhall’s all-new British-built Astra has been named European Car of the Year 2016 at the 86th Geneva Motor Show… The award was decided by 58 leading automotive journalists from around Europe. It was presented to Vauxhall/Opel CEO Dr Karl-Thomas Neumann by Car of the Year President Hakan Matson on the eve of the first press […]
Member company news: BAC offers Mono with new chassis and plans 2016 Goodwood return in newly formed ‘race cars for the road’ class
Liverpool-based BAC is now offering a new wider chassis for its Mono supercar, which adds extra space in the cockpit… The chassis has been redesigned, to move the sides of the tubular steel safety cell outwards, while new, slimmer side panels make even more of the changes. The re-engineering of the chassis brings 25mm of […]
Event Review: Future Powertrain Conference 2016
The Future Powertrain Conference 2016 had one main theme: emissions – showing that all supply chain companies also need to have this focus… In summary: Volkswagen emissions scandal mentioned in many presentations Keynote speech delivered by Michael Hurwitz from the Department for Transport: “We need to engineer for the future world.” Prof Neville Jackson from […]
Event Review: Manufacturers and supply chain companies be aware – CO2 and air quality emissions from transport have now been joined up
The automotive industry is likely to see future implications from the joining up of the UK carbon emissions and air quality agendas by a new initiative from the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) and the Clean Air Alliance (CAA), which was launched in Westminster on 1 March 2016… Over recent years diesel-engined cars have been […]
UK Metals Industry Innovation Support 2016 – fully-funded Innovation Support Programme to guide SME businesses who process metals through the process of innovation
Would your business benefit from innovative changes to the way you do things, such as: New manufacturing processes, or the improvement of existing ones and/or New products for existing markets and/or New markets for existing products and/or New products for new markets? The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) in collaboration with the Advanced Manufacturing Research […]
NAA Update: Last chance to exhibit at Automechanika at the NEC in June 2016; first networking meeting in Yorkshire with a visit to Ginetta
This could be one of Carol’s longest-ever articles, but that’s because there’s a lot going on, especially in terms of 2016 NAA events that you can’t afford to miss… Monday saw the launch of the Automotive Apprenticeship Matching Service, please take time to look at our article and investigate it further. It was an activity […]
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 […]
Industry events: SMMT Events at Automechanika Birmingham, 7-9 June 2016, NEC
If you haven’t already booked, the only way that your company can secure a stand space at Automechanika Birmingham is with the NAA, so speak to Carol as soon as possible. If you want to take part in other elements of the event, then registration is now open for the SMMT Open Forum, Meet the […]
Industry News: Automotive Council Skills Report published
The Automotive Council Skills report has been published, delivered through the Automotive Industrial Partnership… The Automotive Council Skills report provides an Employers’ Views of the Jobs and Skills Required for the UK Automotive Industry. Executive Summary Objectives The work of the Automotive Council has made much progress in identifying opportunities to grow the supply chain, […]
