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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 […]
Multi-Million Pound Site Expansion Brings New Jobs to Bentley
Bentley has announced the latest phase in the biggest site development in the company’s history. A further £40 million investment will expand its headquarters in Crewe, with a new research and development centre, creating over 300 jobs in the process. This move was welcomed by George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, who visited Bentley. The […]
Jaguar Land Rover is partner in ‘UK Autodrive’, winner of competition to develop £multi-million project to integrate driverless cars into everyday life
Innovate UK has announced that ‘UK Autodrive’, a consortium of forward thinking local authorities, the UK’s leading technology and automotive businesses and academic institutions, has won the UK Government’s £10m ‘Introducing Driverless Cars’ competition. The aim of the project is to establish the UK as a global hub for the development of autonomous vehicle technologies […]
FutureRailway announces £4.4 million Powertrain competition
FutureRailway has launched a 100% funded £4.4m competition on Powertrains for Rail Vehicles. The competition is seeking novel technical solutions that can provide improved energy efficiencies for self-powered vehicles. The competition scope includes whole powertrain solutions and powertrain sub-system innovations. The competition will include two feasibility and demonstration phases with successful applicants funded to carry […]
Solve a metallurgical-based problem which is having an impact on your business – for FREE
The Universities of Sheffield and Manchester are offering an SME industrial two-week project which provides a team of Advanced Metallic Systems Centre for Doctoral Training (AMSCDT) students an opportunity to work on a real-world project proposed by a sponsor from industry. The aim is two-fold. Firstly, to help businesses solve a metallurgical-based problem which is […]
High value industries converge at record attended Advanced Engineering UK 2014
Multiple advanced engineering and technology sectors within the UK’s advanced engineering and high value manufacturing community converged in record numbers again at the NEC Birmingham (Tuesday 11th & Wednesday 12th November 2014), at Advanced Engineering UK 2014 comprising the Aero Engineering Show 2014, Composites Engineering Show 2014, Automotive Engineering Show 2014, Auto Electronics 2014 and […]
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 […]
Event review: NAA companies at the Advanced Engineering Show 2014
The Advanced Engineering UK group of events took place on 11-12 November 2014 at the NEC, Birmingham. The event consisted of the Aero Engineering Show 2014, Composites Engineering Show 2014, Automotive Engineering Show 2014 and Auto Electronics 2014. It was an extremely busy show and the NAA had a stand presence along with five of […]
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 […]
Event review: SMMT Open Forum launches report highlighting new £2bn potential for UK auto parts supply
The NAA had a stand at the SMMT Open Forum event which took place in Solihull on 4 November. There were a number of speakers at the event including SMMT Chief Executive Mike Hawes, Jerry Hardcastle from Nissan and the Automotive Council, and Lawrence Davies from the Automotive Investment Organisation, and a new report was […]
