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New Northern Automotive Alliance Membership Brochure
The NAA has an all-new membership brochure highlighting 21 benefits of membership… Why should you become a member of the NAA? Take a look at our new membership brochure to find out more about these 21 compelling reasons below why you should join: 1 Providing the focused, industry-specific support that your organisation needs 2 […]
NAA Member Company News: Bentley, Emerald Automotive and Nissan all set to benefit from the Lightweighting Excellence Programme
Sigmatex has announced that three UK-based automotive OEMs – Bentley Motors Limited, Emerald Automotive LLC and Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd – are working closely with the Lightweighting Excellence Programme (LX) in order to achieve vehicle weight reduction… The LX consortium is seeking to enhance capability within the UK automotive supply chain to manufacture composite […]
NAA Member Company News: Innovate 2015 backs Oaktec’s novel gas-powered engine with ‘cash’
Lancashire R&D engineering company wins ‘peer-to-peer’ competition after 15 years’ development of low emissions, low-cost Pulse-R engine… A small gas-powered engine developed by Lancaster-based engineering R&D company Oaktec has been judged the innovation most likely to attract investor backing at Innovate 2015. Fellow entrepreneurs and delegates were given novelty banknotes and asked to choose which […]
Event Review: NAA at the Advanced Engineering Show 2015
The NAA had a stand at the Advanced Engineering Show 2015 showcasing five NAA companies, as well as the NAA and its STRIVE and TWISTER projects… The NAA stand at AES 2015 on 4-5 November 2015 at the NEC showcased the following NAA companies: Brainboxes Culimeta-Saveguard Movetech UK Pendle Polymers Performance Springs STRIVE (Simulation Tools […]
Manufacturing 2015 – The North West Review
Squire Patton Boggs and TheBusinessDesk.com joined forces on a survey into the manufacturing sector to give North West manufacturers a voice and have their say on the big issues facing their businesses. NAA Chief Executive Carol Holden OBE took part in a roundtable discussing the issues. Here’s a summary of the final report. There can […]
NAA Update: Celebrating the successes of the automotive industry in the North West
Make sure that you’re at the NAA 2015 Awards Dinner to celebrate the region’s success and witness announcements in person… I hope that you’re all getting your glad-rags ready for the 2015 Annual Dinner on 12th November, I’m really looking forward to the event as it has become the day in the year where we […]
In the Driving Seat: Andy Graveson, Automotive Team Manager GB, Festo Ltd
Find out more about Andy Graveson, Automotive Team Manager GB, Festo Ltd; the photo may give away one of Andy’s main hobbies… Name Andy Graveson Company Festo Ltd Position Automotive team manager, GB Apart from that Also members of the NEAA Association with NAA Members for 3 years Why did you join the NAA? Starting […]
NAA Awards Dinner 2015 – last chance to book tickets
Have you booked a table yet for the NAA Awards Dinner on 12 November 2015 at The Mere Hotel in Cheshire? If not, then do this today, because the event is looking to be a bumper evening with over 250 tickets already sold or reserved. We currently have two speakers, our chairman Michael Straughan (Member […]
NAA Member Company News: CSA Group Opens a Comprehensive Transportation Laboratory in Leyland
CSA Group, a global provider of testing and certification services and leading standards development organisation, has opened an updated laboratory for testing and certification of equipment used in transportation. Utilising the latest technology, the laboratory is one of the most comprehensive transportation testing facilities in Europe… The Leyland facility offers structural, NVH, whole vehicle, powertrain, […]
NAA Event Review: Jaguar Land Rover, Halewood, 14 October 2015
The recent NAA tour of Jaguar Land Rover’s production facility at Halewood was fully subscribed within just a few hours of the email going out; here’s a summary of what NAA members experienced… NAA visitors looked at the layout of the 3.5-mile trim and final line and discussed how JLR uses a barcode system to […]
