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Event Review: Business Excellence Member Networking Event – Mini Gears, 18 February 2014
Last month, NAA Business Excellence members enjoyed a tour of Mini Gears and were treated to an excellent presentation from the company’s chairman, Paul Darwent. To our knowledge, Mini Gears is the second NAA company that started off in a garage and has grown to a turnover of around £10 million. Mini Gears started off […]
Event Review: SMMT SME Support Roadshow, 5 March 2014
Wednesday 5 March saw the return of the SMMT’s SME Support Roadshow for the North West, which was a joint event between SMMT, NAA and Greater Manchester Business Growth Hub. The event included presentations from the SMMT, NAA, BIS, UKTI, Industry Forum, Greater Manchester Growth Hub, MAS and Access to Finance to raise awareness of […]
Event Review: Future Powertrain Conference, attended by Carol Holden
I attended the inaugural Future Powertrain Conference 19-20 February at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull. The two days were full of technical presentations in two streams covering a multitude of subjects together with several keynote speakers. Jerry Hardcastle gave us an entertaining keynote speech on the Wednesday evening challenging us to whether there was a […]
NAA Business Excellence Member News: Torotrak awarded TSB grant to integrate KERS into a manual gearbox in Lotus-led consortium, and separate grant for Supply Chain Project
Torotrak has been awarded a Technology Strategy Board grant to develop a new application of the Flybrid KERS technology for integration into a manual gearbox, in collaboration with lead technology partner Lotus Cars Limited The award has been made under the Technology Strategy Board’s Low Carbon Vehicles Integrated Delivery Programme 10: ‘Building an Automotive Supply […]
Industry/SMMT News: SMMT Compiles More Than 500 Top Facts About UK Automotive
More than 500 of the hottest UK automotive facts have been compiled by the SMMT Over 30 manufacturers build 70+ models here, but where are they and what do they make? A total of 2.6 million new vehicles were registered in 2013, but which were the top models? There are more than 35 million vehicles […]
Industry/SMMT News: UK Automotive Supply Chain Gains £13m Boost
The UK automotive sector has secured a share of government-backed Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI) funding worth £45.5m to UK-based suppliers. The SMMT bid, submitted on behalf of the sector, has delivered £13.3m in government funding, which leverages £32.2m of industry contributions AMSCI is a funding competition run through the Department for Business, Innovation […]
Manufacturing electronic systems of the future COMPETITION FOR COLLABORATIVE R&D AND FEASIBILITY STUDY FUNDING FEBRUARY 2014
Summary The Technology Strategy Board is to invest up to £4.75m in collaborative R&D and feasibility studies to stimulate innovation and growth in the manufacture of electronic systems. We are looking to fund projects that explore novel manufacturing processes that could lead to new ways of making products in future. The early exploitation of these […]
NAA Update: There are lots of interesting events coming up, please ensure that these dates are in your diary
There are lots of events coming up that you should put in your diaries, including the next Business Excellence Networking Meeting at Mini Gears, a ‘support update’ in conjunction with the SMMT, a conference about innovation at Bentley, another Business Excellence Networking Meeting at the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power, the International Festival of Business, and […]
NAA Business Excellence Programme Update: If you wish to apply for project funding, ‘time is of the essence’!
January has proven to be a very positive start to 2014 for the Business Excellence Programme with five new members (see below), taking us to a grand total of 118. Our target is to recruit 15 additional members by March from the North West region. Therefore if you are an existing member and have suppliers […]
In the Driving Seat: Jon Hilton, Commercial Director, Torotrak
It sounds like Jon Hilton should be entering one of his own cars in this year’s Cholmondeley Pageant of Power Name Jon Hilton Company Torotrak Plc Position Commercial Director Apart from that IMechE – Vice President and Honorary Treasurer Association with NAA New to the NAA – Torotrak became BE members in November and excitingly […]
