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In the Driving Seat: Christopher McHugh, Technical Manager, Sigmatex
Although committed to developing the latest textile technology for industries such as automotive, it sounds like Christopher McHugh may secretly prefer to be driving up the Pacific Coast Highway in a Pontiac Firebird listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd Name Christopher McHugh Company Sigmatex Position Technical Manager Apart from that Associate with the Textile Institute, Member of […]
NAA News: Should next year’s Annual Awards Dinner be held at Carden Park? Join the debate now on LinkedIn
Do you think that next year’s NAA Annual Awards Dinner should be held at Carden Park once again? – or somewhere else? – join the debate on LinkedIn The NAA has now resurrected its presence on LinkedIn, and we will be using this medium to encourage a two-way debating of issues that concern you, the […]
NAA Event Review: Members Networking Meeting, Pirelli Tyres, 20 November 2013, Carlisle
NAA members who attended the recent meeting at Pirelli were left in no doubt that there’s a lot more to the four circular pieces of black rubber that connect your car to the road than meets the eye The majority of motorists, NAA members amongst them, are likely to give little thought to the one […]
NAA Event Review: Business Excellence Members Networking Meeting, Scorpion Automotive, 5 December 2013, Chorley
The recent Business Excellence meeting at Scorpion Automotive was a fascinating insight into the world of vehicle security and tracking systems, as well as an interesting lesson in how to expand a business into India. There were also presentations about free consultancy to see if your fleet would benefit from electric vehicles from the Energy […]
Event Review: The Advanced Engineering Show, 12/13 November, NEC
The Advanced Engineering Show, held for the first time in Hall 5 at the NEC on 12 & 13 November, proved to be an ideal platform for the NAA to get close to a very diverse range of Automotive-biased companies/sector support groups, and even led to the addition of three new members to the Business […]
NAA 2013 Award Winner Profile: Business Excellence Large Company Of The Year Award
Sponsored by Electron Technical Solutions and presented by Steven Schofield, Managing Director How the award winner was assessed The assessment process for Business Excellence Award winners was based on the linkage of the project to the company objectives, project detail, achievements and future opportunities. The achievements were considered from two perspectives of ‘actual achieved to-date’ […]
NAA 2013 Award Winner Profile: Business Excellence SME Project Of The Year Award
Sponsored by Bentley Motors and presented by Michael Straughan, Board Director for Manufacturing How the award winner was assessed The assessment process for Business Excellence award winners was based on the linkage of the project to the company objectives, project detail, achievements and the future opportunities. The project detail included looking at the method of […]
NAA 2013 Award Winner Profile: Trade Company Of The Year Award
Sponsored by UKTI and presented by Barbara Singleton, Trade Advisor How the award winner was assessed This award was linked to the export activities that companies undertook during 2012. As part of the submission for the award, companies had to identify their market strategy, together with their progress and achievements against the strategy. Winner – […]
NAA 2013 Award Winner Profile: Innovation Company Of The Year Award
Sponsored by Jaguar Land Rover and presented by Richard Else, Plant Operations Director How the award winner was assessed Innovation can mean many things to many people but the clear remit for this award was that it is technical innovation of either a product or a process. This was our most popular award category and […]
NAA 2013 Award Winner Profile: Supply Chain Growth & Competitiveness Award
Sponsored by SMMT Industry Forum and presented by Chris Lewis, Sector Manager, Automotive How the award winner was assessed This was a new award for 2013, and follows on from the activity that Industry Forum has been undertaking in conjunction with the Supply Chain Group of the Automotive Council. The assessment process looked at the […]
