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NAA Member Profile: Motordrive Limited
Motordrive is an award-winning privately-owned motorsport seat company with a brand heritage dating back over 35 years… Read more Where are you based?Leyland, Lancashire What do you do?Design and Manufacture world-class FIA motorsport competition seats. What markets are you in?Motordrive supplies advanced FIA racing seats globally, directly to competitors and OEMs alike. What can you […]
NAA Event Review: MTC – Electrifying the NAA
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) hosted our first webinar in February, giving a presentation of its work to date in supporting SMEs and OEMs in their electrification journey and highlighting the available funding opportunities… The webinar also covered: UK Grand Challenges MTC Electrification Journey Digital Manufacturing Accelerator (DMA) in Liverpool Region MTC SME Support Programme […]
NAA Event Review: Webinar – NMCL Automotive
Steve Collins from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) outlined the opportunities available within the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Levels (NMCL) automotive programme… Using £16m of government funding, matched by industry, and with the backing of 25 of the UK’s largest manufacturers, NMCL Automotive has been designed to raise workforce capability and increase productivity […]
NAA Event Review: The Power of the Digital Twin for the Automotive Supply Chain
With the automotive industry speeding towards electrification, Siemens demonstrated how the supply chain can adopt digitalisation to drive their transformation and be ready for the future of transportation… In this webinar we learned about the technologies that are enabling the automotive transformation from product through to operation and saw where manufacturing can benefit from applied […]
NAA Member News: DAF LF Electric for Zero Emission Urban Distribution
DAF Trucks introduces the LF Electric, a 19 tonne fully electric distribution truck for urban applications. The state-of-the-art vehicle offers a range of up to 280 kilometres… DAF is leading the way in electric powertrains for commercial vehicles. DAF was the first European truck manufacturer to commercialise a full electric prime mover: the CF Electric […]
NAA Member News: Langen Motorcycle Two Stroke Model
Langen Motorcycles is excited to be able to share the latest stage of development work going into preparing the 250cc Two Stroke model for production… The all-new Langen Two Stroke is making great progress as it heads towards the initial run of production bikes for the first customers, with road testing and dyno fine-tuning nearing […]
NAA Member News: Senseye Launches ‘Senseye Ready’
Senseye is delighted to announce the launch of Senseye Ready – an ecosystem of partner products that offer direct integration with its award-winning predictive maintenance (PdM) solution, Senseye PdM Complete… A common barrier to predictive maintenance projects is availability of reliable data for condition monitoring. With the introduction of Senseye Ready, Senseye ishelping to overcome […]
Industry News: The Redundancy Support Service for Apprentices – Employers can strengthen their organisation by hiring an apprentice
The COVID-19 outbreak has had a seismic effect on the economy, and some apprentices have been made redundant without completing their apprenticeships, while others are at risk of redundancy. To help these apprentices the Department for Education has recently launched the Redundancy Support Service for Apprentices… The service provides clear, accessible advice and guidance to […]
Industry News: Business Readiness Bulletin – Brexit: New rules are here
All information on Brexit can be found at www.gov.uk/transition. This bulletin is issued by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and provides the latest information for businesses. NEW £20 million SME Brexit Support Fund Importing and Exporting Marketing goods Trade Business Support Helplines Webinars and Podcasts Sector-specific guidance NEW £20 million SME Brexit Support Fund […]
Industry News: Zero Emission Ambulance – Market Engagement Event
The NHS is committed to reducing its direct emissions by 80% by 2028-2032, becoming the world’s first net zero National Health Service by 2040. Reducing carbon emissions from its own vehicle fleet will be crucial in achieving this… To support this commitment the NHS is planning to develop a number of zero emission, lightweight, more […]
