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NAA Event Review: Helical Technology, 17 May 2018, Warton
What a great visit to the Helical Technology Centre at Warton. Charles Morris opened the proceedings and kept the audience engaged and amused with his presentation on the history and the new innovations at the company… Helical is a company continuously searching for the next big idea and we will watch closely to see what […]
NAA Member News: GEFCO welcomes Pudsey for BBC Children in Need event
Coventry-based logistics specialist GEFCO UK launched its BBC Children in Need cycle challenge with a kick-off event on Thursday 10th May with a guest appearance from Pudsey… The four-day, 300-mile event will see the team set off from GEFCO UK’s headquarters at Prologis Park, Coventry on 7th September, travelling across the Channel and through rural […]
NAA Member News: Scorpion wins Made in the North West ‘Automotive Award’ 2018
Scorpion Automotive has won the ‘Automotive Award’ which recognises the achievements of manufacturers and supply chain companies in the sector at Insider Media’s 2018 Made in the North West Awards at the Lowry Hotel, Manchester… Held in association with the Department for International Trade, the event enjoyed a 50% rise in entries on 2017. It […]
NAA Member News: TISS Continues Global Expansion with Indian Joint Venture
TISS Ltd, the world’s leading authority on fuel security and siphoning, has announced the launch of a joint venture company in India named TISS-KGK Security Systems Pvt. Ltd… The announcement comes as TISS also reveals that during the last 12 months over 180,000 TATA vehicles in India have been fitted with the TankSafe® anti-siphon due […]
Northern Automotive News: McLaren Automotive gets the key to its new McLaren Composites Technology Centre in Yorkshire
A significant milestone has been reached as the ‘key’ to the building that will house the new £50m McLaren Composites Technology Centre (MCTC) was handed over to McLaren Automotive ahead of final fitting out… The MCTC in the Sheffield region will be the Yorkshire-based facility where McLaren will innovate the process for making the ultra-lightweight […]
Event Review: Robert Llewellyn’s Fully Charged LIVE, Silverstone, 9-10 June 2018
Robert Llewellyn took his Fully Charged Show from online on YouTube to real-life at Silverstone on Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 June 2018, and real people turned up – in huge numbers… If ever there was a sign that consumer attitudes towards electric cars are changing, this was it. Strange things started to happen even […]
Green Light for Ultra-Fast Electric Car Charging Innovation
A new pioneering technology to ensure a next generation of safer, high-powered electric car batteries can be charged by drivers in ultra-fast time is just one of 12 innovation projects to receive the green light from the government’s Faraday Battery Challenge. The PowerDrive Line project being led by Southampton-based company Ilika is focusing on solid […]
NAA Update: If you’ve not attended one of our meetings recently, then come along to a forthcoming event
I hope you have your diaries to hand so that you can ensure you participate in at least one of our forthcoming NAA events – these are where the networking happens… Firstly, you have just a couple of days left to register for the May networking meeting which will be held at the Helical Technology […]
In the Driving Seat: James Morris, Chairman, Helical Technology
It’s only a week until the NAA event at Helical Technology; here’s your chance to find out more about James Morris, Helical’s Chairman… Name James Mills Morris Company Helical Technology Ltd Position Chairman Apart from that Director of Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway Association with NAA Helical Technology Ltd has been a member of the NAA […]
NAA Event Review: NAA Deep Dive Workshop – Utilising Machine Available Data
In the first of our focused Deep Dive Workshops, delegates were immersed in all aspects of Machine Production Data Collection and Analysis… Hosted by Getrag, Ford Transmissions, Halewood (GFT), on 17 April 2018, the workshop outlined why GFT collects data and how it uses the data it collects to measure the key metrics it works […]
