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NAA News: Energy Market Update
This month has already seen UK gas and power markets experience a level of volatility not seen in years, with prices across both commodities, near and far curve, experiencing close to 10% rises over the course of three days during the first week of April… Some of the contributors to the price shifts include: Arrival […]
NAA Project News: Erasmus Automotive 4:0 project meeting, Berlin
The NAA is a partner in the Erasmus Automotive 4:0 project and the European partners recently met at Dekra in Berlin; this time around there was some significant progress, with tangible outputs from the two days of discussions… The Auto 4:0 project is developing open education resources (OERs) to support the upskilling of the automotive […]
NAA Member News: NAA networking event leads to start of business partnership between two NAA members
An NAA networking event has led to a new business partnership between two NAA members, NGF Europe and MELO World… NGF Europe Limited, a company at the forefront of the design, manufacture and marketing of specialised glass cord products used in synchronous drive applications, had been considering updating its visual management throughout the factory: Carl […]
NAA Member News: BAC Celebrates Historic Milestone as Centenary Mono is Delivered to Strøjer Samlingen Museum, Denmark
Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) is celebrating a momentous achievement in its history, officially reaching the landmark of 100 BAC Monos delivered around the world… A special milestone demands a very special car, and the 100th Mono that rolled out of BAC’s Liverpool factory at the start of March is fittingly the first supercar to sport […]
NAA Member News: Women in Engineering at CAL
Chloe Thomas and Kara McDougall, two LJMU Design Engineering Placement students at CAL, talk about their experience of being women in engineering and how they believe more women can be inspired to enter the industry… What do you think can be done to rectify the gender imbalance within the engineering industry? Kara McDougall (K): The […]
NAA Member News: GEFCO retains Decathlon contract for third consecutive year
GEFCO, a global provider of industrial supply chain services and the European leader in automotive logistics, has extended its contract with leading sport equipment and sportswear company Decathlon until 2020… The renewed contract marks the third year of partnership between the two organisations, which began with a project, launched in 2017, for the transportation of […]
Industry News: Government Gives Green Light to New Competitiveness and Productivity Initiative for Automotive Manufacturers
Innovative NMCL package will boost the performance of the UK’s advanced manufacturing supply chain as part of the government’s Industrial Strategy commitment to the UK’s automotive supply chains… The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced its selection of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Levels (NMCL) programme as the mechanism to deliver the […]
NAA Update: A challenging time for our industry
This past month has certainly been an extremely challenging time for the automotive industry, with some of the UK’s leading vehicle manufacturer’s announcing more bad news… Perhaps the biggest surprise was Honda’s announcement that it will close its Swindon plant in 2021, with the loss of around 3,500 jobs. This is devastating news for the […]
In the Driving Seat: Sam German, Design Engineering Apprentice, Leyland Trucks
To tie in with the NAA’s recent event at Leyland Trucks [link], our In the Driving Seat article this month is by Sam German, Design Engineering Apprentice, Leyland Trucks… NameSam German CompanyLeyland Trucks PositionDesign Engineering Apprentice PersonalI like to watch and play a lot of sport, i.e. golf, football and running, and I also like […]
NAA Member Profile: Carbon Performance
Carbon Performance is an automotive consumer technology company that develops next-generation, smart, metal 3D printed, environmentally-sustainable components for the automotive and the motorsport industry that improve performance and fuel efficiency using a wide array of deep technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Additive Manufacturing or 3D Printing, Augmented Reality, and Internet of Things… “Adding power makes […]
