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NAA Member News: OakTec Pulse-R Engine wins MoD contract
Lancaster-based low carbon powertrain specialist OakTec has recently secured its first commercial contract from the MoD to explore the suitability of its novel Pulse-R engine technology to combust a broad spectrum of fuel types in the same engine… The development work will seek to produce a demonstration engine that will combust a range of fuels […]
Funding News: Funding available for SMEs through the APC’s Technology Developer Accelerator Programme (TDAP) programme
The new SME support competition through the Advanced Propulsion Centre, the Technology Developer Accelerator Programme (TDAP), has opened for expressions of interest… TDAP provides mentoring for Technology Developers and SMEs, helping bring forward their innovative Low Carbon Technologies. This is achieved by focusing the development of both their product and organisational capability through better understanding […]
Event review: Presentation of the outcomes from Bentley’s STRIVE virtual design for manufacturing project
STRIVE (Simulated Tools for Rapid Innovation in Vehicle Engineering) is an AMSCI-funded collaborative project between Bentley Motors, the Northern Automotive Alliance, Liverpool University’s Virtual Engineering Centre, Optis and Valuechain. Over the last three years, the project has brought about a step change in Bentley’s design for manufacturing, bringing about a faster time to market by […]
Event review: Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) Event 2016
The NAA once again had a stand at the UK’s leading business-to-business low carbon vehicle event, LCV2016, which took place at Millbrook from 14th to 15th September; read our summary of the event… The Future Of Green Car Technologies At LCV2016 The Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV2016) event showcases the best of current low carbon […]
NAA Update: The NAA is here to help you with issues ranging from responding to the APC’s new Capability Report to applications for new funding opportunities to Brexit
New funding, Brexit, Low Carbon Vehicle Show, International Festival of Business, APC Capability Study, NAA Awards – there’s a lot going on, to find out more, and how the NAA can help you in many of these areas… Between three of us we have been attending many sessions on funding at this moment, primarily R&D. […]
In the Driving Seat: Marc Murray, Senior Automotive Consultant, Kensington Consulting
Find out all about Marc Murray, the Senior Automotive Consultant at Kensington Consulting… Name Marc Murray Company Kensington Consulting Position Senior Automotive Consultant Apart from that Kensington Consulting has been a member of the REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) for over 8 years now and currently hold its Gold Audited status. Association with NAA We […]
Member company profile: Globus
Maximising worker safety, improving productivity and ensuring cost-efficiency are three important factors that underpin the approach of Globus when providing high performance hand protection and Personal Protective Equipment solutions to companies in the Automotive sector… From one of the industry’s broadest portfolios of safety gloves, Globus can provide you with a solution tailored to the […]
NAA Member News: The Queen meets BAC as part of Liverpool International Festival for Business
The team at BAC has played host to a very special guest, with Her Majesty the Queen meeting the team and getting up close with the company’s single seater supercar, the Mono… Her Majesty was visiting Liverpool to meet the key companies and people involved with the International Festival for Business, which ran in the […]
NAA Member News: Land Rover Discovery Sport Pulls 100 Tonne Train
Ripon-based road-to-rail 4×4 conversion specialists Aquarius Railroad Technologies fitted rail wheels to an otherwise standard Land Rover Discovery Sport which towed three train carriages weighing more than 100 tonnes along a railway track… The 10km journey through the Rhine region of northern Switzerland put the compact Discovery Sport’s pulling power to the ultimate test. Though […]
NAA Member News: Range Rover Evoque Hits Five Years Of UK Production
The world’s most recognisable and luxurious compact SUV, the Range Rover Evoque, has reached a historic milestone as it celebrated its fifth year of production at Jaguar Land Rover’s advanced manufacturing facility at Halewood… With over half a million sold globally in more than 180 countries since 2011, the Range Rover Evoque – driven everywhere […]
