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Industry News: McLaren Automotive Inaugurates New Carbon Composites Technology Centre in Yorkshire
A key milestone has been marked at the Yorkshire manufacturing centre that from 2019 will start producing carbon fibre tubs for McLaren Automotive, the British creator of luxury sports cars and supercars, at the same time that McLaren Manchester opens state-of-the-art facility in Wilmslow, Cheshire… As darkness descended at the £50 million McLaren Composites Technology […]
Industry News: Ford to supply extended technical and financial support to M-Sport Ford World Rally Team
Ford Motor Company has announced a new agreement to supply extended technical and financial support to long-term motorsport partner M-Sport – winner of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ titles in 2017 with the EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta WRC… NAA member Force Technology is the supplier of engine valve springs to M-Sport, providing […]
Industry News: Get involved with Formula Student 2018
Now in its 20th year and with the start of the new Autonomous competition, now is the perfect time to get involved with Formula Student… Highlight your brand, job opportunities and offers with the Formula Student community during the run up to the competition from January onwards with emails, newsletters and social media channels to […]
Industry News: Exclusive 2018 Offer for Automotive Tier-1 Suppliers – Free places on New Product Launch Excellence (NPLX)
One of the key success factors for the UK Automotive supply chain is to ensure that New Product Introduction (NPI) capabilities, particularly sub Tier-1, are effectively supporting successful new product launches by improving the performance of quality, cost and delivery… Initiated by the UK Automotive Council and endorsed by OEMs, the New Product Launch Excellence […]
Industry Event Review: Automotive Advanced Materials: 2D or not 2D?
‘Automotive Advanced Materials: 2D or not 2D’ kicked off the APC’s series of events entitled ‘The Future of Technologies Series 2018’ and took place in the iconic Whitworth Hall at the University of Manchester on the 30th January… The NAA supported the event with a stand in an exhibition area, and around 200 attendees at […]
The NAA & GDPR
Most of you will be aware that the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force in May 2018. Our aim here is to explain what information we have stored about you and how we manage that data… Our information about you comes from one of three sources: A business card that you have […]
MMU ERDF Programmes
SMART Cheshire Innovation Programme: A programme for SMEs based in Cheshire/Warrington. It is designed the help businesses to innovate through the launch of new products/services. It is a programme of workshops, group sessions and coaching over a 12 week period and provides a roadmap for new products from idea to commercialisation. Manchester Fuel Cell innovation […]
Nominations Open – 2018 E3 Business Awards
1 Events Media, the host of the annual E3 Business Awards, has announced that nominations for the 2018 event are now open. There will be eighteen award categories this year, and entries are encouraged from small and medium sized business, entrepreneurs, charities and social enterprises throughout the North West. The Awards ceremony will take place […]
2017 UK car manufacturing declines by 3% but still second biggest output since turn of the century
A 9.8% fall in output for the domestic market drove the overall decline, as the market responded to declining business and economic confidence and confusion over government’s policy on diesel. Exports also fell, though at a much lower rate, by 1.1%. Overseas demand continued to dominate production, accounting for 79.9% of all UK car output […]
NAA Update: Happy New Year, planning for Brexit, and FREE training for NAA members
Happy New Year to you all and welcome to our first newsletter of 2018, I’m sure it will be another year of opportunities and challenges for everyone… We start the year with the news that car registrations were down in December; however, 2017 was still the third largest year in this decade and we are […]
