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NAA Member News: Hydrogen Dual-fuel Bin Lorries are a World First
ULEMCo, the company championing the use of ultra-low emission hydrogen fuelled vehicles, has delivered the world’s first hydrogen dual-fuel bin lorries to Fife Council in Scotland… The lorries are converted to run on dual hydrogen / diesel fuels, and will deliver reduced carbon emissions as well as improving air quality for the local community. The […]
Event review: Automechanika Birmingham and SMMT Open Forum
Automechanika took place for the first time at Birmingham’s NEC from 7-9 June 2016, and the NAA had a stand at the event showcasing Force Technology, Fylde CNC, Erlson Precision Components, Auto Marine Cables, Tilsatec, Wilson Gunn and the STRIVE project. As well as incorporating more of a supply chain focus rather than just purely […]
Event review: Cholmondeley Power & Speed 2016
The NAA, Helical Technology and Automotive Comms shared a hospitality table at Cholmondeley Power and Speed, which took place from 10-12 June 2016. Helical’s customers and prospective NAA members were hosted at the event, which featured a wide variety of vehicles competing on the sprint circuit in the grounds of Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire – […]
Win £750 with the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) prize – deadline 30 June 2016
Win £750 with the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) prize – deadline 30 June 2016 The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is looking for the 2016 winner of the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) prize, which forms part of the IET Young Woman Engineer (YWE) of the Year Awards. The Women’s Engineering Society Prize is awarded […]
Horizon 2020: The European Commission has launched two Horizon prizes to support the identification of ideas for drastically reducing air pollution caused by transport
€5 million in Horizon Prizes to help create clean engines The European Commission has launched two Horizon prizes to identify breakthrough ideas that could drastically reduce air pollution caused by transport. A €3.5 million Horizon Prize for the Cleanest Engine of the Future and a €1.5 million Horizon Prize for the Engine Retrofit for Clean […]
infocus Awards for Women In Innovation
Our role at Innovate UK is to identify and nurture the next generation of brilliant innovators. Women are under-represented in the field of innovation, and that needs to change. It means as a nation we’re failing to harness, capitalise on and celebrate the entrepreneurial talent of female innovators to the detriment of our economy. Boosting […]
NAA Update: After a fascinating visit to Vodafone Automotive, make sure you don’t miss out on forthcoming events
Our Vodafone Automotive visit has now been and gone, so please make sure you have the following events in your diaries, as you will always learn something from them, as well as making new business relationships… I am writing this immediately after our networking meeting at Vodafone, it was a not-to-be-missed event as you will […]
In the Driving Seat: Andrew Smith, Managing Director, Vodafone Automotive UK
Andrew Smith is Managing Director of Vodafone Automotive UK (see our report about the NAA visit to this company in the newsletter below), but he invites NAA members to ask him more over a beer about the ‘unforgettable time he had in a previous role as Managing Director of Ford Greece’ – sounds like an […]
NAA member company profile: GEFCO
From supply to distribution, GEFCO provides global and integrated management and optimisation of the logistics chain for its industrial customers… Renowned for the reliability of its services, GEFCO has expertise in automotive logistics – one of the most demanding sectors – in order to respond to the globalisation of industrial flows and the needs of […]
NAA Project News: SPLICE project to develop polymer springs to help accelerate vehicle lightweighting
Researchers at WMG, part of the University of Warwick, together with Force Technology and the Northern Automotive Alliance (NAA), have won research funding worth £244,090 from Innovate UK for a project that will develop polymer springs for vehicles in order to reduce vehicle weight, so improving fuel efficiency and lowering emissions… The project, led by […]
