Latest news from the Nothwest Automotive Alliance http://www.nwautoalliance.com/news.asp?l1=5 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Vauxhall grew its overall retail market share to an impressive 9.12% over the last year securing once again its number 2 position in the market and closing the gap to the car retail top spot by 3.11ppts in the second half of the year. http://www.nwautoalliance.com/news.asp?newsID=904&l1=5&l2=-1 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT New Year, new start - learn about automotive business opportunities in this newsletter every month, and network with fellow members at various NAA events planned for the year http://www.nwautoalliance.com/news.asp?newsID=889&l1=5&l2=-1 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Since the Mentoring and Technical support competition was launched just 3 months ago, 18 projects have been approved, with a total project value of £265,000. There are a further 9 projects in the pipeline, with a total value of £224k, and only 5 slots for potential member companies remain http://www.nwautoalliance.com/news.asp?newsID=890&l1=5&l2=-1 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Kevin Schofield, a Burnley-born businessman, has been named boss of Futaba-Tenneco's Burnley site, and has become the first non-Japanese managing director across the whole of the worldwide automotive parts giant.. http://www.nwautoalliance.com/news.asp?newsID=891&l1=5&l2=-1 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT You may know Peter Hammond as the MD of Auto Marine Cables and as Director of the NAA, but we now know he'd really prefer to be driving a Ferrari around the Nurburgring http://www.nwautoalliance.com/news.asp?newsID=892&l1=5&l2=-1 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Does this newsletter come to the correct email address? Are there other people who would benefit from receiving this newsletter? Do you no longer want to receive this? Is there anything in particular that you would like to see in the newsletter? Do you have any other feedback? Please let us know - contact Zoe Desoer: z.desoer@nwautoalliance.com or call 07815 284362. http://www.nwautoalliance.com/news.asp?newsID=893&l1=5&l2=-1 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Jaguar Land Rover Lean Learning Academy, based at Halewood Operations in Merseyside, teaches Lean Leadership skills and techniques to Supervisors, Engineers and Managers from Jaguar Land Rover, automotive industry suppliers and other manufacturers. During the course, delegates learn how to deploy lean tools to eliminate waste and continuously improve manufacturing processes http://www.nwautoalliance.com/news.asp?newsID=894&l1=5&l2=-1 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT A Mexican bus company is seeking suppliers of automotive low carbon and hybrid technologies as part of development of a new hybrid diesel-electric bus http://www.nwautoalliance.com/news.asp?newsID=895&l1=5&l2=-1 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT A Brazilian company is looking for UK manufacturers from the Aerospace and Automotive sectors who are interested in partners for the Brazilian market; and a Mexican company that develops and implements predictive maintenance of industrial equipment and machinery is looking for suppliers and new specialised industrial automation products http://www.nwautoalliance.com/news.asp?newsID=896&l1=5&l2=-1 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Despite the UK and European economies continuing to face challenges, the automotive industry is enjoying robust demand from China, Russia, Brazil and other emerging markets, and this is yet to show signs of slowing, but the real recovery in production will be seen from 2013 - driven by major new model programmes and rising demand from Russia. http://www.nwautoalliance.com/news.asp?newsID=897&l1=5&l2=-1 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT