Welcome to the Northwest Automotive Alliance

Providing a focal point for the region’s automotive Industry.

The Northwest Automotive Alliance is an industry-led cluster organisation, supported by the Northwest Development Agency, to provide a focal point for the region's automotive sector. The Northwest is the UK's second most important automotive region and employs over 43,000 people with a sector value of £9billion. 200,000 cars and 20,000 trucks were produced in 2006.

Vision

The Northwest Automotive Alliance (NAA) aims to support the development of World Class Standards of excellence in Manufacture, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Innovation and Workforce Skills for the Northwest Automotive Industry. 

This is achieved through facilitation of demand-led activities responding to the needs of industry

Northwest future vehicle 3d website

The website is a source of information which articulates the future technological trends and developments and identifies key stakeholders who have the potential to contribute to the design, development and manufacture of the vehicle of the future.  Access the website here...

 IMPORTANT RESEARCH PROJECT

England’s RDAs, including the NWDA, are supporting research being taken forward by the IfM, University of Cambridge, into high value production through a survey of companies across the UK. The survey is attempting to further their understanding of the importance of retaining production and the impact of the location of production to company performance.  The stronger the evidence base, the better targeted and prioritised our support for engineering and manufacturing firms will be; by understanding how your company is structured and its profitability and turnover growth, we hope to identify which patterns of production ownership and location may provide the best returns and hence the policy measures needed to best ensure future manufacturing growth and economic competitiveness.  For more information and questionnaire click here