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MEMBERS DIRECTORY 2020 YOUR GUIDE TO NORTH EAST ENGLAND’S AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY HELLO TOMORROW CHANGE IS HAPPENING CONTENTS PAGE CEO REPORT 5 NORTH EAST AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR 6-7 FEATURE: INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED 8-9 MANUFACTURING PARK FEATURE: MINTH 10 ABOUT THE NORTH EAST AUTOMOTIVE ALLIANCE 11 MEET THE NEAA TEAM 12 INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP 13 BUSINESS RESILIENCE GROUP 15 SKILLS GROUP 17 FEATURE: SUSTAINABLE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING 18-19 (SAM) PROJECT INNOVATION GROUPS 21 FEATURE: WERMA 22 TRADE & INVESTMENT GROUP 23 MEMBERS DIRECTORY A-Z 24-78 COMPANY CLASSIFICATION INDEX 79-82 NEAA Directory is published annually by the North East Automotive Alliance Limited. Whilst every care has been taken to ensure that all materials are accurate at the time of going to press, the NEAA cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions and no liability is accepted for omission and failure from any cause. 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Contact us at www.vantec-gl.com/uk or call 0191 416 1133 for more informason ARTICLE | CEO REPORT CEO REPORT Paul Butler, Chief Executive, North East Automotive Alliance On the 27th March 2020, the and competitive supply chain with East England enabling companies to North East Automotive Alliance strengths in research, development be at the forefront of manufacturing (NEAA) celebrated 5 years and innovation in new automotive technology and processes. since its launch. technologies and manufacturing processes. The Driving the Electric Revolution To celebrate this milestone, we initiative is an £80m Industrial have introduced this Members Our new strategy sets out our goals strategy Challenge Funded Directory which will be used to for the NEAA over the next 5-years. programme to establish the UK further enhance the promotion of In the short-term, however, we are as a global leader in the Power the NEAA, member companies and in unprecedented times and facing Electronics, Electric Machines and the region. significant challenges through Brexit, Drives (PEMD) delivering £80 billion in electrification and now Covid-19. Gross Domestic Product by 2050. Over the past 5 years the NEAA has played an important role in bringing It has never been so important that There are plans to develop a the sector together to create an we come together as a sector and globally unique centre of excellence unparallel collaborative network as a region, to allow members and and testbed for Connected and where companies gain from the stakeholders to network, share ideas, Autonomous Vehicles for Logistics leadership and co-ordination of information, best practice and to do (CAVL). The £10m centre would activities of mutual benefit. The business with one another. expand the UK CAV Testbed NEAA has firmly established itself ecosystem and utilises the unique as the largest automotive cluster in The NEAA will continue to assets of the North East’s road the UK and represents and works work cohesively with national transport sector. on behalf of the whole North East and regional government, the automotive sector. We provide a Automotive Council, SMMT, the We have seen how the Government voice for the region’s automotive Welsh Automotive Forum and the has set out its stall to ensure the UK sector and seek to align regional Northern Automotive Alliance to is a leading force in the move to and national strategies to maximise represent the needs of the region electric vehicles and, in industrial impact for the region. and to ensure we are best prepared digitalisation – the North East is for the future. well placed to capitalise on these Having successfully delivered our opportunities. start up strategy the NEAA Board The true impact of a clusters, has set our NEAA Strategic Plan for however, is felt over the medium to The team and I look forward to the mid and long term. Our vision long-term and we are now starting working with members and is that the North East Automotive to see the potential impacts of our stakeholders throughout these Alliance will be, the catalyst through early endeavours. difficult times and to realise our which the North East becomes the vision. location of choice for automotive The Centre of Excellence investment in Europe and that for Sustainable Advanced the region will be recognised as a Manufacturing (CESAM) will be true automotive powerhouse with the catalyst for manufacturing a very dynamic, forward looking productivity improvement in North northeastautomotivealliance.com NEAA Directory 2020 | 5 ARTICLE | NORTH EAST AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR THE SECOND LARGEST REGION IN THE UK FOR VEHICLE PRODUCTION Over the past thirty years the The North East has a strong, flexible skilled, loyal workforce, trained in the North East has established itself supply base and is home to some very latest manufacturing processes as a centre of excellence for of the leading global automotive and techniques and is renowned for automotive manufacturing. companies including Adient, Borg its exceptional productivity. Warner, ElringKlinger, Envision The region produces 30% of all UK AESC, Faltec, Gestamp, Kasai, More than 63,500 specialists work passenger vehicles, which includes Lear, Magna, Marelli, Minth, Nifco, in the advanced manufacturing 20% of all electric vehicles across Novares, SNOP, Unipres, Hyperdrive sector, 126,000 in the wider Europe, 10% of all UK non-highway Innovation, AVID Technology and manufacturing sector and 51,000 vehicles, and 350,000 engines per ZF. The region also boasts a wealth STEM students coming through year. of specialist SMEs and numerous its universities - the North East has R&D centres, totalling over 300 one of the most solid, reliable and More recently, it has established companies. sustainable workforces in the UK. itself as the leading UK location for battery manufacturing and has The region is also well placed to Infrastructure become a world leader in power capitalise on an electrified future The North East has excellent electronics, motors and drives. It and is home to Europe’s first battery connectivity to the wider UK, Europe is home to a globally competitive giga and has established strengths and other global markets thanks supply chain which consists of 31 tier in power electronics and electric to its outstanding infrastructure, 1 suppliers and a wealth of specialist machines. Today, the region including Newcastle and Tees Valley SMEs, numerous R&D centres and a produces over 1million electric international airports and seven strong business support network. motors per annum. ports (Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth, Hartlepool, Port of Tyne, Redcar, Combined, these companies’ Off-Highway & Commercial Vehicles Sunderland and Teesport). The Port employe over 30,000 people and The North East of England is of Tyne is a major European vehicle turnover £11 billion per annum. home to 3 of the 5 leading off- handler, located just four miles from highway manufacturers in the UK – Nissan’s Sunderland plant, with three Passenger Vehicles Caterpillar, Komatsu and Liebherr. car terminals processing 600,000 The region is home to the largest vehicles every year. and most successful passenger Powertrain vehicle plant in the UK, Nissan Motor The region has established strengths in The International Advanced Manufacturing UK, Sunderland. the production of internal combustion Manufacturing Park (IAMP) is one engines, producing approximately the most important development Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK – 350,000 engines per annum. In sites in the north of England, if Key facts; addition, the region has growing not the country. With up to 150 • 10m cars since the launch in 1986 strengths in the electric motors and hectares of development land • Invested £3.5bn currently produces over 1m per annum to the north of Nissan UK IAMP is • Accounts for 30% of all UK car a hub for automotive, advanced production Workforce manufacturing and technology • Exports to more than 130 markets North East England has a highly businesses, accelerating economic www.northeastautomotivealliance.com /the-ne-automotive-industry/ 6 | NEAA Directory 2020 northeastautomotivealliance.com ARTICLE | NORTH EAST AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR growth and generating the 4 national centres of the Driving for Connected and Autonomous conditions for private sector the Electric Revolution programme; Mobility (CAM) whilst utilising the investment of over £400 million. which seeks to make the UK a unique assets of the North East’s IAMP is designated a ‘Nationally global leader in the manufacture road transport sector. Significant Infrastructure Project’ of core technologies that underpin (NSIP) by the UK Government. electrification: