‘Vauxhall’
An Engineeringtalk guide
Start with the news release
Automotive contract uses progression pressing from
Ladbrook Engineering, which we summarised at the time by saying "Ladbrook Engineering has won a contract to manufacture pressed metal parts for SCL, an important supplier to the global automotive sector.".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Autodesk raring to go in touring car season from
Autodesk: "Autodesk is again to sponsor Triple Eight Race Engineering in the 2006 British Touring Car Championships.".
In January 2006, we covered the news from Epsilon Test Services
- take a look at Field service engineers hit the road
which says: "Seventy fuel efficient Vauxhall Corsa cars have been delivered to electrical testing specialist Epsilon Test Services for its entire UK force of field service engineers.".
Take a look also at the news release from Manufacturing Institute, Hitachi Automotive stars in NW awards,
as well as Exhausting business for Europressings from Corus Automotive,
and Event explains ventilation in the context of COSHH from British Occupational Hygiene Society.
Latest stories...
Vision-equipped robot slashes inspection times (June 2005)
Saab Automobile PowerTrain uses a vision-equipped robot to reduce inspection times on its gearboxes to just 40 seconds.
UK manufacturing has more positives than reported (April 2005)
Mike Hall, Chairman of the Metalforming Machinery Makers' Association (MMMA) is more positive about the UK economy.
Academy expands in the North West (March 2005)
Automotive Academy Chairman, and Chief Executive of Jaguar and Land Rover, Joe Greenwell has officially launched the Automotive Academy North West spoke.
Bespoke systems answer measurement demands (November 2004)
Development of control and measurement instrumentation for wave power units is just one of the bespoke projects currently under way at Synectic Design.
Substantial fines for companies after rail death (October 2004)
Two companies have been fined a total of GBP325,000 by the Central Criminal Court, London, following the death of a railway worker in October 2000.
Manufacturing excellence recognised at Corus (August 2004)
Corus Tubes has won the prestigious IMechE MX2004 Manufacturing Excellence Award for Resource Efficiency.
Eilander and Oittinen expand Oxford team (August 2004)
Oxford Sensor Technology has expanded its team with two new arrivals.
Seminar focuses on exposure to biological agents (July 2004)
If you are a health and safety professional with responsibility for controlling workplace exposure to harmful bacteria and viruses, then book your place at the BOHS seminar and exhibition.
Further reading
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Transducer help for Vauxhall Vectra touring cars
Toward the middle of their 1998 - 1999 season, the Triple Eight Race Engineering team started fitting position transducers supplied by Variohm Components to their Vauxhall Vectra touring cars
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Smart sensing in sponsored Vauxhall Astra GTE
Turck Banner is sponsoring a Vauxhall Astra GTE car in the Janspeed Road Saloon Championship, and the car is fitted with sensor technology to provide driver Simon Jackson with important information
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