MIRA SHOWERS CELEBRATES QUEEN’S AWARD

The Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, Edward Gillespie OBE, and Councillor Steve Jordan, Leader of Cheltenham Borough Council joined Mira Showers in Cheltenham to celebrate the company’s Queen’s Award for Enterprise, for its innovative Mira Sport Max shower.

This is the second time that Mira Showers has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise.

The Mira Flight Safe anti-slip shower tray, which is manufactured in Mira Showers’ trays and enclosures factory in Hull, scooped the award in 2017. The latest award recognised the Mira Sport Max for its world-first design for electric showers. It uses patented Mira Airboost technology to increase water flow by up to 30 per cent, without using any more water.

AB Dynamics buys US automotive supply business

AB Dynamics, the Bradford-on-Avon based designer and manufacturer of advanced testing systems and measurement products to the global automotive sector, has acquired California based Dynamic Research Incorporated (DRI) for 24.7 million dollars.

DRI is a leading supplier of automotive engineering products and services to the US automotive market. It performs full-scale track testing of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems

(ADAS) and vehicle dynamics tests, providing these services through a test facility and track in California.

AB Dynamics CEO, Dr James Routh, said: “We believe the transaction will not only increase the Group’s access in the growing US market for ADAS and autonomous vehicle testing and verification, but also complements our technical capabilities and facilities. Together we will be unrivalled in ADAS track testing products and well positioned for future growth in an evolving landscape.”