Advanced Propulsion Centre, Coventry
Free and open to all
Overview
Join us for an insightful session exploring how Leyland Trucks has integrated DAF Battery Electric Vehicle production into its UK manufacturing operations.
The presentation will cover assembly and testing processes, specialist risk mitigation facilities, and the company’s transition towards a powertrain-agnostic assembly capability supporting the future of zero-emission truck manufacturing.
EVENT TIMINGS AND VENUE
Timings:
18:00 BST - Refreshments
18:30 BST - Lecture commences
Venue:
Advanced Propulsion Centre
APC Showcase, Ground floor
IIPSI Building
University Road
Coventry
CV4 7AL
Day 1
18:00 - Refreshments
18:30 - Lecture commences
Andrew Irish: Facilities & Maintenance Manager, Leyland Trucks
Andy works as the Facilities & Maintenance Manager at Leyland Trucks as part of the Operations Management team. He joined the organisation in 2000 after graduating from Loughborough University in 2000 with a BEng (Hons) degree in Mechanical Engineering and has since developed to become an accomplished operations leader with more than 25 years of experience. His career has spanned senior roles across Operations, Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, Continuous Improvement and Facilities & Maintenance. Andy has managed numerous, significant Operations projects, ranging from new product industrialisation to major manufacturing facility and process redesigns.
Andy led the assembly process readiness aspects of the Euro 6 and New Generation DAF product introductions at Leyland Trucks, has since supported the incorporation of the Battery Electric DAF products into the assembly process and has been instrumental in the procurement of significant capital funding for the Leyland site in order to achieve capacity, facility reliability, sustainability and energy efficiency goals.
As a Chartered Engineer and IMechE member, Andy actively promotes professional development and engineering Chartership within the organisation.
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