Case Studies

A Wales-based business is proving “instrumental” in the success of vehicles as wide ranging as London Taxis, Morgan Cars, Jaguar, Aston Martin, MG, Land Rover and kit cars – as well as buses and canal boats and classic rally and racing cars.

Just two years into setting up, interiors specialists Cobra UK Automotive Products lost their two biggest clients overnight when MG Rover went into liquidation. So the company simply went out and won new business - and is now planning its next stage of expansion – quadrupling capacity.

When Connaught Motor Co. Ltd. was founded in 2002, the aim of the directors and co-partners was to produce a genuinely exciting car that was also environmentally friendly. With the assistance of the Welsh Assembly Government, their new factory is now taking shape and orders are coming in for a hybrid car capable of 170mph - as well as for the only retro-fit hybrid system in the world which can be used in delivery vans as well as cars.

“Cold forming” produces finished metal products with a superior finish and material properties. And one of its leading exponents is Floform. With some 70% of its output exported, Wales-based Floform is now a global player - and it maintains its market position through its emphasis on quality.

A Wales company is forging an exciting future with a simple, innovative idea with massive potential to save the global automotive sector cost and time.

While the world’s leading automotive companies compete to create the ultimate eco-friendly transport, a research team in a University in Wales believes it already has the answer – and it has the support of some world leading names, as well as the Welsh Assembly Government, to help bring its futuristic vision into reality. The Hydrogen Bus, developed at University of Glamorgan, is a new triple hybrid technology vehicle that is already attracting attention from major players all around the world.