05 February 2025 #International Update

It’s the Year of the Snake, a year to embrace creativity, wisdom and transformation – familiar attributes when we are looking to do business internationally so with this in mind we are looking forward to exploring new markets in 2025

14 January 2025 #International Update

  Thailand is a key automotive player in Southeast Asia Thailand is one of Southeast Asia’s key automotive manufacturing hubs, producing 1.8 million cars, commercial vehicles and buses, plus two million motorcycles in 2023.  Over the past few decades, the

08 January 2025 #International Update

Ahead of a new US administration taking office later this month, SMMT’s first international visit is to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, bringing together innovative automotive businesses with global tech firms. The UK-US automotive relationship is indeed a

05 December 2024 #International Update

As we approach the end of another inspiring year in the UK automotive industry, it’s worth reflecting on the remarkable progress we’ve made in electrification and sustainability through international collaboration. From participating in automotive events in India, Thailand, Vietnam, Germany,

11 November 2024 #International Update

We begin November by leading a UK automotive trade mission to Slovakia, centred on this year’s exciting CEE Automotive Supply Chain event. The UK delegation will receive a market briefing at the British Embassy before the event, which includes a

17 October 2024 #International Update

SMMT’s International team has made a strong start to the autumn season with Automechanika Frankfurt, which boasted over 100 British companies showcasing the best in the UK’s £56.5 billion aftermarket sector. SMMT hosted the UK Pavilion, where 19 companies exhibited

05 September 2024 #International Update

This week the SMMT international team will be at the CENEX Expo at Millbrook, where there will be a number of international delegations visiting the show. Next week, we head to Germany for Automechanika Frankfurt where we have organised the

14 August 2024 #International Update

After a year of significant investment from industry and government, the UK has underlined its place on the global map as a leading location for automotive companies to do business. Heightened international interest is one of the reasons SMMT has

15 July 2024 #International Update

June continued to be a busy month for SMMT’s International team. We hosted a delegation of companies from Catalonia and introduced them to a number of UK companies interested in finding out more about this critical automotive region of Spain.

20 June 2024 #International Update

SMMT’s International team travelled to Thailand with the UK delegation for Future Mobility Asia, followed closely by a visit to Lithuania for the first ever Baltic Automotive Industry Forum conference. Given the global connectedness of our industry, both events centred

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