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…

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…

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.…

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…

May sees the return of Future Mobility Asia in Bangkok, with SMMT organising the UK pavilion for a second time, with a larger group of eight exhibitors exploring opportunities in this fast developing and vibrant region. Next month we will…

The SMMT international team have been busy planning activities for the year starting with our next UK delegation to Future Mobility Asia in Thailand in May. SMMT attended for the first time last year and is pleased to be able…

Our International Story is where SMMT interviews members on their international business journey. This month, we hear about Energenics’ story from Mike Attfield, CEO.   Tell us a bit about yourself and your role at Energenics. I have been the…

The Internationalisation Fund is part of a package of support available to SMEs through DIT and provides co-investment of between £1k and £9k to help SMEs overcome tangible barriers to internationalise their business and enter new markets. The fund, supported by…

Following on from the SMMT Webinar focusing on automotive in Thailand, December’s SMMT International Newsletter features guest writer Chanin Khaochan from the Thailand Board of Investment. Amid the rising adoption of cleaner cars around the globe, Thailand, Southeast Asia’s largest automotive…

Following on from the SMMT Webinar focusing on automotive in Indonesia, November’s SMMT International Newsletter features guest writer Efrizal Saputra from the Department for International Trade in Jakarta   ASEAN is foreseen to become a popular destination for foreign direct…