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SPAL Automotive UK makes confident return to LAMMA 2024

SPAL Automotive UK is ready to respond to enquiries for diverse agricultural applications at #LAMMA24 following discussions at last year’s show about using fans as a low energy way to dry wood for kindling and for ventilation for farm buildings.Dates for your diary:Wednesday 17th January 8.30am - 5.30pmThursday 18th January 8.30am - 4.30pm...

Thrills and spills on the drift circuit for Stuart Egdell

Pro-Drifter Stuart Egdell has been doing the Summer circuit of events and meet ups to do with all things racing both here at home and away.  It’s been a tale of mishaps and mayhem and he has only just stopped to take a breath and update us on his exploits....

Stuart Egdell at the Championnat de France de Drift

We’ve already published pro-drifter Stuart Egdell’s exciting account of his wildcard entry in Drift France but then he sent us this more in-depth version which gives greater insight into the mind of a driver and how carefully he prepares for each race....

Stuart Egdell embraces his wildcard status

Catching up with our pro-drifter Stuart Egdell, has been on the circuit both home and away. In June he competed as a wildcard in the 3rd round of the Championnat de France de Drift and sent this latest incident packed report:...

The Third Certainty

I have been told there are only two certainties in life, but now I feel compelled to add a third – death, taxes and thermal management. Almost everything we do will cause an increase in temperature, even if we don’t want it to and with every process where there is a transfer of energy, something, somewhere is going to get hot and that will require cooling.  Of course, in engineering terms, things need to get hot to be effective but when heat reaches a certain level, it becomes dest...

Engineering talent shines at Harper Adams Scholarship presentation

It’s official the sheer enthusiasm of Harper Adams students is uplifting. That’s according to SPAL Automotive MD Matthew Morris who attended the university’s annual scholarship presentation on Tuesday 17th May.SPAL is one of over 70 organisations providing scholarships, this is its 4th year supporting the award-winning agricultural university and Matthew was pleased to attend the official handing over of the £2,500 bursary to outstanding student Elliot Lack, Year 2, MEng Mechanical Engine...

Wild weekend at Japfest

We've been following the exploits of pro-drifter Stuart Egdell who has had quite a dramatic showing at Japfest Silverstone 2023 (April 23), the high-speed performance Japanese car event.Here is his account of how it went....

OBR reports on latest improvements on the road to #FSUK2023

Amazing to think with this year’s Formula Student events not far off, Oxford Brookes Racing has sent us an update to say that they have only just completed the testing and retirement the 2022 car and can now fully focus on the 2023 model!...

SPAL offers cool solution for pro drifter

When Pawel Cierniak, BDM for OEM at SPAL Automotive UK met racing driver Stuart Egdell at Autosport International earlier this year it was a match made in thermal management heaven!The pro drifter was on the lookout for some highly efficient cooling for his modified race car to keep the engine ticking over while it performs (mostly sidewards) on the track. Drift racing is hugely exhilarating to participate in and to watch but it can be a challenge to the vehicle. Since the driving tech...

Multi trophy winning Sovereign Brass

House band Sovereign Brass has been on winning form so far in 2023 and we haven’t kept up with progress, so we’ve rounded up Facebook posts from March and April which detail the band’s competition standing as it prepares for next performance - Last Night of the Proms on 20th April. ...

SPAL supports WWT bird box project

On the bright spring morning after the clocks went forward, SPAL Automotive UK MD Matthew Morris headed out to Lower Smite Farm, Worcestershire Wildlife Trust’s (WWT) HQ, to find out how the organisation is helping to create safe spaces for breeding birds....

MIA EEMS 2023 - Net Zero Motorsport Conference 

Fresh from MIA #EEMS2023, SPAL Automotive UK MD, Matthew Morris is still buzzing from the presentations by motorsport industry experts about what the journey to net zero means for motorsport and understanding the role of SPAL high-performance fans in that context; especially with the expansion of petrol hybrid racing....

SPAL gives a boost to future engineering talent at Harper Adams

Last week, SPAL Automotive UK MD Matthew Morris was honoured to be invited along once again to the wonderful period buildings of Harper Adams University to help choose the next recipient of the exclusive scholarship from SPAL at the award-winning agricultural seat of learning.A total of five hopeful engineering students applied for the scholarship which posed the question:‘Where and how could SPAL products fit into the broader automotive electrification program as a part of the total thermal m...

New coolant pumps to feature at #FPC2023

It’s just two weeks to go until the Future Propulsion Conference and SPAL is looking forward to our regular attendance at the compact and highly focused event which brings together industry and academic experts in the propulsion development field....

SPAL positioned for the future at Low Carbon Agriculture

As one of the more niche exhibitions in the agriculture sector calendar, the UK team at SPAL wanted to be at the Low Carbon Agriculture Show to make specialist connections and promote its range of high-performance fans and blowers for thermal management and HVAC. Pawel Cierniak Business Development Manager for OEMs was impressed that the relatively small scale show was a great opportunity to talk about SPAL’s new extension to the brushless range, a coolant pump. ...

OBR prepare team for the world of work

Oxford Brookes Racing Formula Student team returned early from Christmas break to give everyone a taste of what working in the automotive industry is really like.As well as getting ahead with the design of the new OBR23 chassis, optimising the carbon laminate and re-designing hardpoints to integrate with the rest of the OBR23 systems, they fitted in two complete test days to check progress and identify where to make improvements. ...

USM forges ahead with 2023 electric race car

University of Strathclyde Motorsport got in touch to tease their impressive Formula Student entry USM23 and thank SPAL UK for its ongoing support.  ...

LAMMA 23 generates enquiries for alternative fan applications

Fresh from two days at LAMMA surrounded by impressive applications with SPAL fans onboard, good conversations with the bigger spares distributors and spotting opportunities for the new range of brushless water pumps; SPAL UK MD Matthew Morris was impressed by enquiries for alternative applications for the range of high-performance fans....

Statement of Intentions 2023

Matthew Morris MD at SPAL Automotive UK reflects on 2022 and anticipates the year ahead.It is interesting when you look back on 2022 and its multiple issues, that whilst there have been improvements in some areas, there is still much uncertainty in the geopolitical arena which is still affecting our industry, notably the supply chain and the supply of different forms of energy.At SPAL UK, we are keeping pace with the latest advances in propulsion – electric, hydrogen (both fuel cell and portab...

A day in the life of Pawel Cierniak

Another in our series of blogs finding more about the SPAL UK team., we talk to Pawel Cierniak. Pawel only joined SPAL Automotive UK in April 2022 but it didn’t take long for him to become immersed in the ethos of SPAL and its product range. He instinctively understands what engineers need to know about fans and blowers and how to communicate that with enthusiasm.We caught up with the OEM Business Development Manager for the ‘A Day in the Life’ treatment....

OBR23 hits the ground running

Nothing excites us more than hearing from Formula Student teams year after year about how they are growing and learning to become the next generation of innovative engineers.  Oxford Brookes Racing sent us an update on next year’s car - OBR23 – telling us their plans for the competition and how to put into practice all the experience gained from OBR22. There is a big focus getting as many people involved in the project as possible so naturally the update kicks off with a famous team quo...

Jas P Wilson is SPAL Approved

SPAL UK Ltd is delighted to announce that Jas P Wilson will be joining the Approved Dealer network specialising in the forestry sector. Jas P Wilson supplies and supports many of the most highly regarded forestry and firewood machinery brands, with a diverse customer base covering a range of sectors across the UK & Ireland....

Technical Bulletin 7 - Introducing the new coolant pump

In Technical Bulletin No. 7, Matthew Morris, SPAL Automotive UK MD, introduces a new coolant pump and explains the reasoning behind its manufacture. The new SCP02 is an exciting development for us and thermal management with the pump being another component that makes the overall system more efficient. ...

SPAL to make bold statement at LAMMA 2023

SPAL Automotive UK is making a bold statement at LAMMA Show in 2023 with a strikingly cool stand design which creates impact through a pure product focus. ...

SPAL goes retro at Low Carbon Agriculture

As the agriculture sector turns its focus to being part of the solution to the UK achieving Net Zero by 2050, SPAL has signed up to the Low Carbon Agriculture Show next February. As a designer and manufacturer of high-performance axial fans and centrifugal blowers for thermal management and HVAC we will be there to highlight our role in helping reduce emissions in agricultural equipment and machinery through the retrofitting of electric fan arrays to replace hydraulic systems....