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SPAL joins the AEA

In a bid to get closer to customers who are more hands on with its range of high-performance fans and blowers, SPAL has joined the Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA)....

SPAL presents voucher to prize draw winner

Lucky Neil Grainger of Always Digging had a visit last week from SPAL’s James Bowett, to be presented with a £50 voucher for a meal at the ‘Masters of Steak’, Miller & Carter. Neil had filled in a feedback form all about SPAL’s high-performance fans and blowers at the UK Plant Operator of the Year 2022 finals for which SPAL was one of the sponsors, and his entry was first out of the hat.  Delighted with his prize, Neil had competed in the finals along with his ‘digger ma...

SPAL on the Bus

SPAL high-performance fans and blowers may be world beating and found all over most makes of buses and coaches performing various jobs but because they are under cover, they are the unseen heroes keeping passengers comfortable, making sure the driver can see out of the windscreen and cooling the engine so that it runs efficiently.   To explain the role of fans and blowers, SPAL Automotive MD Matthew Morris visited the busy depot at Newport Bus in Wales to take viewers on a quick tour of an ...

And the (other) winner is...

On September 10th James Bowett was at the finals of the UK Plant Operator of the Year 2022 where Hannah Jarman’s impressive manoeuvring skills earned her the £10k prize. On the SPAL stand, a voucher for a £50 steak dinner from Miller & Carter was up for grabs as a reward for completing a feedback form about SPAL’s high-performance fans and blowers. Watch this clip of SPAL Automotive UK MD Matthew Morris picking the winner!...

SPAL UK's corporate wear in production

Watch this video clip which gives a glimpse behind the scenes of the SPAL brand being embroidered on the new range of work wear. Fascinating to watch, there’s over 5,000 stitches in that logo!Look out for the UK team photo where they will be sporting the new grey shirts, coming soon....

AJD Off Road puts SPAL fans to the test at Goodwood

Patricia Mori is excited to report her new customer AJD Off Road is a devotee of SPAL fans and has put them to the test at one of the most glamorous motorsport events....

A day in the life of Patricia Mori

We continue in our series of blogs finding more about the SPAL UK team. This time it is the turn of Patricia Mori, Aftermarket BDM Bus & Coach and Truck sectors. As we find out, her partner is a pretty impressive baker and she's lucky to be designated official taster!...

SPAL sponsors UK Plant Operator of the Year

SPAL is excited to announce its sponsorship of the UK Plant Operators Magazine ‘Operator of the Year 2022 competition’ which recognises and celebrates skilled plant operators awarding the winner with an impressive £10k prize!  At the live finals in September where operators go head-to-head to demonstrate their talents, SPAL will be there to join in the fun and to highlight its range of high-performance fans and blowers for construction and off-highway applications....

SPAL is pumped to feature new product at #CTS2022

SPAL has signed up to Motorsport Industry Association Conference & Technology Showcase on 19th October to introduce the SCP02 water cooling pump....

OBR to build multi-year legacy for Formula Student

Formula Student contender Oxford Brookes Racing has been mulling over its team performance and has thanked SPAL for its support in the July FSUK competition....

UH Racing to maximise Formula Student learning opportunity

It was good to hear from University of Hertfordshire Formula Student team - UH Racing celebrating its 25th year taking part in the build-a-race-car-from-scratch competition with electric vehicle UH25. No stranger to the EV format, UH Racing pioneered the first competing electric Formula Student car back in 2009 and 2010. Alas when it came to the Silverstone event in July 2022, a safety issue with the accumulator prompted a decision not to run the car. Joshua Finch, Lead Suspension Engineer and H...

USM celebrates Formula Student firsts

After landing their first event win in 8 years of competing in Formula Student, debuting an electric car, Craig Yeardly, Operations Manager, University of Strathclyde Motorsport (USM) has been in touch to say:“Thank you for making our project possible every year and especially your support throughout our transition to our first electric vehicle!“We achieved some outstanding results in the off-track events which we are incredibly proud of, the highlight being our first event victory in eight ...

Improved visitor experience for new SPAL website

We’re delighted to announce the launch of a new website for SPAL Automotive UK. Not that we didn’t like our old one but as a company that strives continually for technological advancement, we felt that an overhaul and restructuring of the existing site was now due.Developed by Digital Doctor, SPAL’s digital partner, providing a good visitor experience was at the fore of the planning process, enabling website users to find information quickly and in as few clicks as possible whilst providin...

A day in the life of James Bowett

James has been with SPAL Automotive UK for just under a month, but he has thrown himself into the job of Aftermarket Business Development Manager for Agriculture & Off-Highway with such gusto and determination and some big plans for growing his sector.In telling us about his day, we discovered he is brave enough to begin his day with a helping of current affairs and can only imagine that must require a very strong cuppa indeed!...

SPAL completes sector coverage with latest appointment

SPAL UK is pleased to announce a new addition to complete the sales team with the appointment of James Bowett as Business Development Manager for the Agricultural and Off-Highway sector.James brings with him a generational legacy of over 70 years in farming and agriculture; and broad experience having worked with leading agricultural parts suppliers and machinery manufacturers, from forestry and grass cutting products, to golf course and groundcare and small engine manufacturers out in the field...

Newport Bus picks SPAL

SPAL is a world leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance fans and blowers which have been used successfully for many years on the Newport Bus range of Scania buses.Armed with doughnuts, Patricia Mori BDM, bus & coach sector at SPAL Automotive UK paid a visit to Newport and met with Paul Smart, Stores Manager and Joshua Lewis, Stores Administrator to find out more....

SPAL Automotive Scholarship Award for ’outstanding’ Harper Adams student

Harper Adams student Mitchell Porter-Keel is this year’s winner of the SPAL Automotive Scholarship, which was presented by Matthew Morris, Managing Director of SPAL Automotive UK in a special ceremony held at the University on 11th May.The fourth year student on Harper Adams’ MEng Automotive Engineering (Off-Highway) course, was deemed by the judges to be outstanding in a field of exceptionally high quality candidates and, according to Matthew, Mitchell brought an impressive ‘real world’...

Exciting times ahead as SPAL appoints new head of OEM Sales

SPAL UK is pleased to introduce Pawel Cierniak as OEM Business Development Manager at a time of seismic change for the automotive industry and accordingly an extremely exciting time for us as world leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance fans and blowers....

SPAL digs deeper with the CEA

SPAL is strengthening its links with Construction Equipment Association (CEA) as a pathway to promote its range of high-performance thermal management fans and their role in reducing emissions....

CoachMarque sets out sector comeback

This week Patricia Mori, Aftermarket Business Development Manager for SPAL UK was at the CPT *CoachMarque Conference ‘the Road Ahead’ (11th April) to hear from experts how the sector can get back on track after Brexit and the pandemic....

A day in the life of Ashley Brown

It has taken a while to catch Ashley Brown, Technical Sales Support - SPAL UK, with time to spare and tell us about his day but this week we succeeded and here’s what he had to say....

The big questions on the road to zero emissions

According to Einstein’s law of energy conservation energy can neither be created nor destroyed only converted from one form to another. This means that the only way to use the energy is to transform it.Apply that to a vehicle taking energy from fuel and converting it to motion. That block of energy is then broken down into smaller blocks for movement forward and backward, heating and operating accessories.One of the highlights of Future Propulsion Conference (2-3 March) still on Matthew Morris...

Cardiff Racing celebrates Formula Student 20th anniversary

Race fever is hotting up as Formula Student teams progress with the build of their cars ready for the summer competition. For the 4th year running, Cardiff Racing has chosen SPAL fans for thermal management, aiming for another impressive result to mark 20 years of racing. Zack Williams, Mechanical Engineering (MEng) Student (4th Year) in charge of sponsorship, explained the choice. “Cardiff Racing is the Formula Student team representing Cardiff University. Consisting of members from various d...

The end of the ICE as we know it

As a grizzled old engineer once intoned with great foreboding, the invention of the internal combustion engine will turn out to be the single biggest cause of environmental destruction in the history of the planet.While this is an example of extreme gloom and doom, in terms of pollution, conventional motor vehicles account for 30% of global carbon emissions so eradicating them is viewed as a quick win to combat climate change....

New HT fan range on show at FPC2022

SPAL Automotive UK’s first exhibition of the year will be the Future Propulsion Conference in March where it will present its new range of High Torque (HT) brushless technology fans for battery thermal management. The new HT fan range is geared to provide precision-controlled powerful thermal management with a longer operational life in excess of 30,000 hours.Software controlled for maximum efficiency and specified to IP6K9K, SPAL brushless fans are fully sealed, spark-free, completely waterpr...