BNL Announces Appointment of Nick Teasdale as New Product Development Manager
BNL (UK) Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of Nick Teasdale to the role of New Product Development Manager. Nick will be responsible for the end-to-end New Product Development process.
Nick joins BNL from Jaguar where he has held the roles of Project Design Engineer and Principal Engineer, and more recently Team Leader, undertaking the matrix management of multiple project teams responsible for the ongoing product quality and engineering change process for the Jaguar X-Type. He is a certified 6-Sigma Black Belt and lean practitioner.
With seventeen years experience in project design and engineering in the automotive industry, plus proven experience in quality improvement, Nick will be managing BNL’s Project, Tooling and Prototyping Teams. Building on existing practices, Nick will be in charge of further improving and streamlining the product development process, advancing BNL’s innovative design philosophy and enriching the customer experience.
Nick holds a First Class BEng (Hons) in Mechatronics and an MSc in Quality Improvement.
BNL (UK) Ltd
BNL (UK) Ltd specialises in the design and manufacture of innovative thermoplastic bearing assemblies and technical moulding solutions. Plastic bearings offer many advantages over the traditional steel bearing, including anti-static properties, low friction and corrosion and chemical resistance. They are lightweight with low inertia and have no requirement for lubrication. BNL’s dedicated in-house design team is able to promote added value through the integration of other features - such as axles, gears, fixing clips, mounting flanges and pulleys - to form fully integrated bearing assemblies that maximise functionality and deliver whole system cost reductions. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, BNL maintains subsidiaries in Foxboro, Massachusetts (BNL [USA] Inc.), Tokyo, Japan (BNL [Japan] Inc.) and Rayong, Thailand (BNL [Thailand] Ltd).
For further information contact:
Donna Loughnane
Marketing
BNL (UK) Ltd, Manse Lane, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire HG5 8LF, UK
T: +44 (0)1423 799208 F: +44 (0)1423 799108 E: donna.l@bnl-bearings.com
www.bnl-bearings.com