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MIRA Ltd
Watling Street
Nuneaton
Warwickshire
CV10 0TU

Tel: 024 7635 5000
Fax: 024 7635 8000
e-mail: enquiries@mira.co.uk
www.mira.co.uk

Chief Executive: Dr George Gillespie
Business Development: Mr Paul Atkin
Turnover: £32,000,000
Number of staff: 400


MIRA is a leading vehicle design, development & certification consultancy. A cornerstone of the sector, MIRA delivers tailored solutions ranging from individual tests, to turnkey vehicle design programmes.

MIRA's headquarters are concentrated into a highly secure 760-acre site in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. From this base, and others around the globe, clients access a technically compelling service. Operating across the whole range of transport technologies, MIRA provides particular expertise in low carbon technologies, occupant and pedestrian safety, aerodynamics, thermal management, refinement, vehicle dynamics, electrical/electronic systems, telematics, powertrain integration and all aspects of durability.

At the UK HQ, a core of over 400 dedicated employees fuse the benefits of 32 major development facilities with advanced design & modelling techniques to slash both development timescales and the requirement to build costly prototypes in quantity.

MIRA's customer base includes the major vehicle manufacturers, their Tier 1 & 2 supply chain and other independent consultancies throughout most of the vehicle-producing world. Blue chip clients in the defence and aerospace sectors complete a diverse set of interests. MIRA is also responsible for the design and construction of numerous other proving grounds and major development centres worldwide.

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airto is the network of choice for businesses applying science, engineering and technology for wealth creation, in short, making innovation happen.

airto members typically supply business–to–business and government services such as R&D, consultancy, validation and testing, multi–client project inception and management, incubation and financing.

airto members comprise the major part of the Intermediate Sector operating in this innovation market which a recent study has shown directly contributes £3bn of high added value revenues to UK GDP and supports over 60,000 high technology and related jobs.