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EVENTS I AERO ENGINEERING 2010


Aero Engineering: A meeting of minds


Visitors to the Aero Engineering 2010 Supply Chain Fair and Business Briefing can expect to tap into essential supply chain business intelligence and core technology presentations.


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eld at its new NEC Birmingham venue from 29-30 September, Aero Engineering will provide an


intensive two-day ‘engineering-centric’ focal point for business development within the supply chain, together with a showcase of industry partners and suppliers supporting the UK aerospace engineering industry. “For both delegates to the Business Briefing sessions and visitors to the show floor exhibits and programmes, Aero Engineering 2010 will concentrate on the critical information needs of engineering and business teams up and down the UK aerospace supply chain,” explains Leading Edge’s event director, Ian Stone. Building on last year’s inaugural


Manchester-based event, Aero Engineering 2010 provides a combination of specialist features, showcasing some 150 specialist exhibitors on the show floor that provide the latest technology and service capabilities feeding into aerospace programmes. Key areas include design and development engineering technologies, advanced machining, tooling, production, quality and subcontract engineering services. The two-day Open Forum of ‘free


to attend’ technology presentations in two purpose-built auditoriums will offer specialist sessions planned for the areas of quality management, titanium machining, composites machining, entry- level Nadcap, NDT, near net shape manufacturing, modelling & simulation and composite materials. The show’s centrepiece is its Strategic Delegate business briefing programme, hosted in the 400 seat auditorium which covers upstream programme opportunities, technology and skills


the only 100% engineering-centric business development, networking and intelligence event of its kind, servicing the needs of the UK high value aerospace engineering sector.”


Delegate business briefing programme


Ian Stone: Event director, Leading Edge


requirements. Scheduled speakers include: BAE Systems, Airbus CIMPA, BIS, UKTI, Midlands Aerospace Alliance, North West Aerospace Alliance, Rolls-Royce, Marshall Aerospace, PRI, National Composites Centre, ThyssenKrupp and GKN Aerospace among others. The event also provides an integrated


B2B meetings portal which enables hundreds of pre-planned onsite meetings between attendee groups via a bespoke online system. “The 2010 event provides a diversity


of content for attendee groups – from the ‘must attend’ industry business briefings, technology and service exhibits on the show floor, and feature ‘open’ presentations to the expanded B2B networking portal, facilitating meetings throughout the event,” notes Stone. “If your business is part of the aerospace engineering supply chain then quite simply you have to be at the show. It’s


The two-day Aero Engineering supply chain business briefing package provides the UK aerospace industry supply chain with an extensive programme of presentations addressing core business opportunities, related technology and skills requirements. Supported by the UK’s leading aerospace industry bodies, the programme provides essential insight and business, technical and skills intelligence – assisting businesses at all points in the supply chain to make informed strategic planning decisions. Chaired by Dr Ruth Mallors,


director of the Aerospace and Defence Knowledge Transfer Network, the briefing schedule is set to include:


Aero Engineering 2010: Will concentrate on the information needs of engineering and business teams up and down the UK aerospace supply chain


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