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feelIng the pressure? BrexIt presents opportunItIes for uk-Based manufacturers
Inaugural Industry day announced for 2019 leadIng defence expo
The Three Counties Defence and Security Expo, or 3CDSE – which will take place on Tuesday 16 July and Wednesday 17 July 2019 at The Three Counties Showground in Worcestershire – will coincide with an MoD Industry Day. This is the first time that the exhibition – which has been running for
three years – has worked with The Ministry of Defence. Previous shows welcomed more than 100 exhibitors and 1,000 delegates from a wide range of backgrounds and sectors including those working in Command, Control, Communications, and Computers Information Systems (C4IS), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Cyber Security. The Industry Day will share the vision and work of The Special
Projects Programme Delivery Group which is responsible for the procurement and support of a wide range of equipment used primarily by specialist users. It will also include presentations from each of the teams’ specialist portfolios and allow for smaller breakout sessions to facilitate more detailed discussions with MoD staff. A special 3CDSE Networking & Innovation Dinner will take place on Tuesday
Leaving the European Union could provide UK pressure equipment manufacturers with significant opportunities to develop new markets provided the Government establishes appropriate safety rules, according to a new report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The UK has a long history of manufacturing pressure safety equipment
which is essential to a wide range of industries, ranging from large-scale power plants to coffee machines in public cafes. If the UK leaves the single market and customs union, equipment
makers in the UK will no longer have to certify equipment using the EU’s well known Conformité Européenne (CE) safety mark. The Government has proposed a UK mark and new regulations
to maintain safety standards. “If the UK leaves the customs union, there is an opportunity for
the UK to streamline existing legislation and open up the UK to new markets and future trade deals,” said Dr Jenifer Baxter, head of Engineering at the Institution. UK regulations may, in time, come to recognise other national safety
rules such as the US National Board and the Japanese High Pressure Gas Control Law, where suitable trade relationships have been established and an equivalent level of safety has been demonstrated. In its repor t “Pressure Equipment and CE Marking: Impact
and Oppor tunities of Brexit”, the Institution made the following recommendations: CE marking of pressure equipment should cease to be mandatory in
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the UK. The CE mark should instead be recognised as a minimum benchmark for pressure equipment safety, and instead of being mandatorily applied, should be considered as one route to acceptance of pressure equipment in the UK. Other routes to acceptance of pressure equipment in the UK should be established where it can be demonstrated that at least an equivalent level of safety to the CE mark can be achieved. This approach should form part of Government negotiation with non-EU bodies and organisations. The UK Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (PSSR) 2000 should be
retained as UK legislation for pressure equipment. For export from the UK to the EU – the CE mark will still be
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formally required to be applied. Therefore, Government should seek to maintain UK exporters’ and other stakeholders’ influence in developments in the European Pressure Equipment Directive in the EU.
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16 July at Eastnor Castle in Ledbury, providing an excellent opportunity for sponsors to raise their profile with more intimate groups of key decision makers from the military, law enforcement, security agencies and industry. 3CDSE has
established itself as an event that promotes business-to-business networking with key decision-makers and shares and amplifies innovative thinking and ideas within the industry Richard Morgan,
partner and head of Defence, Security and the Forces Team at Top 100 UK law firm Harrison Clark Rickerbys, and lead for 3CDSE said: “We are very much looking forward to welcoming both visitors and exhibitors to the 2019 3CDSE event which is now recognised by MOD Special Projects as aligning with their requirements to promote agile procurement to SMEs. What sets it apart from other defence and security expos is that it is at the heart of the industry it is seeking to serve, being based in the Three Counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, a hub of innovation from Special Forces in Hereford and GCHQ in Cheltenham to QinetiQ in Malvern.” SME’s working within the sector have long been recognised as
uniquely innovative and of vital impor tance to an industry wor th an estimated £22bn, £7bn of which are expor ts. Morgan continued: “3CDSE is designed with the SME at the core
and focuses on issues from affordability through to exposure and governmental procurement agencies. The bottom line remains that the event will maximise the opportunity for SMEs to join the MoD, government and law enforcement supply chains.” Furthermore, the event comes at a critical time as the MoD has confirmed
that – as part of diversifying its supply base by 2020 – it plans to spend two per cent of the UK’s defence budget on SMEs. Morgan concluded: “The net result is an event that is truly diverse in
representing the spectrum of technologies, manufacturers, consultancies and software developers regardless of turnover or marketing budget. SMEs exhibit side by side with global Primes, allowing product and services to ‘do the talking’ to a unique audience of users and procurement agencies with transparent objectives for 2019 and beyond.”
www.3cdse.co.uk February 2019 Instrumentation Monthly
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