EXHIBITION PREVIEW FEATURE advanced engineering:
back with a bang in 2021 The UK’s largest annual gathering of engineering professionals, Advanced Engineering, will return to the NEC, Birmingham, on 3rd & 4th November 2021. Here, the UK’s talented and vast engineering industry can meet again for the first time in almost two years to do business, make new connections and discover innovation. So what can you expect from this year’s show?
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his year, there will be seven show zones: aerospace, composites, automotive, performance metals, connected
manufacturing, medical devices and, new for 2021, space and satellite. Also, for the first time, Advanced Engineering UK’s sister show, Lab Innovations, will take place in the same hall. Advanced Engineering UK hopes that having so many sectors under one roof will enable cross-industry collaboration and the formation of new business relationships after 18 months of limited interactions.
forums
There will be four forums held during the two-day show, featuring some of the leading voices from engineering and manufacturing. A huge topic at the aerospace forum this year is decarbonising aviation. During the show, there will be presentations on electrification, zero-carbon aviation and hydrogen propulsion from the Aerospace Technology Institute, Rolls-Royce, Ampaire, ZeroAvia and ID TechEx. Supply chain management is a concern for many companies this year, so Advanced Engineering UK will welcome talks from Airbus UK and ADS on supplier expectations and supply chain excellence. On day two, the forum will have a whole
morning dedicated to space and satellite engineering, with talks from the UK Space Agency, Skyrora, D-Orbit UK and the Space Applications Catapult. At the automotive forum, electrification
and sustainability will also feature as major themes, with talks from JCB, Ford, the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), Jaguar Land Rover and many more.
On the composites stage, visitors can
find out more about what digitalisation means for composite manufacturing, the 3D printing of composite parts and how composites are enabling the UK’s move towards its net-zero carbon emissions targets. Composites UK CEO, David Bailey, will return along with the National Composites Centre’s head of digital engineering, Marc Funnell. BAE Systems and Transport for London will also take to the stage. During the connected manufacturing
forum, Ian Gardner, Industry 4.0 and Oracle Specialist at IBM, and Stephen Phipson, CEO of Make UK, will deliver keynote speeches. They will be supported by speakers from the
Boat’s Pulse 63. The boat’s power source is a battery pack derived from the automotive industry, which harnesses a RIM drive unit rather than a traditional propeller, increasing the boat’s efficiency and offering a lightweight power solution. The boat is zero emission and the most sustainable laminate of any RIB in the industry. More features will be announced in the coming weeks.
face-to-face meetings
Connected Places Catapult, Brunel University London and IoT North, to name a few.
on display
The show already has several exciting features confirmed, including an original prototype of the ExoMars rover, created by Airbus Defence and Space. The rover, commonly known as Bruno, is semi-autonomous and equipped with all the same technology as the final rover, including the sensors, actuators and cameras that allow the rover to see in 3D while navigating Mars. Advanced Engineering UK’s new show zone dedicated entirely to space and satellite innovation will be Bruno’s landing site for the show, and can be found in the existing Aero Engineering floor. Also on display will be RS Electric
Advanced Engineering offers a great opportunity to meet suppliers and partners, and generate business leads for the first time in over a year. Already, the show’s exhibitor space is 90% sold out – a sign that our industry is eager to come together again. In 2019, over 10,000 professionals from the manufacturing sector attended Advanced Engineering. 70% of visitors reported that they planned to place orders as a result of the relationships formed; and an impressive 93% of exhibitors reported that they achieved their objectives at the show. “Advanced Engineering UK marks the
return to face-to-face business, which the UK has been craving since March 2020,” explained Alison Willis, director at Easyfairs, the organiser of Advanced Engineering. “The show offers the UK’s engineering industry the chance to get together again, do business and discover the innovative technologies and products that have been created in the past year.” Are you ready to meet some of the UK’s
top innovators in engineering? Register to attend Advanced Engineering 2021 on 3rd & 4th November via the exhibition’s website.
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