EVENT PREVIEW STANDING OUT FROM THE REST
Maintec returns to The NEC,
Birmingham on the 30-31 October 2019
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aintec is somewhat an outlier in the world of engineering exhibitions in the UK. As the longest-standing event dedicated to the maintenance industry, which this year will be celebrating 44 years, it has stood the test of time – evolving and adapting to the changing profession and becoming the only annual event of its kind. When the event returns to The NEC, Birmingham on the 30-31 October 2019, it will be third edition of Maintec under the steerage of Western Business Exhibitions, part of the Nineteen Group, who have invested significant time and resources into revolutionising the event to ensure it remains pertinent to the maintenance and reliability engineering professionals operating in the UK today. Its high-level seminar content and breadth of exhibitor base attracts maintenance, reliability and asset professionals from across UK industry and as such is seen by many exhibitors as the best platform to launch their brand-new technology and equipment to the UK market.
Over a fifth of exhibitors used the event as a platform to launch their new technologies and services for the first time in the UK in 2018 and while many exhibitors are still keeping the details of their launches for this year close to their chest, they are promising to bring their very latest products, equipment and software to the event allowing visitors to see and experience the cutting-edge technology live and exclusively on the show floor.
BRITAIN IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS As Britain continues to battle over its withdrawal from the European Union there is a feeling within the UK business community of uncertainty. Yet
Maintec, which subsequently falls on the current withdrawal deadline (31 October) has seen a significant growth in international manufacturers and solution providers sign up to exhibit at the 2019 event. Global businesses including Fluke Corporation, Petro-Canada Lubricants, Valuekeep Lda, MENZEL, SDT International and Mobility Work are just some of the organisations at the event this year.
Austin O’Kelley, director of Global Operations at Noria Corporation who are exhibiting for the first time said: “Given that Noria Corp is focused on promoting reliability excellence worldwide, we see this [Maintec] as an excellent opportunity for developing client and partner relationships within the European market, as well as gaining a better understanding of the unique challenges they face so that we may assist accordingly.”
DIGITALISATION TO THE FORE This year’s programme will feature a variety of different session formats including; keynote presentations, in-depth case study reviews of active maintenance projects, technical sessions, and panel discussions.
Each day begins with a keynote presentation, both of which emphasise the role of digitalisation in modern maintenance. Today, digitalisation offers wide-ranging potential for long-term and predictive maintenance.
A company’s digital transformation journey can start small to address a single issue, such as pump health or personnel safety and build from there. Or it can explore company-wide programmes across a full impact area, such as
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reliability. On an even larger scale, it can mean an enterprise-wide strategy across all manufacturing and operations areas, with a view to enabling true business transformation.
Companies that have invested in IIoT are now achieving quantifiable business value through a significant reduction in maintenance costs. The technology can warn that a piece of critical equipment is about to fail, enabling them to repair or replace it before it does so.
But how do we that ensure the data needed for planning, processing and documenting maintenance measures is exchanged reliably? On day one (30 October), Gary Ingram from Emerson Automation Solutions will talk on ‘Accelerating the Digitalisation Journey with Operational Certainty’. Emerson studies suggest that a company can save around £40 million on their ongoing maintenance budget for every £1 billion of capital that they already have deployed in their plant.
RAISING THE STANDARD After the extremely successful partnership in 2018, Society of Operations Engineers (SOE), the professional engineering membership organisation, has once again confirmed that it will be partnering with Maintec for 2019.
SOE promotes efficient, safe and environmentally sustainable Operations Engineering for the betterment of the community at large, with the view of also promoting public safety by supporting and encouraging the standards of competence when contributing to the society.
Maintec
www.maintec.co.uk
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