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supply industries, through education, training and support. Some UKIVA members have used the resources offered by PPMA Best to introduce school students to vision technology as a potential career path, through Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) one-day workshops. Tese STEM days have been held with groups of Year 10 students at a number of schools and have been very well received, with many students expressing an interest in attending follow-up work experience placements. In addition, a prime objective of
UKIVA is to promote the use of machine vision technology throughout industry and education.
Funding the dream Faced with the realities of Brexit and the post-pandemic labour and skills shortages throughout industry, machine vision and automation can offer real-world solutions, but that requires investment. Help from the government is available until 31 March 2023 through the super-deduction scheme (
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/super- deduction), designed to encourage firms to invest in productivity-enhancing plant and machinery assets that will help them grow. Tis scheme allows companies to cut their tax bill by up to 25p for every £1 they invest. Te wider objectives of improving education and widening vision skills require a much greater investment in basic infrastructure.O
Neil Sandhu and Allan Anderson are the UK Industrial Vision Association’s chair and vice chair respectively.
There are lots of opportunities for automation in manufacturing
UK automation show to launch in 2023
The British Automation and Robot Association (BARA) has partnered with the UK Industrial Vision Association (UKIVA) to launch a new exhibition highlighting the importance of robotics and systems integration to the growth of the UK economy. Automation UK, which debuts at the CBS Arena in Coventry from 20- 21 June 2023, is intended to be the national automation and robotics show. It will be co-located with UKIVA’s Machine Vision Conference, making it the largest annual event of its kind in the UK. Automation UK will feature the latest industrial products and services, robots, robotic systems, systems integration, automation control parts and systems, sensors
and machine safety. The exhibition’s broad scope will
target stakeholders from across the industrial spectrum, including manufacturing, retail and consumer, automotive, electrical engineering, aerospace and maritime, food and drink, logistics, transport and distribution, oil, gas and nuclear, and more. Both BARA and UKIVA are part
of the Processing and Packaging Machinery Association (PPMA) group, a coalition that spans the breadth of the automation and robotics sector. The PPMA represents and lobbies on behalf of suppliers of processing and packaging machinery to both the domestic and overseas markets.
20 IMAGING AND MACHINE VISION EUROPE VISION YEARBOOK 2022/23 Mark Stepney, managing director
of Schubert UK and a PPMA board member, said: ‘Despite headwinds, there is clear evidence that automation and robotics offer the fastest returns for businesses looking to improve their productivity and offset costs. There is also a strong desire among businesses operating in this sector to demonstrate their resilience to decision-makers and buyers and to highlight the importance of the automation and robotics sectors to the future growth of UK industry.’ The UK government has allocated £184bn out of £455bn via the Made Smarter industrial strategy specifically for automation and robotics.
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