EMS takes a look at the Plant & Works Exhibition and the other shows making up the UK’s largest manufacturing and engineering event of 2010.
The NEC in June 2010 is set to be the focus of the largest manufacturing and engineering event of 2010. Plant and Works Exhibition, Drives and Controls, Air-Tech, and the International Fluid Power Exhibition (IFPEX) taking place between the 8-10 June at the NEC, Birmingham will form part of the manufacturing and engineering series of shows alongside MACH 10, Subcon, and Electrex.
Show organiser DFA Media believes its series of events ensures industry professionals will be able to gain the broadest insight concerning what industry solutions are currently available on the market.
Plant and Works Exhibition
Exhibitors at the Plant and Works Exhibition will be a mix of suppliers of plant and maintenance equipment and related products and services. Condition monitoring will be a core area for the show, with many using the event as a launch pad for their latest developments. SPM Instrument, for example, will be showcasing the next generation of its well-known shock pulse method to co-inside with its 40th Anniversary. SPM HD is an advanced and patent pending measuring technique suitable for all types of applications and particularly well suited for low speed machinery. Other condition monitoring companies include: Pruftechnik, Holroyd Instruments Ltd, plus much more.
Handling and Storage exhibitors are also present in force at this year’s show with Combilift, the highly successful Irish forklift manufacturer making its show debut alongside materials handling solutions supplier Jungheinrich.
Combilift will be highlighting how its 4-way forklifts can improve handling and storage procedures, save space and improve productivity. Combilifts have capacities from 2.5 – 14 tonnes with diesel, LP Gas or electric power options.
Visitors to the Jungheinrich stand will able to see the company’s latest range of ultra-high performance counterbalance forklift trucks. The new 3-Series is powered by a Volkswagen engine and features the same hydrostatic drive technology as Jungheinrich’s top-selling 4-Series counterbalanced truck collection. The 3-Series offers class-leading fuel efficiency, productivity, safety and reliability at a price the manufacturer says ensures lifetime costs – an essential consideration for any forklift specifier – are remarkably low.
While MasterMover, the manufacturer of pedestrian electric tugs will be demonstrating why it is widely recognised as a market leader in providing solutions for moving wheeled loads from 50Kgs to 100,000kgs.
Other highlights include Henkel, the worldwide specialty company that provides engineering adhesives, sealants, equipment and coatings for industrial production and maintenance applications. It will be demonstrating a variety of products. These items, which will features the Loctite brand, are to be found in markets as diverse as automotive, electronics, aerospace, machine building and medical devices, as well as many fields of general industry. The adhesive technologies include threadlocking, retaining, thread sealing and gasketing, as well as general bonding products.
Simplisys will be showcasing its eMaint X3. Available in On-Demand or Enterprise deployment options, it is both an easy work order management tool as well as a full-featured system that can help you schedule and plan maintenance, track work orders and work requests, manage assets, control inventory, reduce equipment downtime, and reduce maintenance costs.
While Trakm8 will be highlighting the importance of security in the industrial workplace. The company design and manufacture technology that can help secure your valuable plant equipment and vehicles. In addition to this they can tell you where your machinery/vehicle is, who’s driving it and if it’s on the move.
Torqueleader will also be exhibiting the Plant & Works Exhibition. The company manufactures torque wrenches, torque screwdrivers, torque tool accessories and torque calibration equipment which are used in a wide range of industrial applications where fixture integrity is critical including the automotive, aerospace, electronics, computer assembly, white goods, defence and telecoms industries.
Air-Tech
The compressed air industry’s event - Air-Tech 2010 (www.airtech2010.com) is also returning to its NEC home confident of its position as the UK’s number one forum for compressed air and pneumatics businesses.
Air-Tech will be an all-encompassing event covering the whole of the compressed air supply chain from compressors to practical applications. The show will highlight technologies such as air treatment equipment and instrumentation, air dryers, condensing separators, heat exchangers and control systems. The show also has the endorsement of the British Compressed Air Society (BCAS).
Steve Riley, marketing executive at Beko, explained the rationale behind Beko’s decision once again to sign up for the show: “Air-Tech will give us an opportunity to further our message that Beko has moved on from just being a company that supplies condensate drains and oil-water separators to a company that is a complete system solutions provider.”
Riley added: “We will be focusing a big effort for the foreseeable future on our new products; such as Bekokat, a catalytic converter for the removal of hydrocarbons, and Everdry – from our new company Beko Systems – that provides custom-built dryers for high-spec applications. Beko will also be concentrating on our other strength, measurement systems, which industries increasingly need to monitor the quality of their compressed air.”
Visitors to the show will also be able to view products from CompAir’s product range across two separate stands. The CompAir area will display a broad range of compressor models and ancillaries, including the company’s latest range of variable-speed units ranging from 11kW to 250kW. A second stand will be dedicated to the company’s Hydrovane brand, offering a range of rotary vane compressors with high versatility and low noise levels.
CompAir UK’s managing director, Colin Mander, commented: “We are committed to providing high-performance, cost-efficient compressed air systems for industry through the CompAir, Hydrovane and Gardner Denver brands; both in the UK and across the globe. Despite the tough economic climate, we are continuing to develop new and innovative technologies to help improve productivity and cost of ownership, and Air-Tech provides the ideal platform to showcase these solutions for customers.” CompAir has also become Air-Tech 2010’s official seminar sponsor.
Another new addition to Air-Tech’s exhibitor list is Hertz Kompressoren UK, a Turkish-based company that established operations in the UK in June last year. “We already have a strong distributor base here, but are also seeking additional distribution partners in addition to further establishing brand recognition in the UK marketplace,” said Graeme Middleton-Duff, managing director, Hertz Kompressoren UK.
He continued: “We are also seeking to secure even stronger awareness for our existing and new products; including our popular inverter drive systems, as well as our standard compressors. With these criteria in mind, our UK staff and our parent company Dalgakiran Kompresor saw exhibiting at Air-Tech as a key opportunity to achieve these goals, while also providing us with valuable networking opportunities within the compressed air industry in general. We received a good response when exhibiting in Hannover earlier in 2009, and look forward to securing similar successes at the UK’s leading compressed air event, Air-Tech”
Air-Tech regulars include Mattei Compressors who will be showcasing its range of rotary vane compressors – the largest selection in the industry. Members of its team will be on hand to discuss these technologies, including the Maxima, which has a high mechanical efficiency, using as little as an unrivalled 5.4kW of electricity to produce a cubic metre of air per minute.
While TESEO UK will be exhibiting its new generation of Modular Aluminium Pipework Systems for the transportation of compressed air, breathing air, vacuum, nitrogen, argon, inert gases, oils, water and other fluids with pressures up to 25 bar.
Other exhibitor highlights include: Michell Instruments, Bambi Air Compressors who will be using Air-Tech to launch its new range of silent oil free compressors, Jacob, Filterworld, Factair, plus many more.
Independent seminar programme
At a time when engineers are under increasing pressure, and time out of the office for attending exhibitions needs to be balanced against heavy workloads, one growing justification is attending a well balanced and focused seminar programme where gaining further industry knowledge is at the core.
A comprehensive and focused seminar programme with speakers representing some of industry’s most pre-eminent organisations, has been confirmed by DFA Media for its series of exhibitions - Plant and Works Exhibition Drives and Controls, Air-Tech, and IFPEX.
DFA Media’s 2010 events will feature two seminar theatres - one for the Drives and Controls (www.drives2010.com) /Plant and Works Exhibition (www.pwe2010.com) and the other for the International Fluid Power Exhibition (IFPEX) (www.ifpex2010.com) /Air-Tech (www.airtech2010.com) Exhibitions. Each theatre will have its own relevant and distinctive programme.
The free industry focused seminar programme, run across the three days of the shows (8-10 June 2010), will include a variety of presentations ranging from energy management and plant safety to manual handling, Ethernet communications and gearbox maintenance. The seminar programme will cover a broad range of subjects specifically chosen for their topicality and relevance to today’s increasingly multi-tasking engineers. These highly focused series seminars will also give delegates the opportunity to pick up best practice tips and valuable advice from a variety of speakers, representing a cross section of the engineering and manufacturing sector.
Issues such as marketing strategy and even an insight into the financial world to help visitors understand the often misunderstood concept of lending criteria and what banks are looking for in manufacturers in today’s financial world, will also be presented. Graeme Allinson, head of manufacturing, transport and logistics at Barclays Commercial Bank, has confirmed he will be presenting at the Drives and Controls, Plant and Works Exhibition, IFPEX and Air-Tech shows, to talk about what banks look for when they lend money. Commenting on his presence at the show he said: “I am delighted to be presenting at the 2010 exhibitions. Visitors to these shows are confronting a difficult economic situation and this is a fantastic opportunity to give them a comprehensive insight into what banks look for when they lend money. Barclays Commercial Bank remains dedicated to increasing lending so that our clients are able to pursue their business agendas, indeed our lending was up 10 per cent in the first half of 2009 compared with the same period last year and we are focused on getting closer to our clients than ever before.”
Ian Atkinson, managing director of DFA Media, enthuses: “We are delighted commerce and industry have been so keen to participate in these important series of seminars at a crucial time. With such a variety of themes, high-calibre speakers, and a truly independent approach without commercial influences, we are offering visitors added value for their time at this important series of events in June – there will be something for everyone.”
Industry gathering
Many speakers will be emphasising the need for energy savings, highlighted by the fact that electric motors use 65% of electrical energy in industry. This is a topic that can no longer be ignored with soaring energy costs for most businesses. Looking at ways to reduce this bill is now paramount.
Therefore one area of potential savings is with Variable Speed Drives. Stephen Barker of Siemens and representative of the Gambica Trade Association will use his seminar to look at maximising cost reductions & improving competitive advantage.
Barker explains: “Reducing costs and improving productivity are key goals for most organisations in these economically challenging times. Some clear thinking supported by a systematic approach can provide substantial benefits - therefore my presentation will explain the benefits of a "value based" approach, clarify how to develop a "best practice" energy, cost & carbon reduction strategy and also demonstrate how to lever success from innovative financing models.”
He also highlighted: "The good news is that even in today's challenging environment, most organisations have considerable scope for business improvement and I am therefore pleased to have this opportunity to highlight some of the most important techniques that clients can deploy to improve profitability, enhance corporate image and simultaneously reduce cost and carbon"
The Carbon Trust’s head of financial services Paul Higgins will also be presenting at the event. He will be focusing on practical advice on how to obtain money from the organisation. While Chris Dee, executive director of the British Compressed Air Society will be looking at the importance of leak detection to help save end user energy cost.
Other leading seminar contributors include Ian Morris of the British Fluid Power Association; Professor Len Gelman, director of Centre of Vibro-Acoustics and Fatigue at Cranfield University; Stephen Barker representing Gambica Trade Association, Matt Gallagher CEO of The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (Bindt), Geoff Walker representing the Institution of Diagnostic Engineers, and Professor Andrew Plummer, director of the University of Bath’s Centre for Power Transmission and Motion Control, plus many more.
For the most up to date information on the seminar programme and to register your interest for attending a particular presentation at the Plant and Works Exhibition or Drives and Controls show please visit: www.pwe2010.com or www.airtech2010.com for the Air-Tech IFPEX seminar programme.
Health and Safety focus
Focus on Health and Safety across all industry sectors will also be emphasised at the co-located events and at the free seminar programme.
To highlight this, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has confirmed its presence at the Plant & Works Exhibition (www.pwe2010.com) and is now working in association with all the DFA Media co-located shows.
RoSPA’s decision to attend the events is seen as an opportunity by the organisation to increase its message to the manufacturing and engineering sectors.
More than 13,500 people die as a result of accidents across the UK each year. There are millions of other injuries. RoSPA’s key aim is to promote safety and the prevention of accidents at work, at leisure, on the road, in the home and through safety education. It is a registered charity and has been at the heart of accident prevention in the UK and around the world for more than 90 years.
Visitors to the show will be able to talk to RoSPA about all aspects of health and safety management.
From the shop floor to the boardroom, every member of a firm’s workforce has an important role to play in reducing injuries and ill health. RoSPA staff will be on hand to offer guidance about engaging everyone in the management of health and safety, no matter what the size or type of firm.
There will be details of the full range of RoSPA’s services and products, including options for safety professionals and reps, directors and senior managers and the wider workforce.
Of particular interest to smaller firms will be RoSPA’s “core criteria” services (including training courses, workshops, e-learning packages, guidance books, mentoring, health and safety reviews and training needs analyses) which are based on the findings of a far-reaching inquiry into the health and safety assistance needed by small and medium-sized enterprises.
Tom Mullarkey, chief executive of RoSPA, said: “Having a robust health and safety management system is good for business no matter what industry you’re in. We look forward to meeting as many visitors to these major exhibitions as possible and hope the links between good health and safety, efficiency and investment will come through loud and clear.”
IOSH has also confirmed its place among exhibitors at the Plant & Works Exhibition, further emphasising the Health & Safety credentials of the event.
Pre- registration
As in 2008, the DFA Media shows will be co-locating with Subcon and MACH 2010.
Visitors to the events can take full advantage of all co-located exhibitions to assess and fulfil all their manufacturing strategy needs.
For online registration to attend the free comprehensive series of independent seminars or to register to attend the shows please visit: The Plant and Works Exhibition (www.pwe2010.com), Drives and Control 2010 Exhibition (www.drives2010.com), Air-Tech (www.airtech2010.com), and The International Fluid Power Exhibition (www.ifpex2010.com).
Visitor information:
Dates and opening times:
Tuesday 8th June 2010 09.30 – 16.30
Wednesday 9th June 2010 09.30 – 16.30
Thursday 10th June 2010 09.30 – 16.00
Venue
The NEC Halls 2 & 3
Birmingham, England, B40 1NT
Organiser:
DFA Media Ltd
Cape House, 60a Priory Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2BL
Pre-registration
Plant & Works Exhibition online pre-registration is available at: www.pwe2010.com
Air-Tech online pre-registration is available at: www.airtech2010.com
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