Manufacturing exhibitions display innovation and confidence

08 April, 2022

Other Talking Industry Live panel discussions focused on The Future of Additive Manufacturing – speakers included: Dr Alberto Bordin, ASTM International, Head of Additive Manufacturing Programmes – Europe, Prof Chris Tuck - Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange (Also Director of Added Scientific Ltd), University of Nottingham, and Simon Jones, Chief Technology Officer, Domin Fluid Power; Fluid Power and Factories of the Future, chaired by Paul Cooke, the Interim CEO at The British Fluid Power Association; The Hidden Menace: Strategies to avoid Cybercrime; Maintenance 4.0: The Future of Asset Management including Dean Whittle, Senior Reliability Engineer, RMS Reliability, Matt Grogan, Technical Sales Engineer, SPM Instrument UK, Daniel Phillips-Fern, IXON UK & Ireland Country Manager and chaired by Prof John Ahmet Erkoyuncu, Cranfield University; Adapting to a Smart Era featuring Phil Lewis, Senior Vice President, Solution Consulting International (EMEA & APJ), infor, Nikesh Mistry, sector head – Industrial Automation, GAMBICA and Made Smarter.

While The Knowledge Hub had a strong emphasis on technology that brought together all aspects of plant and asset management, hydraulics, pneumatics, robotics and automation, energy efficiency, machine safety, drives, motion control, legislation, system strategies and technological developments. Featuring representatives from across industry including government agencies, research bodies, trade associations, and manufacturers.

Nikesh Mistry, sector head – Industrial Automation, GAMBICA, explored why demand for automation technology is set to grow throughout the coming year, and how to retain a competitive advantage in the face of these new demands as well as overall automation trends in the UK.

Other seminars and case studies included presentations from infor’s Andrew Kinder SVP, Industry & Solution Strategy Sales, and David Threlfall, CIO of Britishvolt who discussed bringing intelligence to manufacturing from SMB to Gigaplants, plus many others including: The MTC, CSA Catapult, Made Smarter, UKRI, BPMA, BFPA, BCAS, Pilz, Sensata, SEAM Group, Copia Automation, Senseye, Primary Engineer.

Over the course of the three-day co-located events, both Talking Industry Live and The Knowledge Hub seminar programmes, offered visitors the opportunity to learn how they can seize the opportunities that exist and promote the benefits of adopting emerging digital technologies as well as a range of technical and practical case studies and seminars covering the wide range of topics areas of the co-location of events.

The impressive range of expert speakers included: Phil Lewis, Senior Vice President, Solution Consulting International (EMEA & APJ), infor, Kevin Smith, Lead Industrial Digital Technology Advisor at Made Smarter; Dean Whittle, Senior Reliability Engineer, RMS Reliability; Francois Disch, Industrial Automation Consulting Lead for UK & Ireland at Schneider Electric, Matt Grogan, Technical Sales Engineer, SPM Instrument UK; Daniel Phillips-Fern, IXON UK & Ireland Country Manager; Gary Wilde, Technical Services Manager, Ste Ashton, Broadband, 5G, and Connectivity Manager, Worcestershire County Council, Nicc Lewis, VP Marketing at ASOCS, BPMA; Nikesh Mistry, Sector Head for Industrial Automation, GAMBICA; Darren Henry, VP of Marketing, Copia Automation; Colin Duncan, CEO SEAM Group; Vanda Jones, Executive Director of The British Compressed Air; Martin Barnes, Technical Engineer – Ambipar Response/ Society of Operation Engineers (SOE); Dr Alberto Bordin, ASTM International, Head of Additive Manufacturing Programmes – Europe; Prof Chris Tuck – Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange (Also Director of Added Scientific Ltd) University of Nottingham; Simon Jones, Chief Technology Officer, Domin Fluid Power; Paul Cooke, Interim CEO, The British Fluid Power Association (BFPA); Martin Hoskins, Regional Sales Manager, Bosch Rexroth, Martin Costin, Drives & Networks Specialist, SMC, Dr Susan Scurlock, Primary Engineers; Wg Cdr Russ Barnes, Youth and STEM, Royal Air Force; Prof John Ahmet Erkoyuncu, Cranfield University; Mike Wilson Manufacturing Technology Centre Chief Automation Officer (MTC); Jason Reed CMSE (TÜV Certified Machinery Safety Expert) CECE (TÜV Certified Expert CE Marking) - Pilz Automation Technology; Alex Bryce CMSE (TÜV Certified Machinery Safety Expert) CECE (TÜV Certified Expert CE Marking) - Pilz Automation Technology; Charlotte Swain, Deputy Director for Delivery at the MTC’s Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre; Jamie Thomas CMSE (TÜV Certified Machinery Safety Expert) CECE (TÜV Certified Expert CE Marking) - Pilz Automation Technology; Andrew Kinder SVP, Industry & Solution Strategy Sales, infor, and David Threlfall, CIO of Britishvolt plus many more.