Manufacturing & Engineering Week set to return in June

11 April, 2023

The week beginning 5th June 2023 is Manufacturing & Engineering Week with the centrepiece exhibitions Design & Engineering Expo, Drives & Controls, Smart Factory Expo and Maintec taking place at Birmingham’s NEC on 7th and 8th June. Other related exhibitions are also taking place at the NEC during the week and these include Automechanika run by Messe Frankfurt plus Med-Tech Innovation Expo and TCT 3Sixty from Rapid News Group. In addition, the centrepiece exhibitions will be surrounded by a number of related activities such as digital days, factory visits and student tours.

Manufacturing & Engineering Week 2023 will address the most pressing subjects, as outlined by its impressive advisory council, that includes the likes of Rosa Wilkinson, Director of Policy, High Value Manufacturing Catapult and Stephen Phipson CBE, CEO, Make UK and Manufacturing & Engineering Week Chairman. Because of the broad range of areas covered the event is appropriate for a large-scale audience regardless of seniority. The sheer scale of the event guarantees that there are more than enough relevant activities for everyone.

Haf Cennydd, Portfolio Director for M&E Week, commented: “We see M&E Week as being a festival and as a celebration of the industrial sector. We are bringing the world’s most established brands and start-ups together under one roof and presenting them on different stages and in different ways - just as Glastonbury does with its established headline acts and its new breaking act areas. We will also be showcasing creativity and presenting some things which will have our visitors say - Well, I didn’t expect to see that!”

A major differentiator of M&E Week is that it brings together a diverse array of the aspects of manufacturing and engineering – from design through to the delivery and creation of products. It covers the whole manufacturing process and the taking of products up the supply chain, as part of an OEM’s final product, and then out to the consumer. Due to this wide focus, it’s suitable for a manager or engineer to bring their whole team from operations, safety, maintenance, to design and much more. This connectivity encourages cross functional teams to attend together, despite the fact that they are responsible for different parts of the projects they work on. Multiple divisions, be that from a small or large business, can get value from attending because there are elements of the show that are specifically created for them. Rather than focusing on a specific vertical sector, all of the content, programming and associated activities are focused on job function.