The Northern Manufacturing & Electronics Show returns to Manchester’s EventCity on October 1st and 2nd 2014. Following in the footsteps of its well-established Southern sibling, the Northern Manufacturing and Electronics show has almost instantly established itself as the top exhibition in the North for manufacturing enterprise.
The show launched in 2013 as a complement to the enormously popular Southern Manufacturing Show. With the two events adopting the identical tried-and-tested formula, the familiar profile proved to be a significant success for exhibitors and visitors alike.
This year, organisers are anticipating around a 20% growth in exhibitors compared to last year’s tremendously successful debut event. The quantity and diversity of suppliers taking part creates tremendously broad appeal and enables visitors to target a wide variety of production problems within a single visit. Within one show, it’s possible to find machinery, consumables, production hardware, even industrial flooring and lighting under one roof. This opportunity to cover a lot of ground with great efficiency is one of its most important attractions. Its location next to the heart of Manchester makes it highly accessible by public transport, road or air and within easy reach of a huge swathe of manufacturing firms all over the North, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Eire.
A small selection of the products and services on show in 2014 will include things like CNC Machine Tools and Machining Centres, Robotics & Automation, Electronic Components, CAD/CAM Tools, Advanced Adhesives, Fasteners & Joining Technology, Laser Cutting, Packaging Solutions, Labelling & Marking, Pressings, Fabrications & Enclosures, Metrology & Test Equipment, Coating & Finishing, Motors, Drives & Controls and Handling & Storage Solutions.
Many of the biggest names in machine tools will be demonstrating their latest wares, including Amada, Bystronic, Bruderer, Worcester Presses, Haas Automation and Mazak. There are also a number of machinery suppliers putting machines through their paces, including XYZ Machine Tools, plus a significant number of tooling suppliers such as Bison and 1st Machine Tool Accessories.
Northern Manufacturing 2014 is likewise a very good opportunity to check out vital production equipment. Faro Technologies, a consistent presence at both Northern and Southern, returns in 2014. Numerous other well known companies present include Renishaw, Nikon Metrology, Olympus, Carl Ziess and Delcam. Mecwash will once again be showing its aqueous component degreasing machines. Another popular exhibitor, Trumpf, will be on hand to display its selection of tooling and machinery. Treston illustrates some examples from its range of industrial furnishings. EDL Lighting will highlight its collection of enterprise LED luminaires. Flooring advisors Flowcrete and Ecotile Flooring will furnish some ideas for high-performance industrial floor surfaces
Major regional industrial sectors in the North include things like aerospace, medical technology and advanced electronics, which in turn support a multitude of second and third tier suppliers, many of whom will be present at the event. Machining and fabrication specialists include DJJ Precision Engineering, Universal Fabrications, Jenks & Cattell, St Annes Sheet Metal, Serious Engineering, Dawson Precision Components and lots of others.
A free technical seminar programme that runs over both days of the show gives visitors the chance to rest weary feet and gain insight into some of the latest thinking in manufacturing. Topics covered include a range of technical and operational issues including Lean, CE Marking, product development and marketing. The programme starts with “Three Simple Steps to Improve Your Manufacturing Performance” Samir Shah, Lead Consultant with OptimumFX will present a reliable method for delivering continuous improvement in a Lean manufacturing setting. In “Lean Concepts and the Practical Applications of Waste Elimination” Tim Scurlock, from Automotive Lean Consulting looks at the origins of Lean and how it can be applied with examples from the Automotive and Service sectors. Stephen Ashcroft invites visitors to “Sharpen Your Negotiation Skills”. The final session, “Moving from Inspect and Reject to Predict and Prevent using Real Time Analytics” with Jim Petrusich from NWA Software highlights the best practices for applying real-time analytics to increase efficiency, with examples from Dow Chemical.
Admittance to Northern Manufacturing & Electronics 2014 is entirely free to business visitors, and EventCity provides 3000 free on-site parking spaces, with straightforward accessibility by road, rail or air. To register online for free tickets simply visit www.industrynorth.co.uk or call 01784 880 890. Visitors can follow all the latest news from the show on its blog page at http://blog.industrynorth.co.uk or by following @industry_co_uk on Twitter.
