Advanced Engineering UK 2015
New Innovators Showcased At
Advanced Engineering UK
Thanks To Magna International,
With KTN Support
dvanced Engineering
UK, the leading event for
the high performance
engineering sectors, has
announced that global
Tier 1 automotive supplier, Magna
International will be increasing its
involvement at this year’s show.
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At the event, which takes place at
Birmingham’s NEC on 4 & 5 November
2015, Magna International, supported
by the Knowledge Transfer Network, will
host and sponsor the Enabling Innovation
Poster Zone - a major area at the show
- where the ideas and concepts from
the UK’s up and coming innovators are
showcased. Magna will also run 1-2-1
meetings with interested innovators,
deliver a keynote in the show’s conference
programme and take an expanded
exhibition stand.
The Enabling Innovation Poster Zone
will provide a unique opportunity for
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early stage innovators to showcase
breakthrough ideas, products and
processes to the UK’s largest advanced
engineering audience. The ‘poster’
submissions will come from incubator
level organisations, university students,
research-based companies and start-ups.
The Zone will give the 13,000 visitors
attending Advanced Engineering UK the
chance to uncover potential technologies,
partners and untapped capability.
Magna’s R & D team additionally will invite
potential innovation partners for 1-2-1
meetings. The sessions will offer innovators
the opportunity to discuss new concepts
and products, with opportunity for direct
investment, collaborative programmes
and potential licensing agreements with
Magna’s R&D decision makers. Magna
is very active in the UK technology
community; interfacing with venture
capital firms to locate opportunities,
actively working with universities on new