PECM Issue 34 2018 | Page 44

EXHIBITION PREVIEW ADVANCED ENGINEERING SHOW ADVANCED ENGINEERING THE UK’S LARGEST ANNUAL ADVANCED ENGINEERING EXHIBITION PROMOTES KEY MARKETS FOR PROCESS AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES Advanced Engineering 2018, the UK’s largest annual engineering exhibition, is celebrating 10 years of connecting technical specialists across all high value manufacturing markets. Last year saw a 15% rise in attendance from industries as diverse as aerospace, automotive, composites, performance metals and connected manufacturing (industry 4.0). Two new zones have been added for this year – Nuclear Engineering and Contract Manufacturing for the UK’s subcontractors. 44 PECM Issue 34 Advanced Engineering connects the entire advanced engineering supply chain with R&D, design, test, production and procurement in this free-to-attend, two-day exhibition and high-level forum. The show brings together over 700 supply chain partners and thousands of engineers all looking to source, specify and invest in the most up-to-date products and explore the latest industry innovations. Advanced Engineering 2018 is for both OEMs and SMEs, visitors and exhibitors to meet and do business, not only within their own industries, but in those less familiar sectors they would not otherwise discover at a single exhibition. Alison Willis, Easyfairs’ industrial divisional director, explains why lubrications experts should be at the show: “The process industries are the life blood of UK manufacturing and we are pleased, in our 10th year, to provide engineers and