PECM Issue 42 2020 | Page 24

SOUTHERN MANUFACTURING & ELECTRONICS 2020 SHOW PREVIEW A MUST-ATTEND EVENT SOUTHERN MANUFACTURING & ELECTRONICS 2020 AN IMPRESSIVELY WIDE EXHIBITOR LIST COVERING THE FULL SPECTRUM OF ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES Southern Manufacturing & Electronics returns to Farnborough International in Hampshire from February 11th to 13th 2020. As in previous years, the 2020 event will assemble an impressively wide exhibitor list covering the full spectrum of engineering activities, from C-class components to the latest high- tech machine tools, automation and specialist subcontract services. Firms from all around the UK will be participating, along with a sizeable selection of off-shore exhibitors from all over Europe, Asia and the Far East. Farnborough, the birthplace of the British aerospace industry, occupies a special place within UK manufacturing. Its geographic location positions it in the middle of one of the most important regions for aerospace manufacture, with nearly a quarter of the UK’s £35bn aerospace industry situated inside a 50 mile radius, not to mention a significant assortment of major global aerospace manufacturers, for example Lockheed Martin, Gulfstream and Airbus Space & Defence. 24 PECM Issue 42