The exhibition alongside
is a one-stop shop for the
latest smart technologies
to give manufacturers that
competitive edge.
The organisers feedback shows that over
15% of attendees have purchasing authority
of over £500k, and this has resulted
in many major contracts arising from
encounters at the show. Gilmour adds “The
products on display tend to be big ticket
purchases. We know from exhibitors that
it is 6 months after the show that they start
to see their ROI. We’ve had two robotics
companies secure very sizeable contracts,
and one large company has said they have
received both a seven-figure order as a
result of exhibiting and more solid sales
leads than any other event”.
The event has consistently attracted broad
mixture of the manufacturing community
ranging from division heads of engineering,
chief intelligence officers, project directors
to robotics & automation engineers from the
likes of BAE Systems, Airbus, AstraZeneca,
MBDA, JCB, Oscar Meyer & Unilever as well
as number of SMEs keen to get a better
understanding what 4.0 means for them.
For the next event there will be a new
show running alongside called the World
Advanced Materials Summit & Expo,
WAMSE for short. This event has evolved
out of the support industry 4.0 has received
in Manchester, and it will be an event
that showcases latest advanced material
developments and their application and
adoption into manufacturing.
It will cover areas such as composites,
graphene, biomaterials & nanomaterials and
will link research, government and industry
and provide latest thinking on areas such as
sustainable packaging & light-weighting.
Both events combined expect to deliver
a minimum of 3,500 visitors across the
advanced manufacturing & materials
communities, and over 120 exhibitors and
80 speakers. Interested parties can get
more information at www.industry40summit.
com and www.wamse.com or call the
organisers at 01642 438225.
For further information, please visit www.wamse.com
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