Top executives from some of the world’s leading companies – including Rolls-Royce, Siemens and Pratt & Whitney – will be giving keynote presentations at this year’s Subcon exhibition.
Following on from its
very successful launch at last year’s show, this year’s conference, which is free
to attend and organised by The Engineer, takes a close look at the hot topics,
big ideas and disruptive trends that are driving the engineering and
manufacturing agenda.
These include
Industry 4.0, energy storage, advanced manufacturing techniques for jet engines,
and the UK’s most ambitious, game-changing, and possibly most controversial
infrastructure project, the HS2 high-speed rail line.
Subcon, which runs
from 3 to 5 June at the NEC, Birmingham, is the UK’s national subcontracting,
advanced manufacturing and technology exhibition. It covers every aspect of outsourced
manufacturing services and technology from design and prototyping, machining,
moulding, 3D printing, fabrication, composites, electronic assembly and
finishing to software, testing, inspection and metrology.
This year’s event
is set to be the biggest yet, with over 300 subcontractors exhibiting and a
stronger than ever participation by UK exhibitors.
The latest speaker
to be confirmed at the conference is Dr Alan Epstein, Pratt & Whitney’s
Vice-President, Technology & Environment, who will be flying in from the US
to speak on new technologies for today’s cutting-edge jet engines.
Other keynotes
include: Siemens’ Divisional Director for Industrial Automation, Brian
Holliday, explaining the what, why and how of Industry 4.0; David Clarke, Chief
Executive of the Energy Technologies Institute, looking at the options, challenges
and prize of energy storage; Stephen Barr, Head of the Manufacturing Advisory
Service on Reshore UK, and the Technical Director of HS2 Ltd, Andrew McNaughton.
To finish on a
particularly high note, the final keynote speaker is Hamid Mughal, Head of Global
Manufacturing at Rolls-Royce.
Alongside the
keynotes, ‘show and tell sessions’ focus on inspiring projects, including the
design of a new lifeboat, the application of high technology to performance
sport and the recreation of a lost iconic aeroplane, the Bugatti 100p. More
details will be released in the next few weeks.
To register for the
Subcon 2014 exhibition and to book your free places for conference sessions of
your choice please visit www.subconshow.co.uk
Notes to editors
Subcon is the UK’s
national subcontracting, advanced manufacturing and technology exhibition. It covers every aspect of outsourced
manufacturing services and technology from design and prototyping, machining,
moulding, 3D printing, fabrication, composites, electronic assembly and
finishing to software, testing, inspection and metrology.
Subcon takes place
on 3-5 June 2014 at the NEC in Birmingham. For more information please visit
www.subconshow.co.uk
For more information please contact:
Ali Brathwaite,
Centaur Exhibitions
Tel: +44 (0) 207
970 4186
Andy Sandford,
Sticklebacks Communications
Tel: +44 (0) 1737
270 648
Mobile: +44 (0)
7971 436 644
andy@sticklebacks.com
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