November/December 2017

www.drives-expo.com OVER 1,000 EXHIBITORS THREE-DAY SEMINAR PROGRAMME “We were very pleased with the event, and had a steady stream of visitors to our stand, with a combination of existing customers, targeted prospect customers, and completely new business. The show organisation was good, and we had positive feedback from customers who took up VIP Tickets. We look forward to exhibiting again in 2018.” Tom Skelton, KEB (UK) Ltd “Drives & Controls was the perfect fit for us! Frommy initial conversation with Nigel Borrell I knew this was going to be a successful show, nothing but complete professionalism and an outstanding comprehension of the relevant industry sectors and how that ties in with our business strategy. I was particularly impressed with the quality and volume of visitors, it’s rare to find a showwhere the majority of visitors to your stand are decision makers, but Drives & Controls proved that theory wrong. Our team engaged with CEOs and MDs right through to engineers thus gaining valuable exposure and generated outstanding future business project leads. As a business (and personally) I highly recommend this show and we have already started planning an even bigger and better presence at Drives & Controls 2018!“ Becky Yelling, Sales & Marketing Director, Active8 Robots “The quality of enquiries was better than at the previous show. We were seeing new people with real applications – not tyre-kickers. We have signed up for 2018.” Carl Krajewski, CEO, HMK Automation & Drives “It’s been an absolutely excellent show. We’ll be looking for a larger stand in two years’ time.” Stephen Takhar, UK Drives Sales Manager, Eaton Electric “We had a hit-list of ten customers, and six came to see us.” Paul Seale, Sales Director, Yaskawa UK “It was our busiest-ever stand at Drives & Controls. We saw a good mix of old and new customers. It was definitely worthwhile being here. We like to go to at least one show, and Drives & Controls is top of my list.” John Martin, Country Manager, Danfoss Drives UK “Some good opportunities to follow up on. The size of our stand reflected Beckhoff’s huge presence on the UK market – and getting bigger every year. The audience quality was pretty good. We are booking again for 2018.” Lucie Thaxter, UK Sales Manager, Beckhoff Automation “It’s been busier than the previous show. We had some good leads on the stand. It’s the showwe need to be at – it’s a constant in our exhibition calendar.” Ken Christie, Director, Eplan UK “There’s been a huge amount of interest in our new products, and a good response to the traditional side of the business.” PeterWilliamson, Managing Director, RA Rodriguez “Exico Electric Motors Ltd re launched in 2014 so the Drives & Controls exhibition was intended to re introduce Exico® and explain our product ranges, strengths and the recent acquisition by Clemmens-Lammers GmbH. The showwas fairly well attended but we were mostly satisfied with the quality of the visitors. We will most certainly exhibit at the forthcoming exhibition in two years' time because the amount of interest and enquiries generated exceeded our expectations.” Lucie Hodkova, Sales Director, Exico Electric Motors Ltd “This was our first time exhibiting at Drives & Controls and it proved to be an ideal platform to meet potential and existing customers face-to- face and and also gain high-profile exposure for Lovato. We had a very successful show in terms of leads and quality of enquiries, surpassing our expectations. We will definitely be looking to return in 2018.” DaveWhitby, Managing Director, Lovato Electric “Drives and Controls was the first big exhibition we have attended for 16 years so expectations were high. We were not disappointed. The visit rate to our stand was steady across the 3 days and the quality of leads we acquired was promising. “ Steve Gallon, Managing Director, Fibox “Mitsubishi Electric hasn’t done a major show for a few years, and we have a number of new technologies that are being launched over the next 12 months, so we felt it was the right time to attend Drives & Controls, and because it is the largest automation show in the UK we selected it. The leads we have got are very varied. You come to a show expecting to promote products but you never know who is going to walk onto the stand. From the variety of leads I have personally taken it has been well worth attending. We’ve spoken to people and come up with opportunities that you would never have dreamed of without coming to a show and engaging with people.” BarryWeller, Mitsubishi Electric, Product Manager for robots and PLCs “Mayr Transmissions once again exhibited at the 2016 D&C show at the NEC and whilst overall footfall appeared to be down on previous years, we came away with a number of very encouraging leads. These days we are careful to limit our expenditure on exhibitions and instead invest heavily in our on-line presence but having a small stand displaying a range of our new and traditional products allows us to meet with current and prospective customers in an easily accessible location. The D&C show is a very well managed event with good prior publicity and excellent load in / out logistics all of which help to make exhibiting a relatively ‘pain free’experience.” Andrew Nicoll, General Manager, Mayr Transmissions “I really believe that the Drives and Controls exhibition is one of the few around today that is able to deliver tangible opportunities for meeting with customers, partners and stakeholders to network and exchange views on technological ideas and methodologies. With a highly pro-active exhibition marketing campaign and supporting materials, and always offering friendly and helpful advice, the organisers really work hard to attract a higher number of target visitors and to make it easy for exhibitors. We were very pleased with the steady flow of people, resulting in a high number of enquiries and quality leads that exceeded our targets and expectations. Indeed, the number of people with whom we came into contact, within such a short period of time has been a real bonus. There is no doubt that we will be back with a larger stand at the next show” Simon Goodwin, Managing Director, Weidmüller “Again, this years’ Drives & Control Exhibition at the NEC Birmingham was a huge success and we would like to thank all of the people who visited our stand and look forward to speaking to you soon about your encoder requirements. In addition to the people who visited our stand we would like to thank the organisers for their efforts and hard work in in making it such a wonderful show. Well done and we are looking forward to doing all over again in 2018! Stephen A. Evans, Company General Manager British Encoder Products Company “Drives and Controls exhibition was a great success for ABB Control Products. We had a good level of quality enquires from the show and we hope to be back again in 2018 with an even larger range of ABB products. The exhibition was well supported by a good number of visitors and the organisation of the show was excellent.” ShaneWhite, Product Marketing Manager - Electronic Products & Relays, ABB Jokab Machine Safety TheExhibition forHydraulics& Pneumatics Industries i h i FLUID POWER & SYSTEMS 2018 8 COMPRESSEDAIR • VACUUM • GENERATORS 2018 EXHIBITION AIR-TECH 10-12 APRIL 2018 NEC BIRMINGHAM