March 2020

P lant & Asset Management 2020, the UK’s premier event for plant, asset, maintenance and works management engineers and directors, will once gain again bring together key suppliers of state-of- the-art equipment representing the multi-tasking culture of today’s engineering professionals. Industry spends huge sums of money maintaining its plant, machinery and building assets and, because of constantly increasing business and financial pressures, there is an on- going need to achieve the maximum performance from those assets. Plant & Asset Management 2020 will therefore showcase the very latest in condition monitoring, CMMS, outsourcing/contract maintenance, energy efficiency, boilers/burners/combustion, handling and storage plus much more. Current exhibitors include Ultimo, SolutionsPT, SPM Instrument, Fluke, UE Systems, Keytracker, Clockwork IT, Seepex, SimPro Software, and DCO Systems plus many more. In addition The Society for Operations Engineers (SOE) will be having a major presence at the event, where it will be promoting efficient and environmentally sustainable operations engineering, through the support of best practice, health and safety initiatives and a commitment to the professional development of its members. The Society will be able to speak about how it can help visitors’ careers in engineering with professional recognition through the Engineering Council, technical guides, accreditation standards, CPD events and much more. Co-location Running alongside Plant & Asset Management as part of the co-location of events will be Drives & Controls Exhibition 2020, covering critical areas such as energy efficiency, machine safety, drives, motion control, robotics and automation plus much more, all under one 12 | Plant & Works Engineering www.pwemag.co.uk March 2020 Plant & Asset Management Exhibition Preview A platform for knowledge at Plant & Asset Management Exhibition The biennial co-located events; Plant & Asset Management, Drives & Controls, Smart Industry Expo, Fluid Power & Systems, and Air-Tech Exhibitions – are once again set to return to Birmingham’s NEC between the 21st -23rd April 2020, alongside MACH 2020. PWE reports. roof. In addition, and to complement Plant & Asset Management and Drives & Controls Exhibition, is the now firmly established Smart Industry Expo, where visitors will have the ideal opportunity to learn about digitalisation and how to prepare and implement a strategy in this smart era as well as being able to discuss a wide range of issues from components to Predictive Maintenance 4.0, Logistics 4.0, and smart grid technologies amongst others. Air-Tech 2020, also returns to the co- location, which is set to highlight current key themes related to the very latest in air compressor and related technology from companies from around the globe. While Fluid Power & Systems 2020, will focus on a comprehensive range of hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, together with products that facilitate better electro-mechanic system design and application for improved process automation, control, monitoring and analytics. Manufacturing Technology Centre New for 2020 is the significant announcement that the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has confirmed a 100m2 pavilion at the heart of the co-location of events, where it will be joined by its members. The MTC was established in 2010 as an independent research & technology organisation with the objective of bridging the gap between academia and industry. Its role has also increased to cover not only R&D but also training, advanced manufacturing management and factory design and it now has over 700 employees working with it. The MTC has helped hundreds of companies across a range of industries and over 100 of them have become members of the MTC. Its presence at Smart Industry Expo and Drives &

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