July/August 2020

| 0 6 | July/August 2020 www.smartmachinesandfactories.com | NEWS | The biennial co-located events; Smart Industry Expo, Drives & Controls, Fluid Power & Systems, Plant & Asset Management, and Air- Tech Exhibitions, which will be taking place between January 25th- 27th 2021, alongside MACH, is on track to be the largest UK manufacturing event in a generation. As UK manufacturers being to recover from the lockdown period, January will be a unique opportunity to present technologies, innovations and solutions in a recovering market that will be eager to take advantage of the lessons learnt over the last few months. As manufacturing businesses prepare for life after COVID-19, it should be clear that automation and digitalisation, both of production and of business processes, can no longer be regarded as ‘nice to have’ innovation: they will be central to many firms’ survival. Ultimately UK businesses are pivoting and seeking growth opportunities in new markets as they seek ways of overcoming the COVID- 19 crisis. Digitalisation is at the heart of all these strategies as it will make the impossible affordable. Smart Industry and the co-location of events will be able to help manufacturers take advantage of these opportunities. Also taking place alongside Smart Industry and the co- location of events is Subcon, which is run by MA Exhibitions. Together these events will be the largest manufacturing event of 2021 and potentially in a generation. Managing director of DFA Media, organiser of the co-location of events, commented: “January 2021 will be a pivotal period for UK manufacturing, therefore Smart Industry and the co- location of events will be a unique opportunity to help manufacturers source the technologies they need to help them both recover and take advantage of new opportunities. To find out more please visit: http://www.smartindustry-expo.com Smart Industry and co-location of events on track to to be the largest UK manufacturing event in a generation Talking Industry digital broadcast panel discussions launched DFA Media, the publisher of Smart Machines and Factories and its sister magazines Drives & Controls and Plant & Works Engineering, has launched Talking Industry, a new series of live digitally broadcast panel discussions with leading experts from the industrial, automation and manufacturing sectors. These digitally broadcast panel discussions present a unique opportunity to discuss strategies, technologies and issues within both the industrial digitalisation sphere and the wider engineering community. The first in the series, Talking Industry – Manufacturing, will take place at 10am on Tuesday 14th July and will focus on three broad areas: increasing productivity and efficiency; reducing downtime and costs; and future technologies. Our panel of experts will explore a wide range of subjects and topics, and viewers will benefit from hearing their opinions on strategies, technologies and other aspects of the topic. Each topic will be discussed for about 30 minutes, and will be followed by an interactive Q&A session with input from the viewers. Attendees can tune in for all or part of the broadcast. The event is 100% free to attend. For those who are unable to attend the live event, it will be made available afterwards for download from our websites. Current confirmed speakers include:  Anthony Pickering, President, Control Techniques  Andrew Jones, End-Use Sales Manager, HP 3D Multi Jet Fusion  Nikesh Mistry, Sector Head of Industrial Automation, GAMBICA, the UK trade association for Instrumentation, Control, Automation and Laboratory Technology  Job Euwes, Commercial Manager, IXON   Sean Robinson, Manager, Software Solutions, Novotek UK and Ireland To register for the event please visit the registration link at: https://tinyurl.com/talkingindustry-1 . . . in manufacturing