News: Rotherham to host Global Manufacturing Festival 2013
The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing in Rotherham is to host the Global Manufacturing Festival this April.
The festival is designed to connect SME's in the UK's materials based engineering supply chains with major international customers and at the same time highlight why the Sheffield city region is at the centre of UK manufacturing.
Taking place on April 17-19 2013, the festival includes a conference and trade show, a number of factory visits, an education showcase and a formal dinner.
On the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) on April 18, the free to attend exhibition will be split into four themes, each with high profile speakers, and a uniquely focused trade show of up to 70 premium quality exhibitors from the advanced manufacturing and material industry.
Andy Page from Rolls-Royce and Simon Boon from Firth Rixson will discuss the aerospace sector and Dave Oswin from Rotherham's MTL Group Ltd will talk about the renewable energy sector with Jurgen Maier from Siemens.
Surgical Innovation's CEO Graham Bowland has been confirmed as a speaker for the medical sector and the nuclear sector will be represented by Jeff Benjamin from Rolls-Royce Nuclear and Mike Hawe from Nuclear Engineering Services Ltd.
Neil MacDonald, the Master Cutler and one of the key organisers behind the festival, said: "2013 sees the third annual Global Manufacturing Festival, and the event is now firmly established on the national business calendar.
"We are delighted that this year it will be held at the AMRC, which in just a few years has become a world class research and manufacturing facility and the exemplar of what can be achieved when the private and public sector work together."
At a recent launch event in London, leaders from world industry committed their organisations to backing the festival. Key figures from Boeing, Rolls-Royce, Siemens and Tata Steel responded with a unanimous yes when asked if their buyers would attend the event.
Mark Broxholme, managing director, Speciality Steels at Tata Steel (pictured, above) also highlighted the reasons for the group's regional investment. He said: "Tata Steel is an international company and has choices on where it invests, and I am pleased to say that Sheffield and South Yorkshire is a good place to be. Actually we see no better place to be. Because of the skills base and the platform this gives us for global business, we have invested over £35m in the last three years."
As part of the launch, the AMRC's Mantra lorry, a travelling showcase for advanced engineering, visited Parliament where representatives and apprentices from the city region's top companies highlighted the cutting edge techniques that are key to modern manufacturing.
The festival is organised by Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Marketing Sheffield and The Cutlers Company.
The GMF event is headline sponsored by; Nabarro, Siemens, Tata Steel, NatWest, Creative Sheffield, University of Sheffield, Sheffield City Region LEP and Rotherham Investment & Development Office (RIDO).
Global Manufacturing Festival website
Images: Big Box Photography / Global Manufacturing Festival
The festival is designed to connect SME's in the UK's materials based engineering supply chains with major international customers and at the same time highlight why the Sheffield city region is at the centre of UK manufacturing.
Taking place on April 17-19 2013, the festival includes a conference and trade show, a number of factory visits, an education showcase and a formal dinner.
On the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) on April 18, the free to attend exhibition will be split into four themes, each with high profile speakers, and a uniquely focused trade show of up to 70 premium quality exhibitors from the advanced manufacturing and material industry.
Andy Page from Rolls-Royce and Simon Boon from Firth Rixson will discuss the aerospace sector and Dave Oswin from Rotherham's MTL Group Ltd will talk about the renewable energy sector with Jurgen Maier from Siemens.
Surgical Innovation's CEO Graham Bowland has been confirmed as a speaker for the medical sector and the nuclear sector will be represented by Jeff Benjamin from Rolls-Royce Nuclear and Mike Hawe from Nuclear Engineering Services Ltd.
Neil MacDonald, the Master Cutler and one of the key organisers behind the festival, said: "2013 sees the third annual Global Manufacturing Festival, and the event is now firmly established on the national business calendar.
"We are delighted that this year it will be held at the AMRC, which in just a few years has become a world class research and manufacturing facility and the exemplar of what can be achieved when the private and public sector work together."
Mark Broxholme, managing director, Speciality Steels at Tata Steel (pictured, above) also highlighted the reasons for the group's regional investment. He said: "Tata Steel is an international company and has choices on where it invests, and I am pleased to say that Sheffield and South Yorkshire is a good place to be. Actually we see no better place to be. Because of the skills base and the platform this gives us for global business, we have invested over £35m in the last three years."
As part of the launch, the AMRC's Mantra lorry, a travelling showcase for advanced engineering, visited Parliament where representatives and apprentices from the city region's top companies highlighted the cutting edge techniques that are key to modern manufacturing.
The festival is organised by Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Marketing Sheffield and The Cutlers Company.
The GMF event is headline sponsored by; Nabarro, Siemens, Tata Steel, NatWest, Creative Sheffield, University of Sheffield, Sheffield City Region LEP and Rotherham Investment & Development Office (RIDO).
Global Manufacturing Festival website
Images: Big Box Photography / Global Manufacturing Festival
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