Manufacturing Forum features packaging, processing, vision and robotics experts
PPMA Show
The Manufacturing Forum
The Manufacturing Forum takes place at the PPMA Show from 27–29 September 2011, at the NEC, Birmingham, and will consist of seminars presented by packaging, processing, vision and robotics experts, followed by debates on engineering and production that affect the processing and packaging sector.
The forum is a new feature for the PPMA Show and, according to Kirsty Sharpe, producer of the Manufacturing Forum programme, will provide ’an arena where production and engineering professionals can learn the latest industry techniques in order to overcome some of manufacturing’s greatest challenges’.
Topics covered include automation, machinery safety, productivity and energy efficiency.
To find out more about the Manufacturing Forum at the PPMA Show or to visit the event, contact Archana Sharma on 0044 (0) 20 8910 7189 or visit www.ppmashow.co.uk
Key debates and presentations at the Manufacturing Forum, PPMA Show
- Simon Griffiths, chief executive officer of the Manufacturing Advisory Service, will give an insight into how, in the face of competition from low-cost countries, higher-value offerings can help companies take advantage of the global marketplace.
- Manufacturing Forum sponsors B&R Industrial Automation will be leading a talk on its new motion control technology.
- John Quinn from Marks & Spencer will discuss the use of automation and robotic solutions in the chilled ready-meals sector.
- Laidler Associates will give a presentation on new technologies for machinery safety.
- Automation Advisory Services will be giving a seminar on how automation can help increase a company’s competitive edge and drive a business forward.
- The Organisation for Machine Automation and Control will demonstrate how to improve supply-chain integration and shorten the length of project cycles.
- Richard Little from Jenton will host a discussion on contemporary predictive maintenance techniques, and a team of experts and end-users, including Dr John Atkinson from C-Cubed and Steve Taylor from Fluke, will debate predictive maintenance products.
- Stephan Potier from Open Automation Technologies will consider how the openSAFETY protocol concept can be used with Ethernet systems to provide a safety programme for manufacturers with multi-vendor machines.
- On the last day of the forum, a panel of professionals, including Chris Buxton, chief executive officer of The PPMA Group, John Morten from Burton’s Foods and Simon Beveridge from SIGA Vision will debate the competitive advantages of automation and vision technologies.
