Among the speakers of the UK’s largest
If the educational content on offer was not
great variety of interesting conversations,
conference programme was Norman
enough, many of the exhibitors used the
which generated lots of promising leads.
Wijker, CEO at Team Invictus who shared
show to launch products to the UK market:
See you again in 2016.”
his experiences of creative engineering. He
Royal Tool Control launched its new Tool
stated: “SMEs, supply chain manufacturers,
Master ‘BASIC’ presetter; Afinia introduced
ROs, OEMs and government funding
its new ScanR, Sia Abrasives presented its
agencies need to try and understand
new ‘Sianet’ range; ETPS debuted its super
creativity and find ways that can open
capacitor emulation GUI – the list just
up design spaces for truly innovative
keeps going!
products.”
On day two, Patti Kreh, New Programme
Darren Roberts, Director at DCR Machines,
time exhibitor we wondered if we would
International ITC explored Cybersecurity.
fit into the show’s profile, but it has been
Kreh commented: “Safety is always the
great. We have had an overwhelming
number one concern when it comes to
interest in our products, across an array of
security. With more code being used, more
industries, including automotive, nautical,
products connect to the internet, plus
gasket cutting and many more. Our
hackers getting more sophisticated, it is no
die cutting machines have been hugely
wonder Cybersecurity is a key engineering
successful with the visitors, helping them
subject.
find the perfect solution for their issues.
Intellectual Property Office, who attended
take place on 2 & 3 November 2016. For
anyone interested in exhibiting, more
information can be found at
www.advancedengineeringuk.com or via
the show team on +44 (0)20 8843 8800 or
[email protected]
exhibiting at the show, said: “As a first
Development Manager at SAE
Matthew Lawson, Patent Examiner at The
The next Advanced Engineering UK will
We consider Advanced Engineering UK to
have been a very worthwhile venture!”
the Open Conference Programme,
Also exhibiting at the show was Ryan
remarked: “The presentations have been
Milne, Marketing Manager at Canon, who
particularly informative and useful. The
remarked: “Canon enjoyed a very busy
Open Conference programme is the reason
two days at Advanced Engineering UK
I am attending both days of the show and
2015. Our Additive Manufacturing division,
it really hasn’t disappointed.”
which sells 3D printing solutions, had a
“Many are taking an innovative
approach to Cybersecurity, for
instance Tesla and American
Airlines, who are offering a reward
to anyone who can hack its systems.
This is a novel approach, but allows
the organisations to see where they
are weak, and strengthen before
they are attacked unexpectedly. In
my opinion 2015 will be dubbed
‘Year of the car hacks’.”
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