Event Information
Join Made Smarter as they bring together the East Midlands manufacturing community for a digital factory tour and to explore the power of unlocking digital technology for industry.
This event brings together our SME manufacturing community across the East Midlands to hear industry leading expertise and to visit a state-of-the-art facility in order to discover how you can unlock the benefits of adopting digital technology to improve quality, efficiency and profitability. No matter if you are an early adopter or just getting started on your digital journey.
This is also a fantastic opportunity for manufacturers to network, develop new business contacts, share ideas and best practice.
Hearing from key note speakers from industry to share how adopting digital technology is is key to being a competitive UK manufacturer:
- Chris Corkan, Region Director - Midands & East of England, Make UK
- Dan Symes, Head of Business & Knowledge Exchange, Institute for Advanced Manufacturing, University of Nottingham
- Mike Wilson, Chief Automation Officer, The Manufacturing Technology Centre
- Chris Owen, Programme Director, Made Smarter
- Helena McKinder, Managing Director, Label Apeel Ltd
- Andy Leather, Group Operations Manager, Adey Steel Group
- Dr Kamran Ali Chatha, Senior Lecturer in Operations & Supply Chain Management
Attend this event to understand
The value of adopting industrial digital technology, the commercial benefits experienced by other manufacturers on their journey. To take advantage of the resource, knowledge and support available to the manufacturing sector.
Ideally suited for
SME Manufacturers responsible for operations and strategy based in the East Midlands (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland). Make UK reserves the right to prioritise bookings for members and manufacturers.
About Omnifactory:
Omnifactory is a national demonstrator and testbed for smart manufacturing systems. Here we develop and test the latest digital technologies, enabling our industrial partners to transform their manufacturing practices for the future.
About Made Smarter:
Made Smarter has launched a £3 million digital adoption push to drive growth in East Midlands manufacturing SMEs and help them boost productivity.
Made Smarter East Midlands Digital experts will provide advice and support to manufacturing businesses on how to switch to advanced and automated technologies. The programme provides digital transformation road mapping, leadership development, grant funding and access to industrial digital technology expertise to help with implementation until 31st March 2025.
Made Smarter East Midlands is delivered by the Lincolnshire County Council on behalf of the East Midlands Cluster.
About Make UK:
Make UK, The Manufacturers’ Organisation, is the representative voice of UK manufacturing, with offices in London, Brussels, every English region and Wales.
Collectively we represent 20,000 companies of all sizes, from start-ups to multinationals, across engineering, manufacturing, technology and the wider industrial sector. Everything we do – from providing essential business support and training to championing manufacturing industry in the UK and the EU – is designed to help British manufacturers compete, innovate and grow.
From HR and employment law, health and safety to environmental and productivity improvement, our advice, expertise and influence enables businesses to remain safe, compliant and future-focused.
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Event information:
Location:
Omnifactory, Advanced Manufacturing Building, UoN
When:
05/07/2024
08:15 - 12:15
Category: Manufacturing
Organised by:
Make UK & Made Smarter
