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Design & Innovation20 mins
Manufacturers today face a once-in-a-generation opportunity to future-proof their businesses. To stay competitive, leaders must embrace three new priorities - productivity, resilience, and growth - while balancing traditional objectives of cost, quality, and service.
This session explores the megatrends redefining smart manufacturing, from automation and AI to workforce evolution and economic shifts. Led by one of the foremost strategic minds in Industry 4.0, this session provides practical insights, management foresight, and actionable strategies to help manufacturers navigate the next decade.
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Design & Innovation20 minsIn this session, Neil Cooke explores how cloud-based CAD and PDM tools are transforming the way teams design and develop products. He'll dive into how using Agile methods with cloud technology speeds up development, improves teamwork, and makes design tools more accessible and scalable. Whether you're an engineer, designer, or product manager, this session will offer practical insights on how to work more efficiently and innovate faster.
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Design & Innovation20 mins
Rising energy costs, grid limitations, pressure to meet sustainability goals, and the drive for operational efficiency are all crucial concerns for manufacturers. But what if there was a smarter way to manage your power?
In this session, we’ll demonstrate how energy management solutions—such as Voltage Optimisation, Low-Loss Transformers, and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)—can reduce your site’s energy consumption and boost efficiency, resulting in energy savings, lower CO₂ emissions, and accelerated electrification.
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Design & Innovation20 mins
Discover how JoinXR is transforming businesses through immersive collaboration. See how Videojet Technologies leveraged JoinXR for a successful product launch, streamlined CAD design reviews and efficient multi-location sales training.
Learn how this powerful platform enables real-time interaction with complex 3D models in AR/VR/MR, reducing production risk and accelerating time to market. Explore the potential of JoinXR to revolutionise your workflows and unlock new possibilities for your organisation.
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Design & Innovation20 mins
This session will provide an in-depth analysis of the current state of the UK economy, the manufacturing sector, and the progress of the government's industrial strategy. Seamus will explore the challenges facing key industries, and explore the key trends in manufacturing output, investment, automation, and workforce development, as well as the impact of global economic shifts including tariffs and technological advancements.
The session will also assess the alignment of the industrial strategy with the needs of modern manufacturing and its role in boosting economic resilience and competitiveness.
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Design & Innovation20 mins
Integrating physical products with digital platforms has become increasingly common in today's manufacturing landscape. But how many are genuinely delivering value?
This session explores the challenges and opportunities in creating successful physical-digital experiences that manufacturing leaders can apply to their product ecosystems.
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Design & Innovation20 minsAs new technologies and processes reshape manufacturing, training must keep up. Eye-tracking technology makes training smarter by showing how workers interact with tools and machines, helping new employees learn faster and adapt more easily. By capturing real-time insights, it bridges the gap between humans and technology, improving efficiency and reducing errors.
Key points:- Smarter training for new employees - Eye tracking accelerates learning by capturing expert techniques.
- Optimizing human-tech collaboration - Helps workers quickly adapt to new processes.
- Data-driven improvements - Real-time insights refine training, improve compliance, and cut costs.
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Technology Showcase Arena60 minsFor over 40 years, SSG Insight has helped customers achieve a smart workplace ecosystem with Agility. We are CMMS and EAM experts and have a global team passionate about your success. With over 500,000 users worldwide, we are proud leaders of powerful asset maintenance management software.
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Design & Innovation20 mins
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Technology Showcase Arena20 minsHow to remove the hassle from compliance
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Design & Innovation20 mins
The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into electrical CAD systems is a real game changer. WSCAD, as a pioneer in this field, presents how AI accelerates the design process by minimising routine tasks.
Key points:
- Elimination of routine tasks: AI technology handles time-consuming standard processes in seconds.
- Increased productivity: Designers gain valuable time for complex and creative tasks.
- Stress reduction: The AI-supported working method leads to a more pleasant interaction with the electrical CAD system
- Future prospects: Insights into the far-reaching possibilities and potential of AI in electrical design.
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Technology Showcase Arena20 mins
In the future, Configure-to-Order (CTO) will play an increasingly important role and is expected to account for more than half of all revenue in the manufacturing industry. CTO is a key element in the industry's future, enabling companies not only to respond to customer demands but also to produce more flexibly and efficiently.
This presentation gives you a step-by-step guide on how you can grow from ETO to CTO and explores the hybrid options that can bridge the transition
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Design & Innovation20 mins
Automate complex engineering tasks
Increase your engineering team's productivity with Synera's process automation platform, seamlessly integrate CAx tools, and reduce IT dependency.
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Design & Innovation50 mins
As sustainability takes centre stage in manufacturing, the shift from a linear to a circular economy is no longer optional—it’s essential. This panel will explore how manufacturers can integrate circular economy principles into product and process design, reducing waste, optimising resource efficiency, and creating more sustainable, long-lasting products.
Industry leaders will share strategies, challenges, and success stories of designing for reuse, remanufacturing, and recyclability.
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Technology Showcase Arena20 minsSince the business was formed in 2000, Online Cleaning Technologies has grown to become the UK and Europe’s recognised market leader in the use of controlled detonative shockwave technology.
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Design & Innovation20 mins
AMPI, the Advanced Machinery and Productivity Institute, is an industry-defined initiative to stimulate and support rapid growth of the UK’s machinery manufacturing sector.
By driving innovation to enable machinery manufacturers to overcome the challenges of developing new technologies, AMPI will be a pivotal intervention that fulfils a critical aspect in the UK’s manufacturing innovation landscape.
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Technology Showcase Arena20 minsManufacturers face increasing pressure to optimise energy and water use and minimise waste while complying with ever-growing sustainability regulations.
In our session, we will demonstrate how a Power BI solution helps to address these challenges by integrating real-time data, automating analysis, and providing actionable insights to enable a data-driven sustainability strategy.
1. The challenge: Common difficulties in energy, water and waste tracking and reporting
2. Power BI in action: Centralised data visualisation for critical metrics and automated reporting and alerts
3. Driving efficiency and compliance: Using Power BI to identify inefficiencies and cost-saving opportunities.
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Technology Showcase Arena50 mins
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Design & Innovation20 mins
As industries look to improve energy efficiency, Innomotics is leading the way with innovative motor technologies that prioritise energy savings. This presentation will explore the capabilities of Innomotics' IE5 and IE6 low voltage motors, highlighting their potential to reduce energy consumption while maintaining high performance.
By focusing on practical solutions to optimise energy use, we will discuss how these motors contribute to lowering operational costs and enhancing overall efficiency. Join us to learn how intelligent energy management is shaping more efficient operations across various sectors.
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