Friday, 05 July 2024
Time: 8:15am – 12pm
Institute for Advanced Manufacturing,
Nottingham
NG7 2GX
Join us as we bring together our 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
- Sam Handley, Executive Director, SPE Ltd
- Dr Kamran Ali Chatha, Senior Lecturer in Operations & Supply Chain Management
- Adam Bowser, Director of Pyramid Plastics, T/A Pyramid Motorcycle Accessories
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.