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Design & Innovation20 mins
Sustainability drives innovation, boosts efficiency, and creates value for the long-term. Eco design is an important tool for sustainability and is not only applicable to manufactured products but also to the manufacturing system itself.
In this session we will look at how eco efficiency approaches can improve the sustainability of manufacturing processes. We will also consider how a future industrial system could be sustainable by design.
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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
How can organisations effectively transition their daily management system from manual methods to a digital platform without sacrificing the core benefits of leaders being present at the Gemba? Mark Davies, a former senior manager with 27 years at Toyota UK, will address this critical question. This session will delve into his journey of moving the Production Control Board (PCB) from pen and paper to a fully digitalized system. Mark will illustrate the strategies employed to maintain management visibility of performance, enable improved real-time data analysis, and ensure continued engagement of all personnel. Discover the step-by-step process, from line by line to full-scale implementation, which increased productivity of Production, Maintenance and Engineering.
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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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Design & Innovation20 mins
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Design & Innovation20 minsThe Made Smarter Innovation Challenge has invested over £300m in the development of new Industrial Digital Technologies in Manufacturing and their novel application in manufacturing. Dr Ben Farmer will share the highlights of how this investment has created jobs, upskilled people, driven innovation and contributed to improvements in productivity as well as reductions in waste and carbon emissions.
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Technology Showcase Arena20 mins
Is safety still a tick-box exercise in your business? Are you buried in spreadsheets, chasing training records, or struggling to engage a busy, multilingual workforce? Want to build a safer, more compliant workplace—without slowing down operations?
In this session, you’ll learn how:
- Smart training platforms are reducing incidents while saving time and money
- Mobile-first, language-inclusive content is reaching teams wherever they are—on the line, on the move, in the moment
- AI-powered automation is taking the hassle out of compliance, from onboarding to audits
- Manufacturers are shifting from reactive reporting to proactive, data-driven safety cultures
We’ll show you how leading factories are embedding safety into the flow of work and using digital systems to drive measurable change.
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Design & Innovation20 mins
Learn how to elevate your waste management strategy with Smart 365 from Biffa. Our cutting-edge technology harnesses data to transform your manufacturing sustainability and operational efficiency. Smart 365’s modular solution offers unparalleled visibility of waste across multiple sites, empowering manufacturers to monitor performance and pinpoint areas for improvement. With advanced features like waste reporting by weights, types, production lines, and shifts, along with seamless data export and alarm setup, Smart 365 ensures proactive management and continuous improvement. By integrating data from diverse sources and delivering tailored insights to stakeholders, Smart 365 drives meaningful improvements, making it an indispensable tool for any manufacturer dedicated to sustainability, efficiency, and maximising value from their waste. Key Bullets: Smart 365 harnesses your waste data to deliver:
*Enhanced Visibility and Monitoring: Smart 365 offers unparalleled visibility of waste across multiple sites, empowering manufacturers to monitor performance and pinpoint areas for improvement.
*Advanced Features: Including waste reporting by weights, types, production lines, and shifts, along with seamless data export and alarm setup for proactive management and continuous improvement.
*Tailored Insights: By integrating data from diverse sources and delivering tailored insights to stakeholders, Smart 365 drives meaningful improvements in sustainability, efficiency, and maximising value from waste.
What's one key takeaway attendees will get from your presentation?
Smart 365 is a powerful tool from Biffa is a powerful tool for manufacturers to drive sustainability, efficiency and value from their waste.
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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
Synera introduces a new era of engineering with AI-powered Multi-Agent Systems that act as digital coworkers. By integrating Large Language Models, company knowledge, and CAx tools, these agents autonomously perform complex engineering tasks — from CAD and FEA to cost estimation and RFQs.
This "Agentic Engineering" approach accelerates product development by up to 10x and reduces time-to-market by 30–50%. A 6-month program enables companies to build and test custom agent-based workflows, preparing teams for a future where AI is a core part of R&D. -
Technology Showcase Arena20 mins
We'll show how you can easily create 3D tours of your environments (industrial, facility management, etc) and make them available via a web browser.
This works for small real estate, large offices, supermarkets, factories, big public infrastructure and nuclear waste plants.
We'll also show how laser scanners work, and how you can connect existing asset management databases to 3D Points of Interest, integrate live data, and automate finding device labels using text detection and QR codes.
What’s the one key take away attendees will get from your presentation?:
That 3D digital twins of most locations can be done in 1 day.
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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 mins
Online Cleaning Technologies (OCT) will be showcasing advanced ultrasonic thickness (UT) testing with the Elios 3 UT drone attachment. See firsthand how OCT’s innovative drone service delivers precise, certified, non-destructive thickness measurements in confined or hazardous environments—eliminating the need for manual entry, scaffolding, or elevated work platforms.
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Design & Innovation20 mins
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the Advanced Machinery and Productivity Institute (AMPI), a major programme led by NPL, will showcase innovations in manufacturing measurement, precision, and performance. Gareth and Dan will explore how this is driving innovation to enable machinery manufacturers to overcome the challenges of developing new technologies, as well as the critical role of effective and applied measurement in maximising the success of precision manufacturing. Join this session to also hear about vital funding opportunities for measurement and machinery innovation.
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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
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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
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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Technology Showcase Arena45 mins
In Formula 1, milliseconds determine victory and engineering decisions happen at 300 km/h. Guenther brings real-world experience managing cutting-edge manufacturing processes, precision engineering, and high-pressure decision-making to your industry.
His battle-tested leadership experience offers direct, actionable insights for manufacturing professionals across all sectors:
- For Design Engineers: Learn how to innovate at lightning speed while maintaining precision and reliability under extreme pressure.
- For Maintenance Teams: Discover strategies for managing mission-critical uptime when failure isn't an option and every second of downtime costs millions.
- For Controls & Automation Specialists: Understand how to push performance boundaries while ensuring system reliability in high-stakes environments.
- For Manufacturing Leaders: Gain proven approaches to building smarter, leaner operations that deliver results under intense scrutiny.]
Guenther will share unvarnished, real-world stories of building and leading high-pressure, high-tech teams. From engineering crises that threaten race weekends to operational challenges that make or break seasons – all while performing under the intense glare of global media attention.
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Design & Innovation20 mins
At Paragraf we have developed a new graphene-based magnetic sensing technology that exhibits linear signal to noise ratio behaviour across a uniquely broad dynamic range. We believe it may help with the precision requirements in high torque BLDC and are interested in industry feedback.
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