PECM Issue 18 2016 | Page 44

Record Numbers Flock To UK’s Biggest Engineering Trade Show T he UK’s largest annual trade Katie Crocombe, Event Director for has been fantastic. It is great to be part of show and open conference Advanced Engineering UK, comments: such a vibrant show. We are already deep for the high performance “This is the first year we at Easyfairs have in planning for 2016, so make sure you stay engineering sectors closed hosted Advanced Engineering UK, and tuned to see where we can go from here!” its doors to record numbers of visitors it has exceeded all of our expectations. this November. Advanced Engineering The attendance figures are absolutely UK had its biggest show ever, bringing incredible and the buzz on the showfloor together more engineering professionals was something I have never heard before. than ever before to meet, do business, and It was electric! We just wanted to thank gain insight from experts into the latest our visitors and exhibitors who supported industry opportunities and innovations. the show through its recent acquisition. The show, which took place on 4 & 5 November 2015, witnessed increased footfall from engineering decision makers Without you the show could not have been anywhere near as successful as it has.“ The sell-out show was packed with a host of engineering feats including the ARION1 Land Speed Bicycle, Vestas Sailrocket 2, the game-changing MK3 Libralato Engine, the Facebook Aquila Solar Plane wing, Micro Metalsmiths’ BeBionic arm, Canon’s SLA printed and 3D scanned Webb Ellis Cup and Tesla’s Model S electric car. It also featured speakers from international organisations such as Boeing, Magna ranging from the likes of: Airbus to “Having the very best and brightest of the International, Siemens, Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin; Dyson to Doncasters; Red engineering industry under one roof is European Space Agency, SAE International, Bull Technology to Ricardo; Siemens to always cause for celebration. Every area Cannon, Bentley Motors and Airbus UK. Sunseeker Yachts; Q8 Oils to Qinetiq - the of the show was heaving throughout, and list goes on. the feedback from visitors and exhibitors 44 PECM Issue 18