www.hpmag.co.uk HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS April/May 2024 27 SHOW FACTS Where: NEC, Birmingham When: 5–6 June, 2024 Where: National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham Opening times: Wednesday 5 June 2024 09:30-17:00 Exhibition 10:00-16:00 Content Sessions Thursday 6 June 2024 09:30-16:00 Exhibition 10:00-16:00 Content Sessions Entry: Free (register at: https://fluid-power-systems-2024.reg.buzz Website: https://www.mandeweek.co.uk X: https://twitter.com/MandEWeek LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/smartmanufacturing-engineering-week/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smandeweek/ in Hall 4 and, as so much at the event, it focuses on innovation so that design and engineering professionals who want to reduce costs, streamline and optimise future design and engineering strategy can find what they need. A major addition to SM&E Week in 2024 are the exhibitions taking place in Hall 5. Pre-registration ensures seamless access to all the exhibitions mentioned in this article with a single badge and for 2024 this includes Drives & Controls, Fluid Power & Systems and Air-Tech. Drives & Controls has always been a major exhibition and this year it will be enhanced by being part of SMEW. Drives and Controls traditionally brings together suppliers of state-of-the-art equipment covering critical areas such as energy efficiency, machine safety, drives, motors, motion control, robotics and automation and much more. Alongside Drives & Controls in Hall 5 is the Fluid Power & Systems exhibition that focuses on hydraulic and pneumatic equipment for the industrial and mobile markets. Endorsed by the British Fluid Power Association, the BFPA will also have a stand to meet with its members to discuss their education, training and other needs. As well as this the BFPA will be presenting several sessions in the Fluid Power & Systems educational theatre. Finally, in Hall 5, the Air Tech exhibition focuses on the compressed air, generator and vacuum markets. As well as the events mentioned in this article taking place at the NEC at the same time are other relevant events including the UK Garage & Bodyshop event run by Messe Frankfurt; Med-Tech Innovation Expo and TCT 3Sixty from Rapid News Group and Subcon from the Mark Allen Group. Bring the noise In addition, one of the most popular “festival style” attractions of SM&E Week returns in 2024 – the Guitar Legends Competition. Entrants get the opportunity to play and record a piece of music (an intro, brilliant riff or a whole song) and entries are then judged by a professional musician. On the theme of music and fun, the Day 1 after-show party will welcome visitors and exhibitors alike. It gives everyone the chance to relax after a busy day and to be entertained by the the Shadow Monkeys band, who play a mix of up-to-date dancefloor hits and classic rock tunes. It will help to prolong that festival vibe. For more entertainment, and continuing the theme of refreshment, more energetic visitors will be able to power the production of their own smoothie via a bike challenge and perhaps to consume it while drinking in the Best of British showcase – a celebration of domestic manufacturing, featuring world-beating designs, innovative modes of manufacture, products that redefine categories, and export successes that have planted the British flag in overseas markets. With all the fun and worthwhile activities taking place on the fringe, it’s important to know that this year, Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week will maintain its carbon-neutral status, having planted more than 20,000 trees in the Nineteen Group Forest since 2022. Enginuity is also contributing to the fight against climate change by offsetting 59 tonnes of carbon dioxide, achieving this by supporting a global portfolio of verified carbon reduction projects via Carbon Footprint. Plus, with an eye to the future, the event’s charity partner is once again Engineers Without Borders UK, which works with young people, students and those working in industry, to ensure that globally responsible engineering is embedded in the thinking of both engineers and the businesses they work for. With so much going on during Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week the organisers will be creating ‘visitor trails’ to help attendees tailor their experience to their own areas of interest. To build a personal trail visitors must be registered in advance at: https://www.mandeweek.co.uk/
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