Maintec February/March 2024 www.pwemag.co.uk Plant & Works Engineering | 13 and roundtable discussions to share best practice and their experiences. On the fun side The Guitar Legends competition, where any visitor can show off their guitar skills and win a 3D printed guitar, will take place once again as well as the Day 1 after show party with The Shadow Monkeys providing live music. Co-located events A whole host of other activities are taking place during Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week. For instance, Smart Factory Expo is where manufacturers explore digital transformation solutions to gain a competitive advantage. The Design & Engineering Expo focuses on innovation so that those that want to reduce costs and optimise their future design and engineering strategy can find what they need. Of key importance are the new events that are taking place as part of Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week for the first time, Fluid Power & Systems, Air-Tech and Drives & Controls. These are closely aligned to Maintec as they bring together key topics and suppliers of state-of-the-art equipment covering critical areas such as energy efficiency, machine safety, drives, motors, motion control, robotics and automation. As well as the events mentioned in this article taking place at the NEC at the same time are 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. A single visitor registration to Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week 2024 provides access to all the events. For further information please visit: https://www.mandeweek.co.uk/
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