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News Release from: Manufacturing Technologies Association | Subject: Machine Tool Trades Association - Thailand
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 October 2006
MTA members participate in Thai seminar
Rhodes, Addison McKee, Cinetic-Landis and Renishaw are all participating in an MTA Technical Seminar - Modern Automotive Technologies from the UK - being held during Thai Metalex.
MTA Members Group Rhodes, Addison McKee, Cinetic-Landis and Renishaw are all participating in an MTA Technical Seminar - Modern Automotive Technologies from the UK - being held during Thai Metalex in Bangkok on November 23, 2006 The MTA has organised this seminar to give members the chance to promote technologies developed and manufactured in the UK to an important emerging market, which has a fast-growing automotive industry
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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UK Trade and Investment, of whom MTA are a preferred supplier, are providing financial support for the seminar.
Mark Ridgway, managing director of Joseph Rhodes explained why they are participating: "Presenting a paper at this seminar gives us the opportunity to demonstrate the technical ability of our company and to raise the profile of the technologies that our business provides.
We are one of only a few manufacturers in the world of superplastic forming (SPF) machines so we're very interested in the rapidly growing Asian markets, one focus area being the automotive industry in Thailand.
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Specifically, this seminar gives us a platform to explain the benefits of a technology more commonly used in aerospace to an automotive audience; our long-term aim of which is to see an increased use of SPF in the automotive industry." Graham Wood, export sales director at AddisonMcKee continued: "The MTA seminar at Thai Metalex will enable us to talk directly to key decision makers within the Thai automotive industry, which in our view is fast becoming the Detroit of South East Asia.
Whilst we are already active in Thailand, this is a growing market and as a specialist supplier of tube manipulation equipment to the automotive industry and having already developed Asian specific programmes for our equipment we are keen to ensure that the market is fully aware of the technology that we can provide." Commenting on why MTA is organising technical seminars, director general, Andrew Manly added: "I believe that it is extremely important for UK companies to be given the opportunity and support to demonstrate the technology we are developing in the UK.
Our members are producing some of the most technologically advanced machines and equipment in the world, but if no-one knows we have got it no-one is going to buy it.
Overseas exhibitions are key to this and the Technical Seminar Programme, which we plan to roll out in India next year adds to the mix, allowing participating companies to present in-depth information to a range of interested end-users.".
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