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News Release from: 600 Centre
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 October 2006
Motorsport manufacturing seminar to be
staged
A major seminar initiative by the G-A entitled 'The Future of the UK Automotive Industry' is to be staged at Productivity Partnerships exhibition.
A major seminar initiative by the G-A entitled 'The Future of the UK Automotive Industry' is to be staged at Productivity Partnerships exhibition at 600 Centre in Shepshed, Loughborough on 14 November 2006 Said Julia Moore, GTMA chief executive: "The automotive sector is still a critical area for manufacturing in the UK and there are tremendous opportunities for business
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 22 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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We have brought together different aspects of the industry to provide something for everyone in what promises to be a very interesting day." Tim Page, senior policy officer, TUC, will be focusing on the TUC's Discussion Paper: 'An Industrial Strategy for the United Kingdom', with particular reference to the automotive sector.
Meanwhile, David Wilton from PriceWaterhouseCoopers is providing an outline on the future of UK's automotive sector.
Adding technology to the day will be Brian O'Rouke, chief composites engineer for Williams F1 Team, who will be outlining developments in F1 materials technology and Ian Edmonds, production manager of the Zytek Group, will be discussing the use of technology in motorsport.
Zytek is involved very closely with electric vehicles, A1 GP racing engines and the Le Mans Series.
Nik Tipler president of GTMA will open the proceedings.
The three day Productivity Partnerships event spanning 14 to 16 November involves 24 of the UK's leading suppliers of production engineering technology working closely together to demonstrate the latest developments on some 30 different machine tools spanning turning, milling, grinding, EDM, component cleaning, laser marking and robotics.
There are also numerous tooling, workholding, control, software, inspection and measurement demonstrations.
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