Ian Stone, event director, commented: “The event represented the first full scale aerospace engineering show for the UK. For both delegates to the Business Briefing sessions and visitors to the show floor exhibits and programmes, Aero Engineering 2010 focused on the critical information needs of engineering and business teams up and down the UK aerospace supply chain.”
Bringing Aero Engineering 2010 to a central, national venue allowed the show's organisers to build on the success of the 2009 regional show, held in the Manchester Central Convention Complex. The significant increase in the technical content on the show floor provided by supply chain business intelligence and core technology presentations was reflected by an increase in the volume of key visitors from the UK's prime aerospace companies and their tiered supply chain.
Comprehensive support for the show was given by the principal UK industry associations and key technology suppliers, which has fuelled the growth of an even bigger event, planned for November 2011. “We decided to exhibit at this year's Aero Engineering show because it was relocated to the NEC,” reflected Andrea Rodney, director at Hone-All Precision.
“Representatives from Goodrich, BAE, Bombardier and many of the other primes all came to our stand looking for suppliers and were willing to listen. The co-located Composites Engineering show attracted a whole host of other visitors from a variety of industries which broadened the opportunities for us.”
She continued: “Also, the B2B meeting portal was a great benefit. We made six appointments prior to the show, all of which were successful and productive. Needless to say we have already rebooked for next year and look forward to the additional sectors that Leading Edge is planning to introduce to the show.”
The 2010 Aero Engineering was co-located with the first Composites Engineering Show 2010 event to provide a combination of effective features. These included a showcase of some 170 specialist exhibitors on the show floor, demonstrating the latest technology and service capabilities feeding into aerospace engineering programmes.
Key areas included design and development engineering technologies to advanced machining, tooling, production, quality and subcontract engineering services. “There was a real buzz at the show right from 9am on the first day,” enthused John Reid, managing director at CGTech. “The combining of Aero Engineering with the Composites Engineering show ensured the event was perfectly targeted at the markets served by Vericut software. We have already booked a larger stand for next year.” Mr Stone concluded: “The show is the only 100% engineering-centric business development, networking and intelligence event of its kind servicing the needs of the UK high value aerospace engineering sector. And, from 9-10 November 2011, in Hall 20 at the NEC, additional industry sectors with shared technology demands and highly transferrable knowledge pools will be added to the event – making it even more essential to attend.”
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