Get in the zone at Mach

 
In a new move the exhibition will feature a dedicated Education and Training Zone – aimed specifically at school and college students visiting the show. The centrepiece of the zone will be the University of Sheffield AMRC with Boeing MANufacturing TRAnsporter (MANTRA) – a specially equipped 14m long lorry designed to give aspiring young engineers a hands on experience with real, leading edge manufacturing technologies.

Once in the Education and Training Zone schools with pupils aged 14-16 will be given managed tours to enable them to fully experience the Mach event whilst older students will be provided with educational packs produced by DTEP (Design and Technology Educational Partnership) which include details of a self guided tour.

The tours include a visit to the MANTRA for which Rolls-Royce, Boeing, Sandvik Coromant and Mori Seiki and 3D virtual reality company, Virtalis, have all contributed resources for the students to experience. In addition the zone features a seminar area and will play host to a number of relevant exhibitors.

Stand space in the zone is available to educational institutions and organisations promoting engineering as a career.

Graham Shearsmith, Mach 2010 exhibition manager explained: "The Education and Training Zone is a brand new venture for the show and marries together industry's need for new blood and one of the MTA's key objectives – to encourage talent. We're delighted that the AMRC's MANTRA will form the centrepiece of the new zone as it will provide the wow factor necessary to engage the minds of the audience we hope to attract."

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