MACH 2022 (4-8 April, Birmingham NEC), the first national gathering of the UK engineering community post-Covid-19, has demonstrated its importance to the manufacturing sector by selling over three-quarters of its exhibition space despite there being more than 200 days left before the live event.
James Selka, CEO of MACH organiser, the MTA, says: “The support we’ve already received from the UK manufacturing and engineering community has been tremendous. Their show of faith at what is a pivotal moment for this most crucial of industries, demonstrates both their appetite to do business and their desire to restore the manufacturing sector to its rightful place at the head of the UK economy.”

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EMO Milano 2021 is set to take place at Fieramilano Rho from 4 to 9 October 2021.Machine tools, robots, additive manufacturing systems and solutions for interconnected production facilities will be key players at EMO, transforming the venue into the biggest digital factory ever set up within an exhibition centre.

The show will be the first international exhibition event focused on the machine tool sector after a period of forced stoppages due to the pandemic. A total exhibition area of 110,000 sq m will showcase the products and innovations of circa 700 companies, 60% of which are from outside Italy. Among this number will be MTI magazine, which will be handing out printed copies of its latest issue from Stand E16 in Hall 3.

For further information
www.emo-milano.com

Subcon, the UK’s premier subcontract manufacturing supply chain show, opens its doors this week at the Birmingham NEC, where it will run from 14 to 16 September. For over 40 years, the show has continued to deliver high-quality conference content alongside a variety of UK and international exhibitors.

This year, Subcon will be co-located with The Engineer Expo and the Manufacturing Management Show. Together, the three shows will deliver a relevant event for the manufacturing and engineering industry, with visitors benefiting from free access to all three events. MTI magazine will be present on Stand C63, from where its friendly team will be distributing MTI’s Subcon show issue. Please call by and pick up a copy.

For further information
www.subconshow.co.uk

Subcon returns to support in-person networking as the UK manufacturing sector prepares for a post-pandemic future. Next week (14-16 September), Subcon will take place at the Birmingham NEC for the 44th time, heralding a much welcome return to business events and reinforcing the value of meeting face to face for the UK’s manufacturing and engineering sectors.

Subcon is the UK’s leading manufacturing supply chain show and its return as an in-person event comes at a pivotal time as UK manufacturers of all sizes recover from the impact of Covid-19, adjust to operating outside the EU and face a myriad of challenges and opportunities. The sector’s appetite for doing business in-person could not be stronger: the show’s headline sponsors are IAMP and SCS Concept Group, while over 150 companies will exhibit, including Hoffman Group UK, Wilson Process Systems and Oldham Engineering.

For further information www.subconshow.co.uk

Founded in 1995 as a machinery maintenance firm, Mechtop now has over 50 employees designing and building conveyor systems, tanks, pipework and custom steel structures such as railings and staircases. Located in Wangen bei Olten in northern Switzerland, the multi-faceted company needs a high degree of flexibility in its day-to-day manufacturing operations, so has upgraded its materials logistics by installing two tower storage systems and a bandsaw from Kasto.

Dominic Felice, a director of Mechtop, says: “We mainly manufacture small and very small batches down to one-offs. This is often the case when we need spare parts urgently, for instance. To meet these demands, we require systems that are versatile enough to deal with a range of processes, including our internal logistics.”

The company processes sheet metal as well as long stock including bar, tube and profile. In the past, both of these raw material types were stored in manually operated cantilever storage facilities.

Mechtop therefore decided to modernise and automate its storage infrastructure. The company opted for a compact KASTOecostore and a UNITOWER tower storage system, both manufactured by Kasto. UNITOWER is equipped with 108 storage cassettes for holding long stock up to 6 m in length, while the KASTOecostore has 26 pallet storage shelves able to accommodate sheet material up to 3 x 1.5 m.

“Automatic storage offers us a range of advantages,” states Felice. “We’ve gained a lot of valuable space, a better overview of our inventory and more control over stock, so we can work more productively and efficiently.”

Mechtop has also invested in a KASTOmicut A 2.6 automatic bandsaw. With a cutting range of up to 260 mm diameter and infinitely adjustable mitre angles from -45 to +60°, the pivot-bow bandsaw offers enough scope to cut a wide range of different components.

For further information
www.kasto.com