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INDUSTRY INNOVATIONS UNDER ONE ROOF
National Manufacturing Week 2009
Don’t miss National Manufacturing Week (NMW) 2009 – Australia’s 41st fully integrated, annual manufacturing exhibition – to be held between 12th and 15th May at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Bank. Australia’s major industrial exhibition, NMW is the only event that gathers together world-class national and international manufacturers and market leaders to share their innovative ideas and technologies in a unique face to face, ‘one-stop-shop’ forum.
Eleven separate industry-specific pavilions (covering an area of over 5,000 sq m in available space) showcase a wide range of manufacturing sectors, including the universally important Health and Safety section. In 2007, more than 13,000 visitors attended to view the 613 brands of products displayed by 275 different companies.
NMW organiser, Reed Exhibitions, along with its exhibition partners, has been working on a number of new initiatives designed to further increase the profile of NMW so it continues to be a keen destination for manufacturers from all around the country.
“New features this year will include Austech’s ‘Factory Of The Future’ and a dedicated Logistics and Materials Handling section,” said Mr Paul Baker, NMW exhibition manager. “These two sections will add a fresh and exciting dynamic to the event.”
Co-ordinated by AMTIL, ‘Factory of the Future’ will cover over 750 sq m of floor space, and will feature the very latest in fully automated laser-controlled machine tools, separate ‘cells’ demonstrating robotics and laser technology, as well as design and prototyping.
“Seminars are planned alongside the feature exhibits so visitors can learn about the latest technologies and manufacturing techniques – and then be able to see them operating,” Mr Baker said.
“This will allow visitors to tap into the very latest developments and technologies, and see how they can have an impact on increasing efficiency, reducing costs, and raising their profits.”
Mr Baker said that NMW’s Logistics, Materials Handling & Distribution (LMHD) pavilion is set to grow dramatically. “Companies are looking at ways to increase productivity and efficiencies throughout the entire supply chain and the efficient
movement of finished products is an integral discipline.
“So LMHD will feature the latest in forklift developments, storage and racking solutions as well as new technologies in radio frequency-controlled warehousing and RFID."
Together with the recently opened Victorian Enterprise Connect Manufacturing Centre in Dandenong, this significant event puts Victoria definitively on the map as one of the key manufacturing centres of Australia.
For more information about NMW, contact:
John Delpech at Reed Exhibitions –
Ph: 02 9422 2568,
Email: john.delpech@reedexhibitions.com.au Website: www.nationalmanufacturingweek.com.au
Editor’s comment:
“If you don’t go, you’ll never know!
Judicious product selection, based on fully informed
choice, will impact favourably on all aspects of business enterprise – from production efficiencies and profitability to the health and safety of employees, and even conservation of the environment.”
NMW Exhibition
Photo: Spitfire Communications
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