EXHIBITOR UPDATE
29 Sept – 1 Oct 2015 · NEC, Birmingham “The complete production line event”
PPMA Show goes from strength to strength
Preparations for the PPMA Show 2015 (29 Sept–1 Oct 2015, NEC, Birmingham) are well underway – and if last year’s success is anything to go by, it’s set to be an unmissable event! The UK’s premier free-to-attend complete production line event is going from strength to strength since coming back under the sole ownership and management of the PPMA Group of Associations. The 2014 exhibition was declared a resounding success, attracting over 320 exhibitors and 8,190 visitors. And with Lord Digby Jones now confirmed to open the 2015 event, expectations for this year are even higher.
Plans for this year’s event are already well underway, with added investment for features such as the PPMA Show TV, which proved popular with exhibitors, visitors and speakers alike,” adds Grant.
“Featuring a wide range of innovation, new product launches, live machinery demonstrations and strong seminar content, with insights from industry leaders – including Coca-Cola Enterprises, M&S, Tesco and the Groceries Code Adjudicator, Christine Tacon – the 2014 event has set high expectations for the 2015 exhibition,” reveals Grant Collier, Head of Marketing and Publishing for the PPMA Group. “The 2014 show, sponsored by Lloyds Bank, wrapped up a record year for the PPMA, with membership soaring to over 420 members – an increase of 81 new companies.
Now in its 28th year, the PPMA Show 2015 will once again bring together buyers and sellers in a forum in which to meet existing and new customers, liaise with the industry, develop relationships, discuss the latest pressing trends and carry out business. Our PPMA Show website (www.ppmashow.co.uk) is now live, enabling visitors and exhibitors to explore new features and plan for a busier, more action-packed show than ever before. But with almost three times the expected level of exhibitors rebooking stand space for the 2015 edition immediately after last year’s show, you’ll need to be quick if you want to make the most of the opportunities on offer. “Stand sales have been well above levels expected; with seven months still to go over 80% of the stand space is already reserved,” reports David Harrison, Group Exhibition Manager. “It’s pleasing to see bookings from across the industry, with some very large stands such as SMC at over 200m2.”
“We have been blown away by the interest in our products and came away with some great quality leads. We intend to continue to exhibit at the PPMA Show in future years.”
“The show’s set up this year has been fantastic. It has an excellent reputation throughout the industry and for that reason we will be returning to exhibit in 2015.”
Barry Baldock, XACT Director, CT (PPMA Show 2014 exhibitor)
Why exhibit? •Thousands of visitors •Prices held for 2015 •Machinery-only exhibition •320+ exhibitors •Now in its 28th year •6,800m2 of stand space already sold •Packed seminar programme • Serious buyers from a range of sectors
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Glynn Edwards, Segment Manager – Commercial Goods, SICK UK (PPMA Show 2014 exhibitor)
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“As a leading manufacturer you can be conspicuous by your absence and with our machinery people have to see and touch the equipment to see the quality and functionality.” Alan Yates, Managing Director, Endoline (PPMA Show 2014 exhibitor)
Book now for 2015 – at 2014 prices! With prices held at 2014 levels, stand space for the 2015 exhibition is selling fast – over 6,800m2 has already been reserved. Don’t miss out; contact us now to secure your place.
Exhibitor rates (per m2, exc. VAT) Full member £242 Affiliate member £296 Non-member £326 Stand price includes shell scheme, carpet, company name board and catalogue entry. David Harrison, Group Exhibition Manager E david.harrison@ppma.co.uk T +44 (0)20 8773 8111 Scott McKenna, Exhibition Sales Manager E scott.mckenna@ppma.co.uk T +44 (0)20 8773 5515 Lucy Lockyer, Exhibition Sales E lucy.lockyer@ppma.co.uk T +44 (0)20 8773 5514 www.ppmashow.co.uk
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Join the following confirmed exhibitors • Acrovision Ltd • Adpak Machinery Systems Ltd • Advance Automated Systems Ltd • Advanced Dynamics Limited • Advanced Engineering (Middleton) Ltd • Advanced Labelling Systems Ltd (Als) • Aetna Uk Ltd • All-Fill International Ltd • All-Pak Engineering Co Ltd • Allen Coding Systems • Alrad Imaging • Alvey BV • AM LABELS LTD • Anglo Production Processes (App) • Anritsu Industrial Solutions Europe Ltd • Antipoda • Api Maintenance Systems • Applied Automation Industrial Systems • Asg Services • Atd Marking Systems • ATLANTIC ZEISER LTD • Atwell Self-Adhesive Labellers • Automated Packaging Systems Ltd • AVE UK LTD • Axelent Ltd • Balluff Limited • Beckhoff Automation Ltd • Berger Tools Ltd • Bizerba (Uk) Ltd • BRADMAN LAKE LTD • British Encoder Products • Brunel Engineering Services Ltd • Bst Detectable Products • Bytronic Automation Ltd • Cap Coder Ltd • Ceia S.P.A • Cleansing Service Group Ltd • Clearview Imaging Ltd
• CLIFFE PACKAGING LTD • Clifton Packaging Group Ltd • Codeway Ltd • Cognex Uk • Conveyor Systems Ltd • Cotswold Mechanical Ltd • Cousins Packaging • Crc Industries Uk • Cross-Check Systems Ltd • Dan-Palletiser A/S • Detectamet Detectable Products • DIMACO (UK) LTD • Dixon Group Europe Ltd • Dunkermotoren Linear Systems Ltd • Durham Duplex • Dustcontrol Uk Ltd • Ecoblast Supplies Ltd • Elesa Uk Ltd • Endoline Machinery Ltd • Epson Uk Ltd • Etpack Sprinter Uk Ltd • Evolution Bottling & Packaging • Excel Packaging Machinery Ltd • Extract Technology Ltd • Fabcon Food Systems Ltd • Fairfield Group • FANUC • Farleygreene Ltd • Festo Ltd • Fischbein - Saxon Ltd • Fortress Technology (Europe) Ltd • Framos Electronics Ltd • Friedheim International Ltd • Fristam Pumps (Uk) Ltd • Gainsborough Engineering Co • Gainsborough Industrial Controls Ltd • GEBO CERMEX • Gemu Valves Ltd • Gordian Strapping Limited • Grote Company
•G uyson International Ltd • Hanley Automation Networks Ltd • Harford Control Limited • Hepcomotion • Herma Uk Ltd •H euft Limited •H olmach Ltd • I CE – INTERACTIVE CODING EQUIPMENT • I dhammar Systems Ltd • I fm Electronic Ltd • Ilapak Ltd • I lpra (Uk) • I ndustrial Labelling Systems Ltd • I ndustrial Washing Machines Ltd • Integrapak Limited • Interroll Ltd • Ishida Europe Ltd • Jacob (Uk) Ltd • J bt Corporation • J enton International Ltd • J ohn L Lord & Son Ltd • John R Boone Ltd • Karmelle Ltd • Kawasaki Robotics (Uk) Limited • Kecol Pumping Systems Ltd • Kelgray Products Ltd • Kemtile Ltd • Kensal Handling Systems Ltd • Keyence Uk Ltd • Kieselmann Uk • Kuka Robotics Uk Ltd • L ac Conveyors Systems • L afert Electric Motors Ltd • L ambda Photometrics Ltd • Leuze Electronic Ltd • L iftvrac • L ine Equipment Ltd • L INKX SYSTEMS LTD • L ondon Electronics Ltd • L oveshaw Europe •M artec Of Whitwell Ltd
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•M aziak •M orton Mixers & Blenders Ltd • Multipix Imaging Components Ltd • Multipond Ltd •M ultivac Uk •N erak-Wiese Limited •N etzsch Pumps & Systems Ltd •N ilfisk Industrial Vacuum Solutions •N iverplast Bv •N ordson (Uk) Ltd • Norgren Ltd •N ORPAK LTD •O cs Checkweighers Ltd •O erlikon Leybold Vacuum Uk Limited •O mron Electronics Uk Ltd •O pen Date Equipment Ltd •P acepacker Services Ltd •P alamatic Limited • Paramount Packaging Systems Ltd •P artners In Packaging (Machine Systems) Ltd •P enn Packaging Limited • Pfm Packaging Machinery Ltd •P HARMAPACK •P iab Ltd •P ORTALIS LTD •P REMIER LABELLERS •P reo Adhesive Systems •Q imarox • RDM TEST EQUIPMENT LTD •R M Sealers Limited •R .A. Rodriguez (U.K.) Limited •R aque Food Systems Sales Ltd •R aupack •R eiser Uk Limited •R iggs Autopack Ltd • Riley Automation Ltd • Russell Finex Ltd • SAMUEL GRANT GROUP LTD
• Sato Uk Limited • Sauven Marking Ltd • SCORPION VISION LTD • Service & Calibration Solutions (Uk) Ltd • Servo Components & Systems Ltd • Shemesh Automation • Shrinkpack Ltd • Sick Uk Ltd • Silverson Machines Ltd • Simmatic Automation Specialists Ltd • SMC PNEUMATICS (UK) LTD • Sollas Uk Ltd • SPIROFLOW LTD • Stemmer Imaging Ltd • Synatel Instrumentation Ltd • Syspal Ltd • T Freemantle Ltd • Tawi Uk Ltd • The Config Team • The Food Machinery Company Ltd • TISOMI UK LTD • TM ROBOTICS • ULMA PACKAGING LTD • Unifiller Systems Uk Ltd • UNITECH ENGINEERING LTD • Universal Filling Machine Co • Upm Conveyors Ltd • Vaculex Uk Ltd • Vortex Valves • WATSON-MARLOW PUMPS GROUP • W. H. Leary Ltd • Wds Component Parts Ltd • Wenglor Sensoric Ltd • Winkworth Group • WURTH UK LTD • Yamato Scale Dataweigh (Uk) Ltd • Yorkshire Packaging Systems Ltd • Zepf Technologies Uk
Lord Digby Jones set to open the show
Who visits?
The PPMA Show is attended by thousands of end-users and buyers from a wide range of sectors each year. Take a look at our typical visitor profile.
We are delighted to announce that Lord Digby Jones will officially open the PPMA Show 2015 at 10am on 29 September. Former Director General of the CBI and Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Lord Jones is a passionate advocate of British business. “Lord Jones has always been a stalwart supporter of British industry and with the continued upward trend in UK manufacturing, we thought it befitting for him to deliver the keynote address and visit stand holders across the 2015 exhibition,” says Grant Jamieson, Chairman of the PPMA Show.
What our visitors say “In a digital age some people would say that trade shows are less relevant but I like to talk to people and physically see machines in action, which is what the PPMA Show provides.”
Make yours a ‘destination’ stand! Make sure that your stand is one that every visitor wants to see by raising awareness of your activities well in advance of the show. Press, end-users and buyers alike will be looking to maximise their time at the show by creating a ‘hit list’ of those stands that are already creating a buzz before the doors have even opened. To ensure that your company’s stand is at the top of our visitors’ wish list, send details of any planned product launches, innovations, company announcements, demonstrations and stand activities to: ppma@stormcom.co.uk
Chris Hutchison, Process Engineer, Holmesterne
“Good for learning about new machinery and discovering new business opportunities – you don’t realise how advanced some of the systems are that are on offer.” Will Anderson, BST Detectable Products
“It’s important for Tesco to attend exhibitions such as the PPMA Show as we want to be able to access technologies that excite consumers. It also provides us with wider access to manufacturers and a route to contact with them.” Paul Earnshaw, Packaging Manager, Tesco PLC
Jaguar Land Rover confirmed for seminar programme Following the success of last year’s PPMA Show seminar programme, which featured a presentation from the Groceries Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon, we are pleased to confirm that this year’s seminar sessions will include a presentation from Jaguar Land Rover. “Jaguar Land Rover’s speaker will demonstrate how industrial vision systems integrate to form the perfect partnership with robot applications in the assembly of quality vehicles,” outlines Grant Collier, PPMA Head of Marketing and Publishing.
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The seminar programme will also feature sessions on many of the key issues affecting the industry, such as the national skills shortage, late payments from large customers to suppliers, apprenticeships and the opportunities they create, and the latest on the changing relationships between multiple retailers and suppliers. “We are also planning sessions covering a young person’s perspective on the food sector, automation, and presentations from some of the UK’s major supermarkets,” adds Grant. “Watch this space as more leading names are announced.”
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PPMA Group Industry Awards – enter now for your chance to win! Returning to the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham, on the evening of the 29 September 2015 – the first night of the PPMA Show – the PPMA Group Industry Awards 2015 will celebrate the best that British manufacturing has to offer. Comprising a four-course gala dinner, celebrity host and entertainment, the event attracts over 400 industry leaders. Submitting an entry is FREE for members and non-members alike. To see your company rewarded at the highlight of the industry calendar, download the entry form now from www.ppmashow.co.uk For more information contact: Grant Collier, Head of Marketing and Publishing E grant.collier@ppma.co.uk T +44 (0)20 8773 8111 Tom Fisher, Marketing Executive E tom.fisher@ppma.co.uk T +44 (0)20 8773 5510
Deadline for entries – 30 April 2015
The categories
• Most Innovative Processing & Packaging Machine • Most Innovative Ancillary Equipment • Processing & Packaging Manufacturer of the Year • Most Innovative Machine Vision Project • Partnership of the Year • Sustainability Award • Customer Service Award • Most Innovative Automation System • Exceptional Company or Sales Growth • Exporter of the Year • Apprentice of the Year • PPMA BEST (Business Education Skills and Training) Award • Outstanding Achievement
“We had some fantastic leads [at the PPMA Show 2014] and the icing on the cake was winning the award for Processing & Packaging Machinery Manufacturer of the Year. We look forward to the PPMA Show 2015!” James Chrismas, Group Marketing Manager, Loma Systems
“Winning the 2014 award for Exceptional Company Growth means a lot. It is the realisation and accumulation of all the hard work the team have put in over the year and represents the growth we have made as a company.”
Kevin Shackell, Head of UK Sales, Fortress Technology
“We were chuffed to bits to win the Sustainability Award at the PPMA Group Industry Awards 2014.”
Paddy McCartney, National Sales Manager, Aetna Group
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Putting our BEST foot forward A key theme of the PPMA Show 2015 will be exploring issues impacting the supply chain; in particular the well-documented skills shortage within the manufacturing industry. In fact, as a result of the success of the 2014 exhibition, some of the revenue from the show will now be donated to PPMA’s new Business Education Skills and Training (PPMA BEST) programme – a charitable wing of the PPMA set up specifically to address the skills shortage and other training issues. The new division, officially launched in 2015, will highlight and promote the benefits of apprenticeships throughout the industry, reinforcing how the skills shortage can be resolved through improved engagement between the industry and academia.
By Sutton Winson Raise your company’s profile by taking advantage of one of our competitive PPMA Group Industry Awards sponsorship packages.
In an effort to encourage young engineers into the sector, the PPMA Show will also continue to recognise the contributions of processing and packaging professionals under the age of 35 through our Ones to Watch Award and Apprentice of the Year Award, helping to highlight the very best of new talent working in the industry.
For more information contact: E tom.fisher@ppma.co.uk T +44 (0)20 8773 5510
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