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Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week

United Kingdom, Birmingham - June 5-6, 2024
Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week Celebrating the best in UK manufacturing and engineering excellence and innovation

Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week returns in June 2024 and is designed to help support the sector in all stages of their smart manufacturing and engineering journeys.

Brimming with expert content, valuable peer to peer interaction and the best products and services available, it is the largest UK festival of advanced manufacturing and engineering of the year, showcasing cutting-edge innovations in hardware and software and solutions to the current industry challenges being faced.

Keep your finger on the pulse of developments in the sector, discover what our immersive tech-driven event will hold in 2024.
Date(s)
June 5-6, 2024
Venue
Halls 4&5, NEC, Birmingham, North Ave, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1NT
Editorial calendar - planned features
CONSTRUCTION FORKLIFTS
HANDLING GOODS IN THE COLD
LOADING/UNLOADING FREIGHT
BROWNFIELD AUTOMATION
FORKLIFT ATTACHMENTS
BATTERY AFFORDABILITY AND LIFETIME
FORKLIFT SAFETY
Forklift Diaries
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