Building on the success of last November’s Composites Engineering show, held at NEC Birmingham, the 2012 event promises further significant growth and to again bring together all sides from this rapidly expanding technology sector, around the event which will this year be moving to Hall 1 at the NEC on 7-8 November, 2012.
Ian Stone, managing director of show organisers UK Tech Events commented: “Year on year we are seeing very strong growth in both the volume of speciality exhibitors from the UK and overseas as well as expanding and more diverse industry attendee groups.” With the show seeing major growth in both its footprint and the number of exhibitors, the 2012 composites show floor is already attracting a major influx of new international and domestic exhibitor names, including, Azelis Composites, AIM Composites, LAMILUX-Heinrich Strunz, PECOLIT Composites, Matrix Composite Materials, Axson Technologies, Ipeco Composites, Zotefoams, Natural Performance Materials, Cygnet Integrated Solutions, Mirka (UK), Cutwel, Permabond Engineering Adhesives, Hydromar, Engis UK and Intrinsys. With an increase in international exhibitors signalling a growing desire to reach the UK’s developing composites market, plus a high proportion of repeat exhibitors increasing stand space for larger displays, it is likely that the show will see total composites exhibitor numbers reach 200+, representing an impressive 35% growth. Stone continued: “The demand across product design and development teams for lightweight, high performance composite materials solutions is growing at an unstoppable rate and the show is, uniquely and importantly, positioned to showcase the diversity of composites materials, design, processing and fabrication capability as well as supporting infrastructure available to harness for the successful execution and delivery of current and future composites engineering programmes.”