Events | Partner Events
MAS-WM is delighted to help promote the following events run by our various partner organisations around the Midlands. For more details or to book places at these events, please contact the organisers direct using the contact details provided.
If you are interested in displaying events that would be of interested to West Midlands manufacturers please contact Michelle Trew with details of your event
ForthComing Events
Various Dates - Construction Manufacturing - Skills Advantage, Masterclass & Factory Tours
Various Dates - Construction Manufactruing - Inside Offsite Factory Tours
Various Dates - Prepare For 2012 Workshops
16th April 2008 - Rail - Have your say 20th May - Railway Strategies Live - Delivering a Sustainable Supply Chain
Construction manufacturing - Skills Advantage Programme Masterclass & Factory Tours
'Skills Advantage is an exciting new initiative that focuses on developing the skills of business leaders and managers. The programme is designed to ensure that companies in the AWM Region with construction related activities are ‘fit for the future’ by enabling employers to improve the skill levels of their employees. The Skills Advantage programme is aimed at Directors, Managers, Supervisors & Team Leaders within construction and construction product manufacturing companies in the West Midlands and also construction clients and other professionals such as Contractors, Architects, Project Managers and Quantity Surveyors. If you are living and/or working in an Objective 2 area of the West Midlands and your company/employer is classed as an SME business i.e. with less than 250 employees and an annual turnover of less than £35million then you qualify.
This programme offers the Manufacturers the opportunity to take advantage of the programme master classes addressing issues facing the construction industry with accompanied factory tours highlighting construction solutions and modern technologies.
For more information visit www.skillsadvantage.org or call 0808 1292233.
Useful PDF files about this programme Masterclass Fact sheet, Masterclass schedule, Flyer
Construction manufacturing- Inside Offsite Factory Tours
The market for quality offsite solutions is growing rapidly in all sectors of the construction industry. Substantial investments are being made to increase manufacturing capacity and to offer increased choice of solutions and to further improve value for money.
You will have seen the coverage in the technical journals and at conferences but how much do you really know about the products that are available on the UK market and what these can offer in terms of delivering improvements in the construction process and substantially better value for your clients and customers?
Advantage Offsite, the RDA funded West Midlands regional offsite initiative, has initiated an exciting new series of engaging events starting with a series of Factory Tours being branded Inside Offsite. The Inside Offsite factory tours will allow delegates to understand the various different areas and technologies within the offsite construction sector through a series of fact-finding visits to leading offsite manufacturers. This programme has been developed to meet the information needs of those who design, specify and deliver construction projects of all sizes and for all construction market sectors.
The programme will provide a unique opportunity for you to:
- visit leading manufacturers' production facilities to view the entire manufacturing process
- talk to manufacturers and their clients about particular projects
- find out more about how to get the most out of offsite solutions
- network with other construction professionals
- ask those questions that are of most importance to you and to your clients.
Each tour will focus on a different technology within the offsite construction sector:
DATES |
HOST COMPANY |
TECHNOLOGY |
29/02/2008 |
Bison Concrete Products |
Pre-cast Concrete |
25/04/2008 |
Elements Europe |
Pod technology |
06/06/2008 |
Framing Solutions |
Light Steel Frame |
15/08/2008 |
Space4 (provisional) |
Systems Advanced Timber Frame |
03/10/2008 |
Hayden Young |
Pre-engineered M & E Services |
05/12/2008 |
Innovare Systems |
Structural Insulated Panel |
Each Inside Offsite event will last for half a day and refreshments will be provided.
Delegate places are strictly limited to 20 per tour and applications will be treated on a first come first served basis. Attendance is FREE for Registered Advantage Offsite Members.
This is a rare opportunity to see each offsite technology in production and a series of opportunities not to be missed – so register early via www.advantageoffsite.com to avoid disappointment.
New technologies seminar
WMG, International Manufacturing Centre, University Of Warwick
This important event will bring together many senior industrialists from the Automotive, Marine, Aerospace and Construction sectors, and provide an appreciation of the new technologies and tools developed by the PARD programme.
Since 2003, the PARD programme has delivered over £32M of bottom-line value across 500 companies within the automotive industry, and is on track to reach £100M by 2010.
WMG at The University of Warwick now invites you to share in this knowledge and jointly explore how your business, or industrial sector, canutilise our new technologies and tools for similar gains!
For more information download the e-flyer here
or contact g.j.bottrell@warwick.ac.uk
West Midlands Business Council Rail - Have Your Say
16 April 2008, 12.30pm, Birmingham
Have you say and find out how Network Rail - the body responsible for our rail network - will do to improve the railways of the Midlands.
This free event takes place in central Birmingham on 16 April from 12.30pm.
Lunch is provided.
For more information or to register, please contact Val Day on 0121 245 0142, v.day@wmbusinesscouncil.org.uk
Railway Strategies Live - Delivering a Sustainable Supply Chain
20th May 2008 , National Motorcycle Museum
Railway Strategies Live 2008’ ‘Delivering a Sustainable Supply Chain’ conference will bring together a programme of key industry figures, from across the supply chain, including Network Rail, Osborne, Tube Lines, Bombardier Transportation and Unipart Rail.
The aim of the conference is to identify the skill sets that a business will need to develop if it is to secure its place within what will be a lucrative sector. Relevant to those already working in this area, as well as those seeking to stake a claim, the content will be a timely update as to the current thinking of those leading the way, and provide invaluable insight into what is expected in the future.
By attending the conference, delegates will not only get the opportunity to listen to the keynote presentations, but also to network with over 200 industry colleagues and meet suppliers within the small exhibition that will support the event.
To secure your place both in the sector and at the conference visit: www.railwaystrategies.co.uk/events.php
or contact Karen Baur at Karen@railwaystrategies.co.uk
01277 368318