Government minister to promote automation at Automated Britain – The Renaissance of UK Manufacturing
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GAMBICA and Intellect will be holding a joint event to promote automation and its benefits to industry on March 6 at The Commonwealth Club in London. Key note speakers at 'Automated Britain – The Renaissance of UK Manufacturing' will be Mark Prisk MP, the Minister of State for Business and Enterprise, and Juergen Maier, managing director of Siemens UK Industry.
The purpose of the Automated Britain conference is to highlight the opportunities that automation offers, while the event will also explore whether there are any perceived obstacles that discourage industry investing in automation.
Senior executives from automation and manufacturing industries will present case studies on successful uses of automation to underline its benefits. They will be presented by major automation companies such as ABB, Emerson, Honeywell, Rockwell and Siemens, in tandem with the manufactures that use their technology.
"In the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Review at the end of 2010, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills recognised the importance of automation as a key technology in enabling globally competitive manufacturing operations to invest and grow in the UK," explained Steve Brambley, deputy director of GAMBICA.
Marco Pisano, programme manager of Intellect, added: "Smart automated systems and processes are not only essential in attracting foreign direct investments, but represent a key component to grow and rebalance the British economy. A combination of world-class R&D, both corporate and academic, and early adoption of automated technologies by UK-based modern manufacturers can accelerate economic recovery and unleash the potential for long-term prosperity in Britain."
Automation has a similarly important role to play in improving energy efficiency and can make a significant contribution to the carbon reduction agenda, it is claimed. Most of the highest profile energy efficient technologies of the last few years, such as lean burn car engines and domestic boilers, have been largely the result of the incorporation of modern automation, sensing and control technology into the equipment, it is asserted.
For further information contact: Steve Brambley, deputy director Association for Instrumentation, Control, Automation & Laboratory Technology (GAMBICA) - e-mail: sbrambley@gambica.org.uk
