MACH draws 20,000+ visitors

Organised by the MTA and sponsored this year by Lloyds TSB Commercial, MACH is the UK's biggest exhibition dedicated to advanced and precision manufacturing technologies and takes place every two years. The Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP, toured MACH on Thursday, 15 April and met with a host of companies to discuss how to build upon the sector's strengths. Simon Pollard, president of the Manufacturing Technologies Association, said: "MACH is Britain's biggest exhibition of manufacturing technology. It lies at the heart of an incredible range of UK supply chains. It is vital as it allows people to come together, make contacts, do business and show off the worldclass technologies and applications that make our industry so dynamic." Carl Windram, managing director of engineering firm Central Grinding Services, of Oadby, Leicester, said: "We had a great show, with a huge amount of enquiries, so much so that we are looking to buy another machine so we can fulfil potential orders. MACH has helped us to step up our operations and move our business onto the next level." Nick Frampton, Mills CNC's managing director, said: "We have had a very positive MACH show. By the close of play on the last day, we had sold 14 machines from the stand (over £1.8 million), up 50% on the sales performance we achieved during the last MACH show. A significant percentage of these orders have come from new customers...which is particularly pleasing and demonstrates the pulling power of the Mills: Doosan offering. "In addition, we have taken a record high number of serious sales enquiries, which, I am confident, will be converted into actual orders in the next 4 – 8 weeks. The decision to take 16 machines to MACH and exhibit from the largest stand we've ever had at the show has been more than vindicated." The next MACH will take place from 7-11 April 2014.