Catch the rising tide

The UK's premier manufacturing technology event, MACH, will be held from 7-11 June 2010 at the NEC, Birmingham. There will be further additions from the exhibition held in 2008 to make the show draw high numbers of those interested in manufacturing technology and related services. These include a number of new zones, including additive manufacturing, under the aegis of Time Compression Technologies magazine, organizer of the TCT event, a supplier zone, focused on UK sub-contractors and suppliers, the BTMA (British Turned Parts Manufacturers' Association) lounge, specialist turning-focused subcontractors, but who also carry out other machining operations, a Business Solutions area, grinding zone, plus the education and training zone. Other new elements of the MACH 2010 event include an online show directory, available after MACH and complementary to the printed show guide. The UK Skills Olympics is also expected to be represented, while copies of Engineering Apprentice, sister publication to Machinery and sponsored by the MTA, will be distributed.