Skills head line-up at PE Live

Manchester, UK - An impressive line-up of exhibitors and speakers awaits visitors to Process Engineering Live, which opens its doors on 10 and 11 March at Manchester Central. New exhibitors signed up in the past few weeks include Endress and Hauser, Bronkhorst and KDC; additions to the speaker line-up include Joanne Woolf, chief executive of the Cogent Sector Skills Council, and Phil Jones, chief executive of the National Skills Academy Process Industries.

In their keynote address Woolf and Jones will be introducing ‘a new era for skills and training in the process industries’, giving top-level views and guidance on how process sector employers can benefit from major new government initiatives, including a new £50-million fund for training in the process industries.

The two-day event promises an innovative format combining a conventional trade show with live demonstrations, a free, high-level conference programme and a presentation theatre, hosted by the National Skills Academy for the Process Industries and Cogent, dedicated to addressing skills shortages in the sector.

Process Engineering Live covers every aspect of the UK process industry, from essential physical components such as drives, controls, pumps, fluids and solids handling, valves and sensors through to automation and integration solutions, safety systems, design and CFD software.

The roster of exhibitors includes such blue chip names as Endress and Hauser, ERIKS, Fike UK, Furness Controls, Hagglunds Drives, Hima-Sella, Magnetrol International, Southern Temperature Sensors and The IMC Group.

Complementing the systems and services on offer from the exhibitors, an intensive two-day free conference looks at how modern technology and working practices can add a competitive edge to UK companies competing in global markets. Topics range from process improvement techniques such as Lean and Six Sigma, to asset management and maximisation, meeting MCERTS requirements, energy and the environment.

A key session, presented by Henning Kahnis of Bayer Technology Services, will look at how energy efficiency can be harnessed to address climate change. The focus will be on the Bayer Climate Check programme, an approach that uses a wide range of analytical tools to identify inefficiencies. A Climate Footprint is then used to evaluate the effect of this inefficiency and relate to how producers manage the cradle-to-grave life cycle of a product.

Process Engineering Live is supported by The National Skills Academy for the Process Industries, The British Pump Manufacturers Association, Profibus, Cogent, and the British Valve and Actuators Association.

To register for a free ticket to Process Engineering Live, and to reserve conference places, please visit www.processengineeringlive.co.uk .