Process Events Update

For a comprehensive listing of process and engineering events, please click HERE

December 2009

Fieldbus Foundation

The Fieldbus Foundation UK marketing committee (FFUKMC) has announced a series of training events to be held across the UK. The half-day events are specifically targeted to employees within the supplier community and offer a basic overview of FOUNDATION fieldbus technology, its implementation, applications and overall plant integration. The training is particularly relevant for all sales and engineering staff who may liaise with users or potential users of FOUNDATION technology and the company’s fieldbus systems, devices or interfaces. The supplier community training events will be held at the following venues:

Food and drink manufacturing skills

Food and drink manufacturing companies are being invited to a conference this autumn which will look at tackling shortfalls in engineering, maintenance and equipment training within the industry. Co-hosted by MCP Consulting and Training, Reaseheath College, The National Skills Academy for Food and Drink Manufacturing and CenFRA, the event takes place 18 Nov at Reaseheath’s Nantwich campus. Titled Improving performance in engineering and maintenance through training the event will look at formulating a common framework covering skills delivery for maintenance and equipment operating, as well as building profiles for roles such as technicians, team leaders and maintenance managers. More details

Shutdowns & Turnarounds

The fourth annual international summit on Shutdowns & Turnarounds, 1-2 Dec, Amsterdam, will feature experts from various industries who share the goal of delivering work on time and within budget and are focused on the crucial issues in turnaround and execution management today. There will also be best practice case studies and practical advice from companies such as Shell, BASF, Petroplus, AZN, Borealis, Cogent SSC, British Airways Maintenance Cardiff, Sitech Manufacturing Services, Stork, SABIC UK Petrochemicals, Rijnmond Energie/Intergen, RUSAL Aughinish Alumina, Bayernoil. To register, or for more information, please visit www.tacook.com/st09 or contact info@tacook.com.

Maintenance Explained

A new, two-day training course entitled ‘Maintenance Explained’ by MCP will teach managers, engineers, production supervisors and planners, who may be new to maintenance, how the fundamentals of good maintenance management in a manufacturing or service environment, can lead to cost savings, efficiency improvement and most importantly reliable equipment. The course is a foundation to prepare those who are new to maintenance for more specialist maintenance subject areas such as Maintenance Best Practice - a more detailed 5 day course; Work Planning and Control; Spares Parts Management; RCM/FMECA; Principles of LEAN Maintenance and PAS 55 – an introduction. First course: 8-9 December at MCP Consulting and Training, Solihull, West Midlands For more details please contact Sarah James on 0121 506 9034 or email training@mcpeurope.com or see www.mcpeurope.com/training

January 2010

Carbon Emissions Reduction

Butterworths is staging its inauguaral Carbon Emissions Reduction conference, 28 Jan, central London. The CRC-Energy Efficiency Scheme is mandatory and will come into effect in April 2010. It aims to reduce carbon emissions in large non-energy intensive organisations by 1.2 million tonnes of carbon per year over the next 10 years. Hotels, office-based corporations, supermarkets, government departments and local authorities will all be included in the scheme. For more information please Sarah Kavanagh, conference manager (No direct contact details supplied).

February 2010

Corporate Manslaughter

Corporate Manslaughter is now well and truly on Health & Safety professionals' agendas with the first ever case under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act expected to begin in February next year. Employers found guilty of corporate manslaughter are likely to face huge fines - the Sentencing Guidelines Council has recommended that fines for organisations convicted of corporate manslaughter “may be measured in millions of pounds and should seldom be below £500,000. Health & Safety professionals are obviously at the front line when potential cases arise .This course -- 4 Feb, London, 24 March Birmingham - for health & safety professionalswill consider the new legislation and more importantly its realistic and practical impact on the workplace. For details call: 020 7347 3573 or email ebookings@lexisnexis.co.uk

March 2010

easyFairs MAINTEC

easyFairs MAINTEC, 2 - 4 March 2010, NEC Birmingham. The UK's biggest and most comprehensive event for maintenance and asset management. Now in it's 35th year, easyFairs MAINTEC attracts senior decision makers from across the spectrum of British processing and manufacturing industries. From automotive to food, and chemicals to utilities, they are looking to invest in maintenance solutions that will help their organisation to improve efficiency and asset performance. Contact: Rabinder Aulakh, show manager, tel: +44 (0) 20 8622 4463; email: Rabinder.Aulakh@easyFairs.com

April 2010

PaintExpo

PaintExpo, international trade fair for industrial coating technology, April 13th to 16th, 2010 at the Exhibition Center Karlsruhe, Germany. Organizer: FairFair GmbH. Website: www.paintexpo.de

For a comprehensive listing of process and engineering events, please click HERE