Joint Member Forum between NWAA & AMRC: Digital Factories & Aerospace. 26th April 2016. AMRC Factory

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Inside Factory 2050

The North West Aerospace Alliance (NWAA) was formed in 1994 to represent and support the Aerospace Industry across the North West of England. NWAA represents approximately 25% of the UK aerospace industry with over 220 member companies and a combined turnover in excess of £7 Billion.

NWAA has developed considerable technical expertise to support aerospace companies through the delivery of over £20 Million of supply chain improvement programmes such as Aerospace Supply Chain Excellence (ASCE), Growing Autonomous Mission Management Applications (GAMMA) and the National Aerospace Technology Programme (NATEP).

Agenda
10:00 Registration & Coffee
10: 30 Welcome, Introductions Dr. David W. Bailey, Chief Executive, NWAA
10:45 Factory 2050 and Digital Factories Ben Morgan, Head of the Integrated Manufacturing Group, AMRC
11:10 Eugene Smethurst, Head of Process & Automation Engineering, Aecom
11:20 Coffee Break
11:40 Advances in Automated Machining Dr. Sam Turner, CTO, AMRC with Boeing
12:15 Robotic Countersinking, Austin Cook, Specialist Development Engineer, BAE Systems
12:45 Q & A Session
13:00 Lunch & Member Networking
14:00 Factory 2050 tour (1 hour)*
15:15 AMRC Site Tour (1 hour)*
*Optional

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