THE NEXT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION STARTS HERE
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Home to a leading European bio-manufacturing cluster, the largest supercomputing facility for industrial applications in the UK and the highest concentration of robotics for materials science in the world, Liverpool is leading the way on Industry 4.0: the fourth industrial revolution
With specialisms in Virtual Reality, Internet of Things, Sensors, Big Data and Big Science, the city region is home to giants such as Unilever, Pilkingtons, Jaguar Land Rover – where a car is produced every 80 seconds – and Astra Zeneca. The engine of growth drivers are the small, agile, innovative SMEs that are so vital to the economy.
“We have some amazing scientific assets,” says Simon Reid, Head of Advanced Manufacturing Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership. “The Virtual Engineering Centre, one of the UK’s pioneers in digitalisation and virtualisation; Sensor City, a joint venture between the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores: a designated zone where companies can practise using sensor processes and improve products and marketing, and the Materials Innovation Factory, a world leader in molecular science and surface technologies. Delegates can take tours to see Big Science and transformational scientific practice.”
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Digital Manufacturing Week Digital Manufacturing Week is a national festival of advanced manufacturing held annually in Liverpool. In 2019, 6,000 attendees from manufacturing, technology and finance will visit more than 150 exhibitors and choose from 200 free-to-attend presentations sessions.
“For the past two years we have brought Digital Manufacturing Week to Exhibition Centre Liverpool,” says Nick Hussey, CEO Manufacturing Magazine. “We have had a fantastic result, really good attendance and support from Liverpool. It makes a massive difference to have a partner that helps you develop an event in the right way.
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“Liverpool has a really strong culture of developing innovative technologies and huge initiatives such as LCR 4.0, and enables us to use facilities around the city such as university incubators. “The vibrancy of the whole NW region, particularly regarding manufacturing, creative and tech-based industries and the way they have coalesced around DMW has been really powerful for us. Delegates are really impressed with the vibrancy of the city, the quality and reasonable price of the hotels. We have grown nationally and internationally, we attract a lot more international delegates and exhibitors. We have doubled our numbers since moving to Liverpool. And this year’s event will be even bigger.”
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