Get Close to BLOODHOUND at Manufacturing Conference
22/09/2014 Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership
Manufacturers and engineers will be able to get close to BLOODHOUND SSC,(pictured: Photo credit: Siemens NX) a supersonic jet and rocket-powered car designed to travel at 1,000mph, at a manufacturing conference in Sleaford next month.Delegates will also hear a talk by Neil Corner, who was made Managing Director of Siemens in Lincoln this week.
And the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership will be updating on the progress of its Manufacturing Sector Plan and will give manufacturing businesses the opportunity to air their views.
Manufacturing Conference Lincolnshire 2014 will take place on Friday 10th October at SHD Composites in Sleaford, official sponsors of land speed record team BLOODHOUND SSC.
Organised and co-hosted by NatWest and Lincolnshire County Council, the event will tell manufacturing businesses about the help and support that's available and allow them to share best practice, network and make new connections within the sector.
The keynote speaker at the conference will be Tony Parraman, Head of Sponsor Liaison with the BLOODHOUND SSC team, who will talk about the technical and logistical challenges which the project has had to overcome.
The aim is for the car to break the world land speed record in 2015 and pass the 1,000mph milestone in 2016.
"The manufacturing sector in Greater Lincolnshire employs approximately 39,000 people and is worth £1.8 billion per year to our economy," said David Dexter, Deputy Chair of the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership.
"It's one of our key priority sectors. Manufacturing is all about creation - and that's exactly what we want to do in Greater Lincolnshire.
"There have been some very positive developments in the sector recently, such as the creation of the UK's first new School of Engineering for more than 20 years in Lincoln.
"This month Lincoln's new University Technical College for science and engineering opened its doors for the first time and the Humber UTC will open to students in September 2015.
"There is terrific potential for growth in this sector and as a LEP we want to do everything we possibly can to help engineering and manufacturing businesses to grow in Greater Lincolnshire."
The event runs from 8.30am until 1.30pm and includes lunch as well as presentations by the Greater Lincolnshire LEP, NatWest a and EEF, the organisation for UK manufacturers.
For more information, please contact:
The Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership
Tel: +44 1522 550590
Email: manufacturingconf@lincolnshire.gov.uk
Web: www.greaterlincolnshirelep.co.uk
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