The UK Metals Expo will be the first time that the entire industry is both represented and brought together fully under one roof.
According to Chris McDonald, Chair UK Metals Council “Anyone with a career in the metals industry will want to attend, any organisations providing goods or services to this industry will want to be represented.”
Exhibitors include:
- Primary manufacture of metals such as aluminiumand steel
- Provision of metals to industrial users through supply chain management
- Processing metals through casting, forging, forming, extrusion, rolling and other methods for use by industrial users
- Fabrication of high integrity structural components, such as steel frames for buildings
- Application of surface coatings to improve performance or appearance
- Recycling metals contained in end-of-life products or in off-cuts and scrap metals arising from the industrial supply chain
The event was well organised with the layout of the hall being very good. There was a great selection of very appropriate and in-depth presentations and panel discussions throughout both days. It was definitely worth us exhibiting at the show and we received a number of enquiries, both about membership of the CMF and also for finding UK foundries to produce castings for a wide range of sectors and alloy types.
UK Metals Expo benefits from full endorsement and collaboration from the UK Metals Council, its member trade associations and numerous other industry bodies. With a new Governing Body chaired by Lord Rupert Redesdale and Chris McDonald the influence of the event will be year-round with major initiatives, challenges and successes discussed and presented in detail in the show floor theatres.
We found the UK Metals Expo 2022 to be a great event for our industry, with a good mix of buyers and suppliers. We are proud to have exhibited at the first of what will hopefully become an annual event.
