Theatre 4
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Integration | Local Sourcing | Risks | Logistics | Resilience | re-shoring
Economic and geopolitical shocks have raised concern over supply chain resilience whilst environmental problems highlight the need for sustainable supply chains. This theatre is your unique opportunity to learn about a range of common challenges, opportunities, visions and strategies, from companies and sectors restructuring their metals/materials supply chains to meet their net zero targets and achieve greater resilience.
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Theatre 4
Sponsored by
Integration | Local Sourcing | Traceability | Policy | Logistics
Economic and geopolitical shocks have raised concern over supply chain resilience whilst environmental problems highlight the need for sustainable supply chains. This theatre is your unique opportunity to learn about a range of common challenges, opportunities, visions and strategies, from companies and sectors restructuring their metals/materials supply chains to meet their net zero targets and achieve greater resilience.
Speakers include:
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Wednesday 14th September 2022
Smiths Supply Chain Innovation
Designed by you… Built by us. We live in a world where price dictates every purchase we make, and often procurement is made, irrespective of how supplier performance and product quality impact the supply chain. We all look for that potential saving, even if it is relatively small, which we perceive as offering value. In the metals supply chain, such […]
More detailsBuilding UK Hydrogen Techno Supply Chains in the UK
Scaling Hydrogen manufacturing capability here in the UK – market opportunities (import/export), supply chain, strategy, route to market, present white paper/report from H2GVMids. Panellists will be confirmed soon.
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UK Materials Strategy for Automotive
The presentation will be focussed on the opportunity for the UK automotive sector to lower its global CO2 footprint whilst creating jobs, improving GVA and generating innovation whilst ensuring resilience for the UK supply chain.
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The rise of urban mining
Hear from Roger Morton, Managing Director of Technology and Innovation at EMR, on the rise of urban mining and its pivotal role in the protection of virgin materials. Urban mining is a philosophy that sees the material we recycle not as waste but as a valuable resource that can help us save the planet and keep valuable materials right here […]
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Business opportunities for metals sector in offshore wind
Offshore wind is set to grow from 10.4GW in 2021 to over 40GW by 2030. With a designed lifetime of 20-25 years, the first turbines are also starting to be decommissioned. Both the manufacturing of components and the end of use management offer novel business opportunities for the metal sector. Offshore wind turbine components consist for ca. 2/3 out of […]
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Why Aluminium?
While sustainability is an important source of competitive advantage for aluminium producers and manufacturers, it is now becoming an imperative. The recent release of ALFED’s Net Zero Report highlights that collaboration across sectors is key in delivering radical innovation, growth and change and this panel of experts will examine how and why aluminium is ideally positioned to help UK industry […]
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Geoffrey Scamans Professor of Metallurgy at Brunel UniversityChief Scientific Officer at Innoval Technology
Disruptive transformation in Aerospace and Defence
The Aerospace & Defence sector is going through a period of significant change, which will have far reaching implications throughout the supply chain. As well as taking on the immediate challenges of post-covid sector recovery, supply chain shocks and price volatility, Aerospace & Defence firms are seeking to address the long-term priorities of getting to Net Zero across Scopes 1-3 […]
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Thursday 15th September 2022
Forging the Future Through UK Innovation and Technology
This presentation highlights the importance of innovation and technology in manufacturing bespoke, high-integrity, critical components such as large forgings and castings. In order to fabricate such products more quickly and cheaply, several vital ingredients need to be brought together; these include investment in equipment and people, increased adoption of advanced technologies and any relevant elements of “Industry 4.0”. In addition, […]
More detailsSmiths Supply Chain Innovation
Designed by you… Built by us. We live in a world where price dictates every purchase we make, and often procurement is made, irrespective of how supplier performance and product quality impact the supply chain. We all look for that potential saving, even if it is relatively small, which we perceive as offering value. In the metals supply chain, such […]
More detailsRoyal Institution of Naval Architects Keynote
This panel will discuss the influence of lifecycle and supply of materials to the maritime industry. Also, what are the current and future requirements for shipping and offshore operations, including floating wind. Additionally, the role of Greensteel and carbon capture in the steel industry and its influence on decarbonisation.
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The Royal Mint takes inspiration from its origins in metalwork and design to forge a new future
In a world where cash use is changing, The Royal Mint took inspiration from its origins in metalwork and design to forge a new future… The Royal Mint is the oldest manufacturer in the UK and with a history and heritage forged in precious metals, it is transforming for the future. Director of Operations, Leighton John, and Chief Growth Officer, […]
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