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News www.machineryupdate.co.uk MAY/JUNE <strong>2015</strong> MACHINERY UPDATE 7 Show rebranding makes more sense for everyone The PPMA’s Richard Little on left PPMA is invited to make a difference to industry research Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) launched a new industry research partnership with Cranfield University entitled Sustainable Manufacturing for the Future during a roundtable event attended by invited industry experts including vice chairman of the Processing and Packaging Machinery Association (PPMA) and managing director of Jenton International Richard Little. Little took part in the discussions held at CCE’s Milton Keynes factory, hosted by representatives from both CCE and Cranfield University. A full report on the debate that outlined the key topics impacting the sustainability landscape today can be found on page 10 of this issue. The Total Processing and Packaging exhibition is now under the sole ownership of the Processing & Packaging Machinery Association and has been rebranded as the PPMA Total Show. Continuing to run once every three years, the first new-look show will take place in the autumn of next year (September 27-29, 2016). “This aligns nicely with the annual PPMA Show which runs again this September,” explains chairman of the PPMA Group of Associations Grant Jamieson. The PPMA Total Show is the UK’s largest and most complete processing and packaging exhibition for machinery, equipment, materials and services. Hosting hundreds of suppliers from over 30 different countries it brings the world’s processing and packaging Next year’s show will see materials and design being added to the three day event at the NEC in Birmingham suppliers to the UK. Once every three years, this PPMA Total Show replaces the annual PPMA Show and incorporates two other established international exhibitions – Pakex and Interphex – alongside the PPMA Show. In essence, the exhibition is a larger version of the annual PPMA Show with the main addition being packaging materials. “Visitors can therefore see the latest developments in machinery and materials, making it a total packaging and processing event,” says the PPMA’s head of marketing & publishing Grant Collier. T 020 8773 8111 W www.ppmatotalshow.co.uk Potential threats to the supply chain is the top continuity concern Croatia-bound mixer is just one success in confectionery sector A third of businesses in the manufacturing industry are extremely concerned about potential supply chain disruption according to research released by the business standards company BSI and the Business Continuity Institute. More than three quarters of manufacturing firms report increasing supply chain complexity as the fastest growing risk in business continuity, with malicious attacks via the internet (68%) and increased regulatory scrutiny (58%) taking second and third place. W www.bsigroup.com PP ELECTRICAL APPRENTICE IS A FUTURE STAR Young engineer of the year Third year apprentice at PP Electrical Systems Scott Gullick beat off competition from across the UK to secure Manufacturing Technologies Association’s ‘Young Engineer of the Year’ title. The 24-year-old impressed judges with the way he has embraced a number of roles at the control and automation specialist’s Walsall factory. See more on this story on page 62. Winkworth has supplied a mixer to Atlantic Grupa as part of a supply chain that allowed a new factory for the production of energy bars to be built in Nova Gradiška Industrial Park, Croatia in just ten months. “Our client had very specific demands and working through our line integration partners, we carried out proving trials and line testing using our pilot Z blade machine,” explains Tim Simpson, technical sales director at Winkworth. Another mixer from the company is outlined on page 40, part of our 26 page confectionery feature.
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