AUSTRALASIA – National Manufacturing Week (NMW) returns to Sydney next year with a focus on strengthening Australia’s AU$100bn (US$98.9bn) manufacturing sector.
Event organiser Reed Exhibitions says NMW 2012, which runs from 8 to 11 May, will introduce new initiatives to build buyer-seller relationships and highlight opportunities for Australian manufacturers in changing global markets.
NMW 2012, which will be held at the Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park, will house 12 product zones including two new areas: sustainable manufacturing and metals and composites.
The sustainable manufacturing zone will focus on opportunities for reducing industry’s environmental footprint, while metals and composites presents new developments in reliable, lightweight, easily moulded manufacturing materials.
NMW 2011 attracted 10,000 industry visitors to Melbourne.
Exhibition director for NMW 2012 Paul Baker said that the show is being “shaped around industry feedback”, including from manufacturers who have expressed particular interest in IT, process improvement and other strategies for reducing risk and increasing their overall capacity.
“We intend that all visitors to NMW 2012 come away with new contacts and ideas for their businesses – so that NMW, as a whole, achieves its goal of being the event that strengthens Australia’s manufacturing sector,” he said.
Reed Travel Exhibitions recently announced it was launching a new Latin American edition of its World Travel Market exhibition in 2013.
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