Southern Manufacturing & Electronics is the UK’s most enduring, and arguably its most popular annual industrial engineering show. Its purpose-built 18,000 square metre venue alongside Farnborough Airport in Hampshire will host around 800 industrial suppliers from February 9th to 11th 2016. The 2015 show attracted over 8,500 visitors from across Europe. Southern Manufacturing is free to enter and there’s plentiful free on-site car parking and easy access by public transport.

The show appeals to all sectors of industry thanks to the incredible range of suppliers taking part, including major machinery and production equipment manufacturers, component suppliers, OEM parts, consumables and pretty much every type of subcontract service provider.

With live demonstrations by Amada, Matsuura, Yamazaki Mazak, XYZ Machine Tools and many others, the show is the best place to see the latest machinery in action. Companies such as Fanuc, Nikon, Bowers Group, Renishaw, Faro Technologies, TPS Weldtech, Blundell Production Systems and hundreds of others bring you the very latest industrial and production technology, and there are un-missable opportunities to meet the regions top industrial and engineering equipment suppliers and find everything your enterprise needs to operate safely, efficiently and profitably.

The Southern Manufacturing & Electronics Show is one of the more important UK showcases for the sub-contracting industry. And here too, the diversity of suppliers participating in 2016 is staggering, with almost every variety of service offered from large scale fabrication to specialist coatings and finishing; PCB manufacture to full contract manufacturing services from some of Europe’s top firms. Southern Manufacturing is an excellent opportunity for buyers to discover an incredible range of service providers in a very short time period. Technology Trails assist visitors around the show venue by identifying firms with specialist skills in areas such as aerospace, autosport or medical technology,  enabling visitors to make the best use of time at the exhibition. While firms are loosely grouped by activity, such Production Equipment, Machinery and Sub-contracting, there are no physical barriers so visitors are free to roam and discover the new and unexpected. 

A full list of companies taking part and a searchable product database is available at www.industrysouth.co.uk to enable visitors to plan their visit. Pre-registered visitors receive a comprehensive Show Guide, that also includes details of the event’s Technology Trails, designed to enable visitors to easily track down firms involved in specific sectors such as aerospace, medical technology or autosport, thereby making the best use of time at the show

Along with an incredible selection of industrial hardware and services on show, there’s two great free technical seminar programmes running continuously over the three days of the show.

To register for free entry and to find our more about the 2016 seminar programme, simply visit www.industrysouth.co.uk. You can follow all the latest news from the show on Twitter @industry_co_uk #southmanf