AILU’s Annual Job Shop Business Meeting

Introduction

The laser manufacturing sector contains over 150 subcontractors in the UK. If you are a member of this community or in the supply chain, this meeting is for you!

Not a member of AILU? No problem! Non-members are welcome too. Talk to us about special offer tickets for non-members in the laser subcontract industry – especially if you have never experienced this meeting before. 

After this event, you will take away vital information which can make a real difference to your business. By mixing with industry peers, the AILU Job Shop Members can benchmark their performance in a number of business areas. This meeting will focus on Carbon Footprint reduction, Safety and Diversification – so that participants have the information to determine the future directions of their business.  Plenty of time is set aside in the programme for networking and discussion with delegates and presenters.

As well as the above there will be the usual opportunities to catch up with the latest new technology on the market, the results of the Scrap Metal Survey and the Open Discussion Forum which allows people to ask any question that may be answered by our panel of experts or participants in the audience. 

Programme

09:15 – 09:45   Registration & refreshments

09:45 – 09:50   Welcome & Introduction
Chris Waters (Chair of AILU Job Shop Group)

09:50 – 10:05  Introduction to Bystronic
Andrew Richert (Bystronic UK)

10:05 – 10:20   Why and How Should You Reduce Your Carbon Footprint?
Dave MacLellan (AILU)

10:20 – 10:40  Update on Buying Electricity in 2024
Mike Stafford (Control Energy Costs)

10:40 – 11:00  Is it Time to Invest in Solar PV?
James Cunningham (Geo Green Power)

11:00 – 11:30  Refreshments

11:30 -11:50  Safety of Hand-held Laser Systems
David Lawton (Kentek)

11:50 -12:05  Contract manufacturing of Micro Parts
Nadeem Rizvi (Laser Micromachining)

12:05 -12:20 More Than Just Laser Cutting – Processing Opportunities
Chris Waters (Micrometric)

12:20-12:40 Should You Buy a High Power Laser Cutter?
John Powell (Laser Expertise)

12:40 – 13:40  Lunch

13:40 – 14:40  What’s new – short commercial presentations
Short company pitches (10 mins each): Bystronic, Lantek, FICEP, BLM, TLM Laser, Nitrogen Supply Co

14:40 – 14:50 AILU Scrap Metal Survey Results
Dave MacLellan (AILU)

14:50-15:30  Open Discussion Forum

15:30  Close