BPF Productivity Seminar, The British Motor Museum

28 April 2022,  Warwick CV35 0BJ

About this event

This seminar, presented in partnership with BPF Energy, will look at some of the ways in which the plastics industry can improve production efficiency, competitiveness, and compliance with a range of expert speakers in a venue that houses the world’s largest collection of historic British cars.
 

 

Free and exclusively available for members of the British Plastics Federation and BPF Energy partners.

Date:     28 April 2022
Time:    Arrive 10:00 (10:30 start) - 14:45pm Museum Tour (optional)
Where: The British Motor Museum, Banbury Road Gaydon, Lighthorne Heath, Warwick CV35 0BJ

The Seminar Programme:

10:00am Registration and refreshments 
10:30am Welcome & Introduction 
10:35am Robotics - Steven Banton, ABB
11:10am Increasing Manufacturing Productivity with Real-time Data - Andy Jewell, Intouch Monitoring 
11:45am Energy saving cooling systems. How the right equipment can improve your manufacturing costs and environmental impact - Angus Hall, Isocool
12:20pm Refreshments Break
12:45pm The importance of MRP/ERP within the Plastics Industry - Mark Amphlett, Spitfire Software Ltd
13:20pm Plastics tax justification: Industry 4.0 - Ash Seddon, TH Plastics
13:55pm Chairman's Summary 
14:00pm Networking Lunch 
14:45pm Museum Tour (optional) 

Directions and Parking:
The venue is five minutes from Junction 12 of the M40, on the B4100 near the village of Gaydon.

There is plenty of free parking available.

Nearest mainline rail stations are at Warwick (8 miles), Leamington Spa (8 miles) and Banbury (11 miles). Taxi services are available to and from the station.

Free access to the Museum
 

 

Programme topics:

ABB’s Steven Banton will look at pioneering robotics, machine automation and digital services, providing innovative solutions for the plastics industry.

Andy Jewell of Intouch Montioring will show how real-time data can assist manufacturers in significantly increasing manufacturing productivity and profitability (as part of a strategy for implementing Industry 4.0).

Angus Hall of Isocool will present on: 

• How to realise energy savings through reducing chiller usage with adiabatic and direct free air coolers during low ambient conditions. 
• How companies specifically in the plastics industry can improve the efficiency and energy consumption of their cooling and chilled water systems with a centralised adiabatic water cooling system.
• Hear about an example of an injection moulding company who saw a reduction in running costs of their electricity, water treatment and water supply in excess of £200,000 /annum and a return on investment of under two years

Mark Amphlett of Spitfire Software Ltd will discuss bringing industry 4.0 into today’s plastics manufacturing premises, to help increase efficiencies throughout, and prove a return on investment.

TH Plastics General Manager, Ash Seddon will look at plastic packaging tax and how we can make simple changes that will streamline operations around its validation in production.
 

 

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