Sponsors and partners

For more information on sponsoring the conference, please email us on conference@makeuk.org.

Sponsors

Keepler is a leading AI and Data consultancy that transforms data strategies into tangible outcomes, turning artificial intelligence into a competitive advantage for its clients. It delivers scalable and innovative AI solutions, including Generative AI and intelligent agents, to optimize business processes and enhance decision-making.

Our proprietary methodology, Navigator, helps businesses develop strategic plans aligning IT and business goals, ensuring data readiness for advanced analytics and deployment on intelligent cloud platforms. Focused on mid-to-large companies in sectors like manufacturing, retail, telecom, hospitality, banking, insurance, energy, utilities, and pharmaceuticals, Keepler provides tailored solutions that deliver measurable and sustainable business value.

Learn more: www.keepler.io

Bridging the gap between sectors for the entire engineering and manufacturing supply chain

What to expect at Advanced Engineering 2025:

On 29-30 October 2025, the NEC Birmingham will once again be the epicentre of engineering and manufacturing innovation. With unparalleled networking opportunities, immersive displays, and transformative product launches, Advanced Engineering 2025 promises to inspire and empower professionals like never before.

Attendees will experience the latest technologies in person, gaining valuable insights and hands-on interaction. For exhibitors, it is an unmatched opportunity to showcase their innovations, create immediate connections, and drive meaningful engagement.

The event will also feature an exceptional line-up of speakers, with prominent industry and government figures addressing key topics such as policy, sustainability, digitalisation, and Net Zero.
This year’s edition will play a vital role in advancing the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy, by showcasing cutting-edge innovations and fostering collaborations that enhance the nation’s engineering and manufacturing capabilities.

The event brings together the UK’s leading SMEs that drive innovation in the manufacturing and engineering sectors. It aims to support and engage apprentices and the future engineers while amplifying industry efforts to address the skills gap through the #MINDTHEskillsGAP campaign. This aligns with Make UK’s mission to promote sustainable and resilient industrial growth across the country.

Learn more: www.advancedengineeringuk.com

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is the UK’s innovation agency. We help companies grow through the development and commercialisation of innovative new products, processes and services. We know how important the manufacturing sector is to the UK and our teams can help your manufacturing business scale up, connect with businesses in a different UK region or exploit international opportunities. The support we offer includes:

Support for scaling – Innovate UK Business Growth is a key part of our system, helping high potential SME innovation-driven companies.

Connecting places – We champion local innovation strengths and clusters critical to UK capability through investment and support in strategic infrastructure. We also connect local to national to deliver economic growth.

International – Creating global opportunities for UK companies is at the heart of initiatives such as Horizon Europe and Global Expert Missions. Talk to our team to see how we can help you find international opportunities and partners that could take your project to the next level.

Accelerating commercialisation – Innovate UK’s Catapult Network supports businesses in transforming great ideas into valuable products and services. A network of nine world-leading technology and innovation centres, including the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, the Catapults drive the commercialisation and adoption of innovation, accelerating business growth and maximising productivity.

Find out about how Innovate UK can support you to adopt innovation and become more sustainable and resilient.

iuk-business-connect.org.uk/manufacturing/

Infor is a global leader in business cloud software products for companies in industry specific markets. Infor builds complete industry suites in the cloud and efficiently deploys technology that puts the user experience first, leverages data science, and integrates easily into existing systems.

Over 65,000 organisations worldwide rely on Infor to help overcome market disruptions and achieve business-wide digital transformation.

https://www.infor.com/en-gb

Celebrating the best in UK manufacturing and engineering excellence and innovation.

Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week returns on 4-5 June 2025 and is designed to help support the sector in all stages of their smart manufacturing and engineering journeys.

Brimming with expert content, valuable peer to peer interaction and the best products and services available, it is the largest UK festival of advanced manufacturing and engineering of the year, showcasing cutting-edge innovations in hardware and software and solutions to the current industry challenges being faced.

Keep your finger on the pulse of developments in the sector, discover what our immersive tech-driven event will hold in 2025.

The show contains 4 dedicated exhibitions:

  • Design & Engineering Expo is for designers and engineering professionals looking to reduce costs, streamline and optimise future strategy
  • Smart Factory Expo showcases the latest digital innovations in manufacturing technology, processes and thinking behind Industry 4.0.
  • Maintec is the UK’s longest standing maintenance engineering, reliability and asset management event focused on the tools, technologies and people that support the industry.
  • Drives & Controls is a pivotal event in the realm of industrial automation, presenting cutting-edge solutions that empower the efficient and secure operation of machinery and processes


www.smartmanufacturingweek.com

 

Media Partners

For almost 50 years, Manufacturing Management has been the lead source of information for factory managers tasked with improving manufacturing performance, productivity and profit in their sites. In these unprecedented times, having access to the right information at the right time has never been more important. Constantly evolving to meet our readers’ needs and reporting on manufacturing best practice, Manufacturing Management delivers high-quality content and unrivalled access to a difficult-to-reach and influential audience of manufacturing managers and their senior leadership teams. We aim to build close and established relationships with our customers, built on trust and a full understanding of your needs. We always aim to deliver upon your key objectives and exceed expectations, resulting in a long-term and profitable partnership. We look forward to working with you.

manufacturingmanagement.co.uk

Zenoot is a digital home for UK manufacturing content, with a daily feed of manufacturing news, opinions, interviews and inspiring case studies, highlighting the positivity and optimism of our vibrant, diverse and world-class British manufacturing sector.

Our goal is simply to inspire growth within the sector by sharing insight and stories of how manufacturers have grown, how they have embraced new technology, are supporting the future talent joining the industry or are becoming more productive.

www.zenoot.com