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Delegates at the free to attend conference will be considering issues such as: The consumer demand of China's middle class that the local economy can't satisfy - and the surprising results for UK OEMs and component suppliers; How craftsmanship is still important in today's premier automotive market; Why it is important to create strong suppliers using lean manufacturing processes - the nature and benefits of true partnership.

Other seminar sessions include:

How UK suppliers can help to solve the difficulties facing OEMs when they outsource overseas; Current thinking and approaches to implementing and maintaining a lean manufacturing system; The potential of online tools such as clusters, catalogues, auctions, bazaars and marketplace tenders; What the UK's aerospace sector needs to do to respond to international competition.

Subcon covers all aspects of subcontract manufacturing from volume machining through to full design and build services. Visitors come to the show to select suppliers in areas that include machined parts, sheet metal working, presswork, design, welding and fabrication, casting, forging and assembly, as well as plastic and rubber components and electronic assemblies. Specialist services such as tool-making, metal finishing, rapid prototyping, deep hole drilling, deburring, gear manufacture and heat treatment are also well represented.

The organisations giving their official support to Subcon 2005 represent all aspects of the manufacturing supply chain. They include the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), Gauge and Toolmakers Association (GTMA), the Surface Engineering Association (SEA), the Cast Metals Federation (CMF), the Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM), the Association of Industrial Laser Users (AILU) and the British Engineering Manufacturers Association (BEMA).

The companies highlighted on these pages are amongst the 80 plus exhibitors showcasing the quality and range of their engineering skills to the Subcon audience.

www.subconshow.co.uk.

Abbey Metal Finishing (Amfin) provides a metal finishing service for aerospace and general engineering applications that includes anodising, plating, bonding and plasma spraying.

At Subcon Amfin will be promoting the new Keronite plasma electrolytic oxidation process, which gives coatings of extreme hardness, wear resistance and corrosion protection on aluminium, magnesium and titanium alloys.

www.amfin.co.uk A Taylor & Son (Leeds) Ltd is one of the largest fabrication and machining engineers in the UK. The company has one factory dedicated solely to the manufacture of carbon steel fabrications, whilst the second provide a host of machining services to supplement the fabrication work.

www.ataylor.co.uk

Bultzaki, S.L Wire-working: Tubes roll bending, hot and cold coiled springs, torsion, compression and extension springs.

Capital Aluminium Extrusions Ltd (Capalex) (stand A 25) manufacturers of extruded aluminium components. The company also offers design advice, CNC machining, fabrication, assembly, finishing, painting, and special packing.<$>www.capalex. com

Cheval Freres offers four complementary services. As well as its precisions screw-cutting service - delivered using 50 high volume automatic lathes, 25 CNC lathes for small to medium volume production and 2 CNC 5-axis lathes - it also specialises in advanced ceramic components, synthetic precious stone and electrolytic coatings.

www.cheval-freres. fr

Guy Degrenne Industries specialises in complete subassemblies and deep drawing in stainless steel and aluminium.

Technical capabilities range from deep drawing through to annealing, laser and TIG welding, assembly - including the integration of electrical and electronic components gilding, silver plating and polishing.

www.guydegrenne-industrie. com Ib

Andresen Industri A/S (stand D39) specialises in sheet and plate working, roll forming, powder coating, and steel service centres - every year the company processes over _ million tonnes of steel coil, sheet and tube.

www.iai.dk

The Kepston Group specialises in offering metal heat treatment services, jig grinding services and precision grinding services. There are four sites in total, three in the UK and one in the Czech Republic. Sites in the Czech Republic and Scotland, concentrate on metal heat treatment services, whilst the two Midland sites, offer metal heat treatment services, precision grinding services and jig grinding services.

www.kepston.co.uk

Lyckes International AB, heavy machining, welding, assembling and surface treatment of components and systems.

www.lyckes.com

Mason & King works with major global manufacturers on design-formanufacture to overcome many of the pitfalls that can normally be encountered when a number of parties are involved. At Subcon, the company will introduce its full 3-D design service. www.masonking.co.uk

Precision Engineering Pieces specialises in fine tolerance, high quality sheet metal components and fabrications and has developed a particular expertise in the electronics sector. It manufactures equipment used in the banking industry, cash counting and instrumentation fields.

www.preceng.co.uk

Sadef NV is a Belgium based company specialising in custom rollforming and further fabrication of steel sections.

www.voestalpine.com

Shiv Om Brass Industries (stand E31), which is based in Jamnagar, Gujarat, manufactures, exports and supplies all types of precision turned and pressed parts, not just in brass but also in steel, copper and aluminium, as well as plastic mouldings. The company also supplies castings, forgings and sheet metal components, and has its own plating facilities.

www.shivombrass.com

Sjoland A/S (stand D31), Europe's leading aluminium and steel section bending company, is based in Denmark and has UK representation. Using advanced bending processes Sjoland can curve even the largest and most complicated extrusions in two and three dimensions at a competitive price. Parts are formed to the highest possible tolerances and feature exceptional surface quality with minimal deformation.

SOM Fastener Company (stand D50) is one of Turkey's leading manufacturing companies and offers a wide range of high-quality nuts, inserts and cold-formed parts at low prices. As well as being a major supplier to the Turkish automotive industry, SOM also exports around 30% of its production to Europe for industries as diverse as electronics, home appliances, furniture, construction and hardware.

www.somson.com.tr

Threeway Pressings specialises in the design and manufacture of precision pressings in ferrous and non-ferrous materials WEKO Industrial Component Corp supplies investment castings and machined metal parts with ISO EN 1024 / 3.1B in around 100 different alloys of stainless steel, carbon steel and copper. Weko's products are used by many manufacturers in Germany, Japan, USA, France and UK in the industrial fields of food processing, petrochemical, military, general engineering, automotive, building hardware, medical equipments and electronic instruments.

www.wekonet.com