www.industry.co.uk/southern

Business Services The South of England Development Agency (K22) SEEDA has invested £5m in the Lean Manufacturing Programme which is delivered by KPMG, MAS & EEF South.

Representatives working on these initiatives will be available to explain the approach and practical application of each of them. Literature and a practical demonstration of each programme will be available free of charge.

www.seeda.co.uk Engineering Link (334) has compiled a directory of manufacturers and suppliers to assist businesses in sourcing products and services from the wide range of high quality manufacturers operating in the London area. Copies of the A5 ring binder are available from the stand.

Engineering Link is a funded project supporting London's small and medium sized manufacturers serving the Engineering sector.

www.madeinlondon.org

Trade Associations Engineering Industries Association (E18) The EIA is the trade association that represents all the skills in the UK engineering manufacturing sector. It provides trade leads, technical assistance, and a network of information and assistance with effective lobbying and representation - helping promote the engineering industry in the UK, Europe and global markets.www.eia.co.uk

British Engineering Manufacturers Association (F30) The majority of BEMA Members are small companies providing sub-contract services to larger businesses throughout the regions. To help members, BEMA offers a range of professional business support services.

www.bema.co.uk

Material Stockists Leeds Bronze Engineering (E18/A) specialises in the manufacture of high precision machined bearings, bushes, glands and other machined components from non-ferrous materials including bi-metal products.

The company is also a major supplier of bronze and brass alloys with up to 400t of bronze stock on site at any time. Leeds Bronze has played a leading role in influencing design techniques in earth moving equipment, agricultural plant, automotive equipment and defence applications.

www.leedsbronze.co.uk

Castings Suppliers Metal Injection Mouldings Ltd (K40) will be displaying a wide range of parts to illustrate how the 'MIM' process produces high strength parts with complex shapes, fine detail, accurate dimensions and smooth surfaces, at economic costs. The process allows the same types of parts typically made in plastics, to be produced in low alloy steels, stainless steels, tool steels and magnetic irons.

www.pi-castings.co.uk

Castech UK Ltd (G15) specialise in precision aluminium castings. The company integrates the sand casting process with CAD/CAM tooling manufacture facilities and CNC machining. Supporting facilities include: in house paint shop; assembly unit; hot isostatic pressing; as well as anodising and heat treatment facilities. Accurate mould and core assembly techniques produce castings with tolerances as good as +/-0.4mm on castings up to 300mm.

Sectors served include: medical, defence, instrumentation, optical, communications, electronics, valves and pumps.

www.castech.co.uk

P.I. Castings Ltd (K40) of Altrincham, Cheshire will be exhibiting investment castings in steels, aluminium, brass and bronze, for general engineering, medical applications, electro-optical equipment, defence and aerospace.

Cast metal rapid prototypes will also be on display illustrating how P.I. Castings produces wax models direct from customers' CAD designs, using in-house equipment and without the need for tooling.

www.pi-castings.co.uk

Mini Gears (Stockport) Ltd (A11) specialises in castings, forgings and machined parts for power transmission products. To keep business at it's UK factory, and as part of a cost reduction programme for its customers Mini Gears offers high volume requirements for castings, forgings and machined parts from its sourcing facility in China where the company employs its own skilled engineers with a factory background.

This service and has been so successful that it has expanded into a new, bigger office in Shanghai.

A castings specialist has recently joined the team to focus on the area of investment castings.

www.minigears.co.uk

Contract Manufacturing Galgon Industries Ltd (D30) has grown from a small tool and die company in Fife into a global contract manufacturer offering turnkey solutions for leading global OEMs.

Galgon will present its "Virtual Factory" concept, which provides a wide range of electronic and mechanical engineering services including material procurement, sheetmetal fabrication, PCB assembly, comprehensive test capability, value add assembly, product integration, service, repair and distribution.

www.galgon.com.

Sheet Metal Work Priest Engineering (H20) specialises in fine limit sheet metal work, electronic packaging, CNC machining, engraving, powder coating, stove enamelling and electromechanical assembly. The company has achieved preferred supplier status to many companies within the aerospace, defence, electronics and medical industries.

www.priest-engineering.co.uk

Press Work Supplier George Carter (Pressings) Ltd (B47) supplies presswork to the automotive and general engineering trades. The company has a range of 60 presses, up to a massive 2,000t capacity, supported by a full range of in-house services including a well kitted CNC machining shop, a number of automatic and robotic welding cells, as well as facilities for heat treatment, surface finishing, and four powder coating lines - all under one roof. Tel. 01902 366201.

Coatings Contractor Applied Coating Technologies (B46) ACT specialises in the application of coatings onto plastics. ACT's core business is EMI shielding and examples of components coated with conductive paints, as well as electroplating techniques, will be on show. ACT has also developed decorative finishing such as satin chrome, stainless steel and 'soft feel' effects.

www.applicoat.com

Mill/Turned Parts Unicut Precision (H24) is a precision subcontract machinist to automotive, brewing, medical, electronic and telecoms customers. The firm has invested more than £1.8m in the latest CNC mill/turn centres and seen sales increase by 18% in 2003. Visitors to Unicut's stand will be invited to guess the closest cycle time taken to produce three different mill/turned components.

www.unicutprecision.com

Assembly Tools Welwyn Tool (219) will be showing and demonstrating a full range of tools for electronic assembly including cutters, pliers, Weller soldering irons and stations including BGA rework as well as Leister hot air tools for SMD rework and plastic welding.

www.welwyntool.co.uk