Annual Job Shop Business Meeting 2019
Mini Plant, Oxford
3rd October 2019
SPONSORED BY II-VI AND LASER TRADER
08:45 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 10:40 Session 1
Welcome by Mark Millar (Essex Laser)
Gareth Rowles (II-VI)
Optical materials for high power one micron lasers - a discussion
Nathaniel Marsh (Laser Trader)
Cost savings of using higher quality laser consumables
Paul Kerrigan (Cost Care)
Maximising your R&D claims
10:40 - 11:10 Refreshments
11:10 - 12:00 Session 2
Presentations by James Isaacs (BCR Associates)
Reducing costs in your business
Ray Newell (Oakwell Management)
Grant support funding for innovation growth
Dave MacLellan (AILU)
ReshoringUK - an initiative to map & localise UK manufacturing supply chains
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 15:00 Session 3 - What's New in Laser Technology
Short commercial presentations from Steel Scout, Atlas CopCo, Bystronic, ASTES4, IPCompute, TRUMPF
Breakdown Satisfaction Survey results - Dave MacLellan
Open Discussion Forum
15:00 - 16:00 Optional tour of the Mini Body Shop and Heritage Museum. TOURS MUST BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE and cost £19.00.
This year’s annual business meeting is open to all AILU members and to non-member laser job shops and SMEs that use lasers for materials processing in general. Online registration will be available soon. You can also register by contacting the AILU office (01235 539595, events@ailu.org.uk).
Registration fees are as follows:
AILU Member: £85.00 +VAT
Non-Member: £110.00 +VAT
Tour of Mini Body Shop & Heritage Museum: £19.00 +VAT
Please be aware that the tour must be booked and paid for in advance
MINI Plant Oxford Visitor Centre
Horspath Road
Oxford
Oxfordshire OX4 6NL
The Visitor Centre (black building) is well signposted off the A34. There is a large car park on the right as you drive in off Horsepath Road, and the Event Space is behind the Mini Visitor Centre (by the trees in the image).
The Premier Inn Oxford is very close to the venue. Many other hotel options are available in or around Oxford.