Product Development 2006

Why Exhibit?

What’s new?

New name, new branding.
Broader vendor product portfolio, broader target attendee profile.
Valuable business introductions to emerging applications and parallel market sectors.
Increased emphasis on vertical markets in application-specific workshops.
Greater prominence for IT hardware and infrastructure.
Parallel event on enterprise solutions in new ‘Managing the Product Development Lifecycle’ seminar.
Co-operation and co-location with industry sector shows.
Stand packages designed to reduce budget cost, planning time and resource allocation.

Why change?

to increase value to the main CAD/CAM/CAE vendors, their technology partners and supporting solutions providers.
to broaden visitor appeal to all persons involved in the product development process from concept design to prototype & production.
to attract attendees with novel applications in less traditional roles and markets.
to preserve ‘single point of contact’ in UK for all vendors and users of product development technologies.

Broader target audience

A diversified strategy is planned to attract attendees from all sectors of the product development community within:

Existing markets: Industrial, Medical, Manufacturing, Consumer, Transportation
Existing applications: Metals, packaging, dynamics, plastic, structural, moulds, dies
Emerging markets: Electro-Mechanical, Civil Engineering, Retail, Architectural, Plant, Pipelines, Utilities
Emerging applications: Electro-magnetic,
interiors, harness, electrical cabling

Marketing to reach all target sectors

Advertising -
● National & international media
● Popular IT media
● Design media
● Engineering media
● Vertical market sector media
● Online web portals

Direct marketing -
● Solid Modelling and MCAD database
● 3rd party list rental
● Telemarketing to vertical markets

A schedule of planned activities is
available on request from the organisers.