The annual Cenex Expo hosted at UTAC Millbrook in September aims to provide a springboard for manufacturers across the entire supply chain to get in front of decision makers.
With manufacturing in the UK poised for growth, the Expo and its supporting partners, includes the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC), the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) and Zenzic.
Cenex said the partners are “at the sharp end of how Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) technologies and Connected Automated Mobility (CAM) are primed to drive supply chain growth” in the automotive sector, with technology-transfer opportunities into agricultural, construction equipment, aerospace, marine and defence markets.
Focused on market acceleration, the £2.5 billion commitment from the UK Government for the automotive industry, coupled with further Industrial Strategy announcements, “serves as a timely reminder of how the UK is positioning itself to benefit from high-growth sectors like advanced manufacturing”, it said.
From advances in the semiconductor sector to re-energising the UK’s manufacturing capabilities to enhance supply chain scalability and resilience, the “sense of urgency is palpable”, it added.
These priorities will be centre stage at this year’s Cenex Expo with a seminar programme bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, and sector experts to explore how these strategies will be delivered in practice.
Sessions will cover a wide range of key themes — including Drive 35, battery scale-up, V2X, connected and automated mobility, automotive electronics, and software-defined vehicles.
Alongside the seminars, the exhibition will showcase enabling technologies and foster the collaboration and commercial partnerships needed to deliver on the Automotive Manufacturing Sector Plan — helping to translate strategy into on-the-ground innovation and scale-up.
Transport+Energy is a content partner for the show and will be exhibiting on stand C3-519.
Robert Evans, CEO of Cenex, said:
“Cenex Expo has always been where pioneering innovation meets real-world application, from early-stage R&D through to supply chain investment and market deployment at scale.
“This year’s event takes on even greater significance as we mark ten years since the Paris Agreement and provides the first large scale industry event for the Net Zero and Connected Automated Mobility innovation community to meet following the launch of the UK’s Advanced Manufacturing Sector plan and the new Drive 35 programme for automotive innovation and manufacturing supply chain development.”
“The UK AV Act (2024) paves the way for the UK market for CAM to flourish but there are still details to be worked through regarding the secondary legislation needed to detail the authorisation of Automated Vehicles, operator licensing and in-use regulations.
“The next steps for this secondary legislation will be reviewed at Cenex Expo alongside presentations reporting motor industry progress on CAM and voice of the customer feedback from pilot trials and studies into customer needs.”
“Driverless technologies have applications well beyond the road — in agriculture, defence, marine and more. The CAM supply chain gathering at Cenex Expo will be instrumental in shaping how these innovations are applied, scaled, and commercialised across multiple industries.
“This event is where strategic collaboration turns into tangible opportunity.”
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