Transfire

UK Metals Expo
2022-09-14 - 2022-09-15 | NEC, North Ave, Birmingham, B40 1NT, United Kingdom
By 2030, a modern and progressive UK Metals Industry will be supplying high quality, innovative and competitively priced products to a wide range of customers. It will be the principal supplier to the UK’s main manufacturers and infrastructure projects, and a leading global exporter.
The UK metals industry is seen by many as a sleeping giant – self-sufficient and slow to change. The reality is that it is a uniquely placed powerhouse of UK industry with many of its own challenges and opportunities. Coming years will see the need to rise to some significant challenges such as skills shortages, recycling effectively and trading post Brexit.
The UK Metals Expo will be the first time that the entire industry is both represented and brought together fully under one roof.
UK Metals Expo benefits from full endorsement and collaboration from the UK Metals Council, it’s member trade associations and numerous other industry bodies. With a new Governing Body chaired by Lord Rupert Redesdale the influence of the event will be year-round with major initiatives, challenges and successes discussed and presented in detail in the show floor theatres.
The entire metals supply chain will be represented from primary metal manufacture, supply chain management, processing metals, fabrication, surface coatings and recycling with industry experts, leading vendors and trade attendees.
Theatre themes include Supply Chains, Innovation, Skills, Circular Economy and Resources. These will set the tone for the event which will be heavily driven by sharing an agenda driven each year by the Governing Body.
Anyone with a career in the metals industry will want to attend, any organisations providing goods or services to this industry will want to be represented.

Industrial Symbiosis Workshop
2022-07-05 13:30 - 15:30 UTC | Virtual – Microsoft Teams
Workshop Summary
The aim of this session is to bring together the six foundation industries, with representation from their respective supply chains, to identify opportunities for industrial symbiosis. The focal point of our workshop will be the use of a simple, internationally proven resource matching methodology that seeks to identify new business opportunities for participants’ waste resources. The session would be interactive and will require a modest amount of preparation from all delegates ahead of the event. The output will be a significant number of industrial symbiosis synergies, some quick wins and others longer term innovation opportunities. All will have the potential to reduce cost, cut carbon emissions and reduce waste disposal.
You will be contacted prior to the workshop to provide information on your own resource HAVES and WANTS. This is a key component of the matching process which is undertaken on the day.
• HAVES are resources that your company produce and wish to find a higher value market opportunity for, these could be resources such process wastes, by products, energy and heat, water, logistics or processing capacity.
• WANTS are resources that your company could potentially use as process inputs and represent an opportunity for a more cost effective and sustainable source of raw material, water, energy or logistics.
For ease, this information can be provided using data already being collected as part of the TransFIRe project but will need your express permission for its use as part of the matching activity. If this is not desirable, then one of the TransFIRe team will contact you to arrange to talk through your own resource data input.
Workshop Agenda
The agenda for the resource matching workshop is:
13.30 Welcome and Introductions
13.45 Introduction to TransFIRe and the Resource Matching Workshop
13.55 Interactive Resource Matching Session
15.20 Workshop Summary and Close
Workshop Follow Up
Within a week of the event’s conclusion, you will receive your own bespoke company report identifying those potential resource matches that were created on the day, as well any additional opportunities that have been identified from our supporting data analysis.
Our intention is to hold a follow up workshop on the 19th of July, for which you will receive a separate invite. Here we will present the outcomes of the resource matching session and engage in a discussion on how together we can successfully advance the identified synergies.

Sustainable Industrial Manufacturing
2022-06-28 08:00 - 2022-06-29 17:00 | Brussels Expo Centre, Belgium
Hosting leaders from the worlds of industry, innovation, science, government and investment, the exhibition and conference programme at SIM Europe is packed with experts ready to debate and demonstrate how manufacturers in hard-to-abate sectors can boost productivity, efficiency and margins whilst transitioning towards net zero.

Transportation Requirements to Move to Net Zero 2050
2022-06-16 10:45 - 16:00 | Royal Academy of Engineering, Prince Philip House, London, SW1Y 5DG, United Kingdom
We held a series of road mapping workshops to produce a circular economy transport roadmap. The CENTS team will use this roadmap to outline transportation requirements needed to move to Net Zero 2050. Everyone will also work together during the workshop to address various topics such as shared transport and how to bend the linear economy circular.

UK Solidification workshop
2022-06-07 08:00 - 17:00 | Brunel University, Brunel University, London, UB8 3PH, United Kingdom

Industrial Decarbonisation Showcase
2022-06-06 08:00 - 2022-06-07 17:00 | Heriot-Watt Campus, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, United Kingdom

Foundation Industry Forum
2022-05-11 00:00 - 2022-05-13 00:00 | Virtual – Zoom
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An interactive programme of events to share insights and learning across Foundation Industries to support progression towards transformation. The forum includes a series of workshops with the opportunity for you to meet industry experts and leading academics.
Workshop One: Transforming Industries from within – our EDI approach
How do we become truly transformative within our industries? How can we become more inclusive and diverse in our workforces? What are the changes that we are making? An opportunity to hear from practitioners and industry, to share your experiences and develop good practice guidelines.
Workshop Two: Transformation Futures, Sharing updates from our Projects
What needs to happen to transform Foundation Industries? Completed Network+ project showcase. TransFIRe Technical Working Groups & Case Studies. Discussion on learning and insights from research and how it supports transformative change.
Workshop Three: Horizon Scanning and Research and Innovation Priorities
This session will explore four future scenarios for the Foundation Industries, invite discussion on approaches to resolve challenges, and set priorities for research and innovation in the short term and for further investment in the longer term.
