MachineBuilding.Live | FoodManufacturing.Live
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14 Oct 09:00 AM
Until 14 Oct, 03:00 PM 6h

MachineBuilding.Live | FoodManufacturing.Live

Mark your diary: Wednesday 14th October 2026. MachineBuilding.Live, co-located with FoodManufacturing.Live, returns to the NAEC, Stoneleigh Park for the UK’s unmissable one-day event for machine builders, systems integrators, industrial automation specialists and food and drink manufacturing professionals.

Following sold-out events at MachineBuilding.North in Manchester and MachineBuilding.South at Sandown Park, this is the biggest edition yet: 200+ specialist suppliers and over 1,000 of the latest innovations and new products, all under one roof, in a single fast-moving day.

As the UK’s only event designed exclusively for machine builders, systems integrators and OEMs, it’s known among engineers at organisations including Airbus, BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, JCB, Siemens and Nestlé as the fastest way to compare technologies, sense-check a project and walk away with real answers.

NEW FOR 2026: THE BIG INDUSTRY DEBATES

For the first time at MachineBuilding.Live and FoodManufacturing.Live, we’re putting some of the industry’s biggest questions on the table. Join machine builders, manufacturers and industry specialists for practical, open discussion on:

  • Making the Case for Robotics: How can machine builders and end users build a stronger business case for automation?
  • Alternative Customer Outcome Metrics: What alternative metrics should machine builders and end users be measuring?
  • Machine-as-a-Service: Could new service models create entirely new revenue streams for machine builders?

UNMISSABLE EXPERT-LED TECHNICAL WORKSHOPS

  • Pilz Automation Technology: Machinery Regulation 2027: What Machine Builders Need to Do Now (Jamie Thomas, Machinery Safety Specialist)
  • Lenze: The Best Axis Starts with the Right Question (Tom Oliveira, Pre-Sales & Solution Manager)
  • B&R Industrial Automation: Implementing Machine-Centric Robotics (Jason Johnson, Sales Manager UK and IRE)
  • SKF: The Hidden Cost of Downtime: How Food-Safe Reliability Drives Production Performance
  • Beckhoff Automation: MX System: Delivering Cabinet-Free Automation in Practice (Neil March, MX Product Specialist)
  • SolutionsPT: Your CE Mark, Your Obligation: What the Cyber Resilience Act Means for Machine Builders (Sam Maesschalck, Senior Network and Cyber Security Consultant)

GET HANDS-ON WITH IO-LINK

PI UK and TGN return with dedicated hands-on training sessions, giving you the chance to move beyond theory and work directly with live training rigs, laptops and real hardware, delivered by Tim Beech CEng MIET.

These sessions regularly sell out, so early booking is strongly recommended.

On the show floor, specialist Technology Trails guide you straight to the suppliers who matter, covering Machinery Safety, Industrial Drives, Energy Efficiency, Industrial Networking, Electric Motors and Actuators, Machine Control, Machine Vision Systems and more.

Doors open at 9am and close at 3pm, so it’s a day built to respect your time: free entry, free parking, with almost 10,000 spaces on site, and a free breakfast roll and brew for arrivals before 11am.

Free to attend. Selling out fast. Register your free VIP ticket today.

Why ALFED is a Proud Partner of MachineBuilding.Live & FoodManufacturing.Live

As the trade association for the UK’s aluminium industry, we spend our time talking to engineers, fabricators and manufacturers about the pressures they’re under, from volatile supply chains to evolving safety, sustainability and compliance requirements. What we hear time and again is how valuable it is to get direct access to the technology, expertise and answers that can actually solve those problems and that’s exactly what MachineBuilding.Live and FoodManufacturing.Live deliver.

That’s why ALFED is a proud partner of the MachineBuilding event series, and why we’d encourage our members and the wider industry to be there.