Interview: Subcon and The Engineer Expo event director Gordon Kirk

Partly because we’ve been around for 42 years. We know the industry inside out. We invest time to understand our visitors’ pain points, how these change year by year and what they need from us to stay competitive in a global marketplace, which is riddled with uncertainty but also full of promise and opportunity. Many of our exhibitors have invested significantly in machinery, people and premises over the last 12 months increasing their capacity, expanding their capabilities and extending their geographical reach, which is fantastic news.

Over 3,500 manufacturers from so many different industries attend Subcon each year looking to source new suppliers, benchmark capabilities and build new business relationships throughout the UK manufacturing industry. And helping them to achieve this is what Subcon excels at. We’ve got over 400 world class exhibitors in the hall this year. Anyone visiting Subcon will find the best of British manufacturing on display alongside a wealth of market-leading international suppliers all looking to help them optimise their supply chain strategy in 2018 and beyond.