Manufacturers and engineers will be able to get to get close to BLOODHOUND SSC, a supersonic jet and rocket-powered car designed to travel at 1,000mph, at a manufacturing conference in Sleaford next month.

Delegates will also hear a talk by Neil Corner, who was made Managing Director of Siemens in Lincoln this week.

And the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership will be updating on the progress of its Manufacturing Sector Plan and will give manufacturing businesses the opportunity to air their views.

Manufacturing Conference Lincolnshire 2014 will take place on Friday 10th October at SHD Composites in Sleaford, official sponsors of land speed record team BLOODHOUND SSC.

Organised and co-hosted by NatWest and Lincolnshire County Council, the event will tell manufacturing businesses about the help and support that’s available and allow them to share best practice, network and make new connections within the sector.

The keynote speaker at the conference will be Tony Parraman, Head of Sponsor Liaison with the BLOODHOUND SSC team, who will talk about the technical and logistical challenges which the project has had to overcome.

The aim is for the car to break the world land speed record in 2015 and pass the 1,000mph milestone in 2016.

“The manufacturing sector in Greater Lincolnshire employs approximately 39,000 people and is worth £1.8 billion per year to our economy,” said David Dexter, Deputy Chair of the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership.

“It’s one of our key priority sectors. Manufacturing is all about creation – and that’s exactly what we want to do in Greater Lincolnshire.

“There have been some very positive developments in the sector recently, such as the creation of the UK’s first new School of Engineering for more than 20 years in Lincoln.

“This month Lincoln’s new University Technical College for science and engineering opened its doors for the first time and the Humber UTC will open to students in September 2015.

“There is terrific potential for growth in this sector and as a LEP we want to do everything we possibly can to help engineering and manufacturing businesses to grow in Greater Lincolnshire.”

The event runs from 8.30am until 1.30pm and includes lunch as well as presentations by the Greater Lincolnshire LEP, NatWest and EEF, the organisation for UK manufacturers.

To book your place at the conference send an email to manufacturingconf@lincolnshire.gov.uk or call 01522 550590.

Notes to Editors:

• The Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership is a private and public sector partnership led by the private sector which aims to improve conditions for infrastructure and doing business in the Greater Lincolnshire area.

• One of the first LEPs to be established in the UK, the Greater Lincolnshire LEP covers a large geographical area with a population of over one million and a diverse range of industries, from ports and logistics to farming, tourism and engineering.

• It includes North and North-East Lincolnshire and the administrative county of Lincolnshire and is controlled by a LEP board made up of leading figures in the public and private sector.

• Visit www.greaterlincolnshirelep.co.uk for more information.

• For more information about SHD Composites visit www.shdcomposites.com/

• For more information about BLOODHOUND SSC visit www.bloodhoundssc.com/

For media information please contact:
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Shooting Star PR
01522 528540
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jez@weareshootingstar.co.uk
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