MENE 2025: Manufacturing and Engineering North East

MENE 2025: Manufacturing and Engineering North East
November 5, 2025
MENE 2025: Manufacturing and Engineering North East

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Sponsored by Goodfellow: Manufacturing and Engineering North East 2025

27 NOVEMBER 2025 | VERTU MOTORS ARENA, NEWCASTLE | STAND 32

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Join us at the go-to industry event for the North East of England! Manufacturing and Engineering North East (MENE) is the premier meeting place for the region's manufacturing community, connecting you directly with the latest products, services, and innovations.

Why Attend MENE?

Attend this Goodfellow-sponsored event, which brings together professionals from the manufacturing and engineering sectors, and:

  • Meet over 100 exhibitors showcasing emerging technologies and solutions across the entire supply chain.
  • Expand your professional development at the Conference Theatre, brought to you by the Advanced Manufacturing Forum. (Click here for the Conference Programme.)
  • Access expert-led interactive forum sessions and a designated area for product demos.

Register for Your Free Pass

Secure your place now and discover the UK’s manufacturing and engineering excellence!

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Visit Goodfellow at Stand 32

Discover how Goodfellow supports the manufacturing industry with a wide range of advanced materials, customization, and processing services, as well as our microfabrication and materials testing capabilities.

We provide:

  • Custom fabrication, machining, cutting, and coating to meet complex manufacturing requirements

  • Individual ceramic and glass components, ultrafine wires, and specialty metal alloys

  • Support for experimental, R&D, and prototyping projects

Serving sectors such as electronics, renewable energy, aerospace, automotive, medical devices, and defense, Goodfellow combines innovation-driven material solutions, comprehensive product catalogues, and expert technical support to be a versatile partner for all your manufacturing needs.


Special Highights

Live Podcast Recording: At 3.15 p.m., catch a fresh episode of our Innovation Discussed podcast recorded on-site. Titled 'From Stainless Steel to Science Parks', this session will explore how the Northeast is emerging as a hub for advanced materials, shaped by its industrial roots and rapid shift toward modern innovation. We touch on why the region matters now and highlight key areas driving momentum — from battery materials and hydrogen to additive manufacturing and even the growing space sector.

Guest Speaker

Alan Scholes
Chief Technology Officer at Materials Processing Institute

Alan has an extensive history of industrial research and development from laboratory and pilot scale studies through to industrial trials and plant commissioning, with particular focus on liquid steelmaking, casting and refining.  This includes product and process development and management and operation of tonnage-scale, pilot facilities, major upgrades, and health and safety systems.
A graduate of Cambridge University, Alan sits on a number of advisory boards for industry, Centres for Doctoral Training involving Cambridge, Imperial College, Leeds, Leicester, Sheffield, Swansea and Warwick Universities and supports development of young scientists and engineers. He is also an EU Expert Evaluator for European Funded projects within his areas of expertise, has contributed to major international conferences for the metals sector both as a contributor and on organising and technical committees and also contributes to advisory groups on developments for the industry. 
Research has involved both UK work and leading multi-partner, multi-national European projects as well as activities in Asia and the USA.
Alan is President of the Cleveland Institution of Engineers, has been President of the Electric Steelmakers Guild,  and was awarded the Gilchrist Thomas medal by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining for developments in steelmaking.
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