Book your CPD-accredited workshops and hands-on IO-Link training confirmed for October

MachineBuilding.Live and FoodManufacturing.Live are once again co-located for 2026, which means visitors get access to both exhibitions and one combined, CPD-accredited workshop programme, packed into a single day.

Confirmed exhibitors presenting include Pilz Automation Technology, Lenze, B&R, SKF, Beckhoff and SolutionsPT, with topics spanning:

• The new Machinery Regulation and what it means for machine builders
• Machine-centric robotics and platform-level integration
• Cabinet-free automation architectures
• Secure-by-design HMIs for connected machines
• Reducing unplanned downtime through smarter diagnostics and condition monitoring

These sessions regularly sell out, so early booking is strongly recommended once the full schedule goes live.

Hands-on IO-Link training returns

Fresh from selling out at MachineBuilding.North and MachineBuilding.South, hands-on IO-Link training comes to Stoneleigh Park this October. Delivered by Tim Beech CEng MIET, Managing Director of TGN Project Services on behalf of PIUK, the practical two-hour sessions go beyond theory, putting delegates hands-on with live training rigs and real hardware, covering:

• IO-Link integration and device parameterisation
• Implementing IO-Link with PROFINET
• Migration routes and best practice
• Practical configuration using real engineering setups

Included in your VIP Visitor ticket, places are limited to 16 delegates per session, allocated first come, first served, and they go fast.

MachineBuilding.Live and FoodManufacturing.Live take place on Wednesday, 14th October 2026 at the NAEC, Stoneleigh Park.

Free to attend. Register your free visitor pass now.

Register your free visitor pass now.