Events

AMHSA provides a wide range of training and workshop sessions covering a range of topics including:

  • Technical training (e.g. Carbon Footprint Workshop, Training Workshop, Fire Protection Workshop)
  • Legal e.g., MF/1 training
  • Sales e.g. Exhibition staff training, Twitter for Business Training

AMHSA’s training sessions are generally open to both members and non-members with reduced rates for AMHSA members. Some of our training courses carry CPD accreditation and will earn training credits / hours. Please check each individual course on our website as they are published.

AMHSA events are generally booked online through the AMHSA Event Booking site.

Please note that events are subject to change at short notice. We reserve the right to refuse admission to applicants where there may be conflicts of interest between hosts and delegate member companies. No correspondence will be entered into in relation to these decisions.

Upcoming Events

Wednesday 31st July – Automated Material Handling training event.

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. PLEASE VISIT EVENTBRITE USING THE LINK BELOW AND YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR INTEREST BY JOINING THE WAITING LIST. IF WE HAV SUFFICIENT INTEREST THEN WE MAY HOST ANOTHER SESSION.

AMHSA, the UK’s leading authority on material handling automation, are pleased to be offering their extremely popular training event, explaining the fundamentals of automation and presenting solutions available for introducing and improving your automated supply chain. This event has proved to be one of the most popular events in the AMHSA calendar and is recommended to all newcomers, looking for an accelerated understanding of the industry, and experienced colleagues seeking to widen their knowledge of products and services, whilst discovering the latest innovations and standards from around the industry.

Whether it’s an introduction, familiarisation or an understanding of the traditional or the contemporary and state-of-the-art solutions on the market, to tackle and overcome the automation introduction obstacles in your supply chain, this event will offer a comprehensive awareness of the products available, for designers and engineers, which position and maintain our industry as innovative and ground-breaking.

Come and hear how automation solves, resolves and challenges the threats and opportunities experienced by the modern business thriving to improve productivity, safety and effectiveness in some of the most competitive market places. From totes to pallets, cartons to hangers, trucks to AGV’s, Cranes to Shuttles and much more besides we shall hear, how through effective planning and use of the full array of the automation products and services arsenal, the modern supply chain is capable and able to react to the ever changing – consumer demand!

Stay ahead in this ever-advancing industry and learn how the continuing need for automation and automation development is being driven by social, financial, political, legal and technological factors in a constantly changing global market.

The day will feature a series of short succinct informative presentations from Dave Berridge, AMHSA Secretary and industry specialist with over 30 ears experience, who will introduce, inform and update delegates on a wide and varied array of automation topics. The talks are aimed to appeal to the widest possible audience, so whether you are a newcomer to the industry or you have a vast wealth of experience, there should be something new for everybody to learn or glean from the day.

Topics to be included for discussion are

  • Warehouse structures
  • Containers
  • Racking and Shelving
  • Cranes / shuttle systems
  • Conveyors
  • AGVs, AMRs and robotics
  • Control Systems
  • Mezzanines
  • ASRS
  • Sortation
  • Picking Systems
  • Overall system design
  • WCS / WMS / WES

We will be ready to answer questions throughout the day, providing expert advice and guidance. Our aspiration is for all delegates to leave the workshop with a greater understanding and appreciation of the products and services available within the industry and a knowledge of the key players in the wider market place.

Appropriate breaks will allow networking opportunities and a buffet lunch will be provided.

The workshop will be open for registration and teas and coffees from 9:00 am and will finish at around 5:00 pm.

Limited spaces remaining! Book now to avoid disappointment!

AMHSA – Automated Material Handling (AMH) Training Event Tickets, Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite

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SITE VISIT PATTERSON & ROTHWELL – Wednesday 1st May 2024

What is Plastic Injection Moulding?

Just like many warehouses and distribution and fulfilment centres many production and manufacturing businesses share a hesitancy to demonstrate their commercially sensitive working procedures.

On the 1st May AMHSA member, Autstore, opened their doors and invited members to visit their facility in Oldham to see, first-hand, how plastic injection moulding continues to shape the way that goods are stored, conveyed and delivered to picks stations, storage places and customers, using automated and manual material handling systems, all over the world.

Established in 1982, Patterson & Rothwell provide product design, tool design, tool making and production in the plastic injection moulding and injection toolmaking industry across multiple sectors including windows, roofing, electrical, automation and many more besides adhering to the highest standards, including ISO 9001, IATF 16949, and BRC IOP Food Packaging Standards.

The Patterson and Rothwell team explained how the pivotal role of precision, accuracy, and unparalleled service quality in injection moulding aids the storage and logistics world with robust re-useable and recyclable storage unit load containers. With a wealth of manufacturing experience they proficiently work with various polymer materials, ranging from virgin and recycled polypropylene, HDPE, to high-end engineering polymers, including PA, PBT, POM, PC & ABS to name a few.

The team explained how they deliver there core business disciplines – product design, tool design, tool making and their production techniques before a tour of the facility demonstrated how small simple plastic pellets are transformed into an array of items serving the electrical, horticultural, building, food and beverage and wider market places.

 

AMHSA AGM & MEMBERS MEETING – Wednesday 17th April 2024

In accordance with our Articles of Association all members were invited to attend the AMHSA AGM and Members’ Meeting being held at the Harborough Innovation Centre on Wednesday 17th April from 09:30 hours.

Over 20 members attended the meeting and received updates relating to the direction of our association and the changing landscapes from around our industry.

 

AMHSA MEMBERS SOCIAL EVENT – Tuesday 16th April 2024

The AMHSA AGM & Members’ Meeting Social Event was held recently at The Waterfront Restaurant, Union Wharf, Market Harborough, where members enjoyed networking opportunities and a round of golf on the putting green. A quiz was held which saw attendees taking their best shot in the dark to answer the most spurious questions on a wide variety of topics. Members caught up with faces old and new over pre-dinner drinks and dinner.

The evening proved the usual success and many new comers to the organisation were able to familiarise themselves prior to the AGM and Members’ Meeting the following morning.

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