To help plug the skills gap many organisations in the South West of England and South Wales are now adopting a develop, retain, reskill and upskill programme with their existing employees. Whilst this approach makes strong economic and long-term commercial sense, following Brexit and the reduced number of overseas workers available, recruitment of non-skilled labour is increasingly becoming a major challenge with many jobs remaining unfilled. However, help is at hand. Following advances in industrial automation, an increasing number of industry sectors are now considering using collaborative robots, otherwise known as cobots, as their first step on the industrial automation ladder. Both simple to use and easy to programme, cobots deliver outstanding performance and importantly a fast ROI. If this is of interest and you would like to know more, there is a free informative Cobot Demonstration Event on Wednesday 22nd February at the Village Hotel Cardiff CF14 7EF. Hosted by Cardiff based Technical Distribution Division of Applied Automation (UK) Ltd you will meet five major suppliers, see seven live displays and speak to some of the leading experts in this field. You will discover why cobots are ideal for palletising, case erecting ,3D bin picking and screwdriving applications. Their performance will amaze you.

Book your place today: www.appliedautomationrobotics.co.uk/cobotsevent22ndfeb.