Food and drink manufacturing is changing fast. Shorter product runs, faster changeovers, increasing automation, higher expectations around hygiene, traceability and quality control, and growing pressure on efficiency and labour, are reshaping how production lines must operate.
These demands are not solved on the factory floor alone. They are solved in the design and build of the machines themselves.
Each new generation of food production equipment must be:
This places increasing responsibility on the people who design, build and integrate food production machinery.
FoodManufacturing.Live is a free-to-attend, one-day event that unites machine builders, systems integrators and automation engineers working in the food and drink sector with the technologies, components and expertise behind modern food production lines - helping you build faster, more agile and higher-quality machines.
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Hear from engineers and industry leaders sharing the latest industry practices shaping food production lines and tackling real-world challenges faced by food and drink machine builders.
Discover components, systems and solutions developed specifically for food and drink machine building, supporting faster changeovers, improved reliability and higher throughput.
Compare automation, motion, robotics, vision, safety and control technologies, and understand how they work together within a fully integrated production line.
Engage with a highly relevant cross-section of accredited suppliers who understand the technical, performance and hygiene demands of food and drink machinery.
Explore practical approaches to building flexible machinery that supports shorter production runs, reduced downtime and efficient product transitions.
Free entry, free parking and complimentary breakfast, giving you a productive, no-friction day dedicated entirely to machine building for food and drink.
FoodManufacturing.Live is focused on the machines and systems that make up a food production line, and the people who design, build and integrate them.
From mixing and forming to conveying, packaging and end-of-line systems, the event connects machine manufacturers and integrators with the suppliers and technologies that power modern food and drink production.
If you design, build or integrate machinery for food and drink production, this event is built for you:
To help keep you up to date with the latest innovations, a series of free-to-attend Workshops will take place between 09:30 and 14:30.
Experts from internationally recognised thought leaders, as well as senior food and drink industry executives, will provide useful insights covering a variety of issues facing the food and drink sector.
The full workshop programme will be announced in early Summer 2026.
Reach the Engineers Behind the Production Line
FoodManufacturing.Live connects you with a highly relevant, engineering-led audience of machine builders and systems integrators.
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From London / M40. Leave the M40 at junction 15 and head onto the A46 towards Coventry. Follow the signs to Stoneleigh Park main entrance or NAEC on the B4113.
From the M6/M9. Leave the M6 at junction 2 and head onto the A46 towards Warwick or at the end of the M69, head onto the A46 towards Warwick and the M40. Follow the signs to Stoneleigh Park main entrance or NAEC on the B4113.
From the M1 (Northbound). Leave the M1 at junction 17 and join the M45 heading towards Coventry. Pick up the signs for the A45 Coventry (NOT Daventry). Stay on the A45 heading towards the A46, follow the signs to Stoneleigh Park main entrance or NAEC on B4113.
Royal Leamington Spa. Warwick and Warwick Parkway rail stations are situated on the main London Marylebone line. The Birmingham line stop for the Virgin West Coast Mainline.
London Euston – Coventry services every 30 minutes weekdays.
London Marylebone – Warwick Parkway services every 30 minutes.
Birmingham – Coventry frequent services from Birmingham New Street, Birmingham International and Coventry.
From these mainline stations you will need to take a short taxi ride. Taxi ranks are based at both Warwick Parkway and Coventry stations, which are approximately 5 miles from Stoneleigh Park.
Coventry bus station is 6 miles (10km) away from Stoneleigh Park. Warwick bus station is 9 miles (14km) from Stoneleigh Park.
Stoneleigh Park is within a 30 minute drive of Birmingham International Airport.
Almost 10,000 parking spaces are available and parking at FoodManufacturing.Live and MachineBuilding.Live will be fully marshalled for your convenience. All parking is free of charge.
Located between the M6 and M40 motorways, close to Kenilworth and around 6 miles south of Coventry close to the A46
Using Sat Nav? Please use this postcode: CV8 2LH and make sure that you follow the AA road signs to find our main entrance to the site. Once your satnav has brought you to the NAEC Stoneleigh, follow the signs for the show you’re visiting.
You can discover more about Stoneleigh Park by visiting https://www.naecstoneleigh.co.uk/
The National Agricultural Exhibition Centre is conveniently located in Warwickshire, just off J15 of the M40. It is also easily reached from Birmingham, Coventry and Leamington Spa, the latter two just a short taxi ride from mainline railway stations. The recently built exhibition Hall is bright and airy with a full range of facilities including fully marshalled free parking.
