This Thursday, (17th October) the Appetite for Engineering event will kick off at 8.30am at the MTC in Coventry. The annual event provides the UK food and beverage manufacturing industry with a forum to network with peers and industry experts while learning about engineering developments and successful implementations from the engineers themselves.

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