Organisers upbeat after IMHX 2022

IMHX 2022 attracted senior executives from some of the leading names in the retail and manufacturing industries, including ALDI, Amazon, ASDA, Boohoo, British Steel, DHL, Halfords, Lidl, NHS Supply Chain, Ocado, Primark, Samsung, Tesco, Unipart and Wilko.

IMHX 2022 event director, Rob Fisher, commented: “Visitors came with a real sense of desire to do business. I think that was partly down to the fact that this was the first significant materials handling and supply chain technology show post-covid. But it also seems that, for many visitors, IMHX was staged at the perfect point in their buying cycles, so they came with their chequebooks at the ready, so to speak.”

ASG Service sales director Chris Hopkirk, added: “I was extremely pleased with the show. There’s definitely a requirement for our products and services and we came away with a number of great opportunities to follow up. Visitor quality was excellent and everyone that came to our stand seemed to be looking to do business.”

One of the highlights of the show was the Sustainability Zone. Delivered in partnership with SEC Group, the zone provided visitors with everything they need to develop an effective sustainability policy or benchmark their existing strategy against examples from some of the most successful companies in the industry. 

Harry Watts, managing director of SEC Group, said: “The Sustainability Zone at IMHX 2022 used cutting-edge, immersive technologies to bring different sustainable solutions to life and show visitors how much potential there is to make their own operations more sustainable.

“We were delighted to welcome so many senior personnel from companies of all sizes and diverse industry sectors who realise that sustainability is going to have a growing impact on every company’s ability to build and maintain a profitable and agile business model.”

IMHX 2022 was supported by several of the UK’s most significant logistics industry associations and trade bodies, including: Automated Material Handling Systems Association (AMHSA), the UK Materials Handling Association (UKMHA); and the UK Warehousing Association (UKWA).

The next IMHX will be held at the NEC, Birmingham in September 2025.