Consortium of Manufacturing Engineering (COME)

The Consortium of UK University Manufacturing Engineering (COME) is an independent body established in 1978. Its main aim is to promote manufacturing engineering education, training and research. To achieve this, the consortium maintains a close liaison with government bodies concerned with the training and continuing development of professional engineers, while responding to appropriate consultative and discussion documents and other initiatives. COME is represented on the Engineering Professor’s Council (EPC) and it organizes and supports national manufacturing engineering education research conferences and symposia. The key event in the COME calendar is the annual International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR).

The ICMR is normally held in the early part of September. For many years, it was a UK National Conference that had successfully bought academics and industrialists together to share their knowledge and experiences. The conference has developed as a major international event with a growing number of international delegates participating to exchange their research findings with UK researchers and practitioners.