One of the UK’s leading advanced manufacturing specialists is embarking on its busiest ever event schedule when it heads to Southern Manufacturing next month.
Carfulan Group, which achieved a record £22.3m year in 2025, will be showcasing its five specialist technologies on Stand E230 at Farnborough International Conference & Exhibition Centre (February 3rd to 5th), with the highlight being the debut of OGP UK’s SmartScope M7, a high-precision, multi-sensor dimensional metrology system with advanced optics and intellicentric virtual zoom technology.
It will be the first of seven major exhibitions the Derbyshire-based business is planning to attend between now and the end of June, as it looks to raise awareness of the latest 3D Stratasys printing solutions (SYS Systems), turned part measurement (VICIVISION UK), optical measurement (Metrios UK), tool presetting (ZOLLER UK) and data collection software (Prolink).
This includes appearances at ‘Seco Inspiration Through Innovation’, the Dental Technology Showcase, National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference and MACH 2026, the UK’s largest industrial show.
“There is a huge appetite from industry to gain greater quality control and increased productivity, and our technologies can help businesses achieve these aspirations,” commented Lewis Hearne, Group Marketing Manager at Carfulan Group.
“2025 saw us grow across all our solutions and 17% as a group, which is a fantastic performance. This is just the start. We now want to amplify our message and that’s why we’ve committed to our biggest event schedule ever, beginning with Southern Manufacturing in February.”
He continued: “Often visitors to events don’t understand that we offer multiple solutions and technologies from across our group and we are trying to change that.
“This more proactive approach puts us face-to-face with the people we want to be talking to; manufacturers, engineers and decision-makers, and gives us the chance to have important, practical conversations about what they’re working on and where we can offer support to help them measure parts more accurately, design more freely and manufacture more efficiently.”
Run by brothers Chris and Matt Fulton, Carfulan Group will bring technology and technical experts from OGP UK, SYS Systems, ZOLLER UK, VICIVISION UK and Metrios UK together in one place at Southern Manufacturing.
Live demonstrations will be taking place throughout the three days and visitors will be able to get their hands on a selection of parts that have been produced using the new Stratasys P3 Silicone 25a material.
Other highlights include access to VICIVISION’s M306 2D digital optical measuring machine for turned or cylindrical parts, high speed optical metrology from the Metrios Cross and the ZOLLER Smile range for professional presetting and measurement of tools.
Lewis concluded: “From advanced metrology and tool management to automated inspection and smart manufacturing systems, our stand is the place to see proven technologies shaping the future of precision manufacturing.
“We want visitors to drop by, see what’s new at Carfulan this year, and have an open conversation about their manufacturing challenges. Whether it’s ideas, problems, or plans for 2026, we’re here to help get things moving and provide a solution tailored to their business.”
For further information, please visit www.carfulan.com or follow the company across its social media channels.
