Bloodhound SSC’s Richard Noble to open IMHX 2013 07 February 2013

IMHX (the International Materials Handling Exhibition, which runs from 19—22 March at the NEC) will be opened by Richard Noble OBE, the driving force behind the new land speed record attempt.

Noble will cut the ribbon in front of his latest vehicle 14m-long, 2-tonne Bloodhound SSC (supersonic car) in the Skills and Apprenticeships Zone, Hall 17, which forms part of the Linde presence at IMHX.

Linde Material Handling (UK) is supporting the Bloodhound SSC project, and is showcasing its apprentice scheme and forklift truck hire proposition.

Noble is project director for the latest land speed record attempt, with RAF fighter pilot Andy Green due to be at the wheel. The jet- and rocket-powered Bloodhound SSC is attempting not only to beat the existing record of 763mph set by Green in 1997 – when he smashed Noble's previous 1983 record of 633mph – but to pass the 1,000mph mark.

Richard Noble will be updating IMHX visitors with the latest project news – including plans to make Bloodhound SSC's first high-speed runs in the Hakskeen Pan, South Africa, towards the end of this year.

"Attracting a world-renowned engineer of the calibre of Richard Noble is a real feather in the cap of IMHX," comments Rob Fisher, director of Informa Exhibitions' Materials Handling Group, which organises the show.

"He represents what can be achieved at the top end of the industry, which is crying out for role models to attract fresh blood into engineering."

Brian Tinham

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