Stronger Together Conference 2026
AVK in the UK Group of Companies Internal Conference 01-06-2026
More than 100 delegates from across AVK UK, Atplas, Fusion and Glenfield Invicta came together at St George’s Park for the two day Stronger Together Conference 2026.
Building on the foundations of the 2024 Growing Together Conference, this year’s event focused on how the four businesses can work more closely together to better understand, support and serve customers across the UK water, gas and utility sectors.
Across the two days, delegates explored six key themes: Growing Together, Learning Together, Manufacturing Together, Innovating Together, Caring Together and Engaging Together. Each theme focused on how greater collaboration, shared expertise and stronger communication can help deliver more connected, effective solutions for customers.
The conference covered a wide range of topics, including engineered solutions, networks and distribution, gas and water frameworks, NAVs and MAPs, product and performance optimisation, manufacturing development, innovation, corporate social responsibility, customer engagement and working more closely with other AVK businesses across the globe.
A key focus throughout the event was the importance of understanding customers more deeply. Through tools such as the Customer Charter, and by sharing knowledge and experience across the group, the businesses are continuing to strengthen how they listen, respond and deliver long term value.
The conference also highlighted the depth of expertise that exists across AVK in the UK. By bringing together people, products, knowledge and capability from across the four businesses, Stronger Together supports a more joined up approach for customers, helping to provide solutions that are more informed, more responsive and better aligned to their needs.
Paul Hubbard (Chairman, AVK in UK) closed the conference with “Stronger Together is not a campaign or a short-term initiative. It is a long-term commitment to work more closely, support one another, share expertise, and continue building on the strong foundations already in place to deliver more connected, effective solutions for customers”.
