Precision Engineering firm triples production with high-tech machine
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Why Norfolk & Suffolk is the home to Advanced Manufacturing
The advanced manufacturing and engineering sector in Norfolk & Suffolk covers aerospace, automotive, life sciences, agriculture, and food production, as well as energy. With a workforce of 84,500 and economic value of £5.1 billion, it is amongst the largest of Norfolk & Suffolk’s industries. Hethel Engineering Centre, alongside the Lotus car plant in Norfolk, is a regional hub for innovation and technology in this sector.
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Worth £4 billion
Employs almost 100,000
in over 7,000
businesses
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145,000 non-engineering jobs
supporting
the sector
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Manufacturing productivity
in this region is
the 2nd highest
in the UK
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Success stories
Advanced Manufacturing Sector
Spotlight on Manufacture
The advanced manufacturing and engineering sector in Norfolk & Suffolk covers aerospace, automotive, life sciences, agriculture, and food production, as well as energy. With a workforce of 84,500 and economic value of £5.1 billion, it is amongst the largest of Norfolk & Suffolk’s industries.
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Hethel Engineering
Hethel engineering centre is an award-winning innovation hub and business centre in Norfolk serving the high-performance engineering and manufacturing sector in the east of England.
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NAAME
Our Manufacturing Groups are a trusted forum for businesses to make contact with one another and to share ideas, challenges and best practice within a culture of mutual support and encouragement.
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Productivity East
UEA’s £7.4 million, state-of-the-art Productivity East is a new regional hub for engineering, technology and management. It enables businesses in our region to work alongside UEA’s world-class researchers and students to discover practical solutions to current and future challenges.
Sector
Innovation
Advanced Manufacturing
Innovation clusters
& Centres of excellence
Adastral Park
Centre of Technology
Hethel Engineering
Centre of Engineering