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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.

Worth £5.1 billion

Employs 84,500
in 5,900
businesses

145,000 non-engineering jobs

supporting
the sector

Manufacturing productivity

in this region is
the 2nd highest
in the UK

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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

 

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