
Manufacturing
Feb 2 2022
Smartparc Segro Derby part-funded with £12m from D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership.
Read moreWorking in partnership with regional firms and public sector bodies, we focus on tackling the things that really matter in our region to drive prosperity for our communities and businesses.
Our members include 18 local authorities and the West Midlands Combined Authority, nine local enterprise partnerships and our region’s 20 world-class universities. We also work with a rapidly growing number of private sector partners, collaborating and investing together to achieve our shared aims for regional success.
Together, we make sure the Midlands voice is heard and act as a positive agent for economic, social and environmental change, to benefit every single part of our region. We do this through shared intent, collaborative investment and presenting a strong, unified voice, direct to government.
The Midlands is the leading force of UK manufacturing, powering people and unlocking productivity for growth and prosperity.
Our diverse strengths range from as cars and medicines, to textiles and food, all led by innovative businesses and world-leading research centres.
The sector generates £36 billion GVA into the UK economy each year, with huge potential for more. With a unique concentration of R&D energy infrastructure and wide-ranging manufacturing capabilities, the Midlands is ideally placed to become a national and global centre for net zero technology. Innovation strengths include advanced materials and manufacturing, electronics, photonics, energy and environment technologies.
As new challenges arise such as changing import and export patterns and the growth of digital technologies, our manufacturing sector is innovating and adapting – we are seizing exceptional opportunities for growth.
Recently, the Midlands Engine Observatory has conducted research, in consultation with partners, to better understand the strengths and challenges within the manufacturing sector. The first part of this research covers the range of products already made in our region, and the second explores the potential opportunities for manufacturing.
Discover more about pan-regional partnership and how, together, we are powering prosperity for every part of the Midlands.
Manufacturing
Feb 2 2022
Smartparc Segro Derby part-funded with £12m from D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership.
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Jan 19 2022
Seafood cluster has launched £430,000 six-month programme to help upskill fish processing workforce in Europe’s largest seafood cluster.
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Dec 23 2021
New national robotics research centre will receive a share of £25m to improve collaborative technology.
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