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Overview

Manufacturing involves transforming goods, materials, or substance into new products.

The items output by our manufacturing industry are numerous and varied, with raw materials processed into products that often fall within the categories of food and drink, chemicals, rubber, plastics and non-metallic materials, metals, electronics, machinery, and transport.

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  • In the East of England there are 234,000 people employed in Manufacturing
  • £191 billion of outputs accounts for the UK's manufacturing sector
  • The UK's manufacturing sector average wages is 13% higher than the rest of the economy

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Job Ideas for this Industry

• Agricultural Engineer • Quality Control Technician • Motor Mechanic • Production manager • Manufacturing Systems Engineer • CAD Technician • Production worker Manufacturing supervisorAerospace Engineer (For more, check out the Job Areas below)

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Did You Know?
Sudbury is the silk capital of the UK. In the Middles Ages Sudbury grew very wealthy thanks to a wool trade that swept across the nation. The small town still benefits from the textile trade and has four working mills which manufactures 110 metric tonnes of Chinese silk every year and even silk for a Royal residence.

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Welder / Sheet Metal Apprentice - Diss
Closing Date:
8th August 2025
Salary:
Standard pay rates for apprenticeships
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Diss, Norfolk
Learn to produce fabrications and welded frames to the Company engineering drawings and standard schedules from stock materials, which are primarily aluminum extrusion, angle and box sections. Train to use company equipment, saws, CNC press brake, guillotine s...
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Annual Welducation Open Day at East Coast College
Event Date:
9th July 2025
Explore the exciting world of welding education and careers at our open day! See live demonstrations from the leading manufactures in the industry.
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Sophie one of our female engineers
Two decades ago, Sophie stepped into an industry where female engineers were rare, especially in rural Norfolk. Since then, she’s played a key role in shaping Warren Engineering, taking on everything from estimating and planning to customer relations and trade...
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Job board for disabled candidates - Evenbreak
Evenbreak is an award-winning not-for-profit specialist job board run by disabled people for disabled people.
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#WomeninEngineeringDay
Happy hashtag#WomeninEngineeringDay from Warren! ✊
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#WorldEnvironmentDay
Protecting the planet is not just an urgent environmental necessity. Nor is it just our moral responsibility - though it’s certainly that if you are concerned for the next generation. It is a business imperative and a great way of attracting talented young peo...
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