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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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• 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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Finance Assistant Apprentice - Virbac
Closing Date:
19th June 2026
Salary:
£ 16354 per year
Location:
Woolpit Business Park, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Employer description Virbac is a global veterinary pharmaceutical company providing solutions to improve animal health in more than 100 countries around the world. Our extensive portfolio of innovative and award-winning products combine quality, effectiveness....
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Food Basic Production Operative - Stafforce
Closing Date:
31st December 2026
Salary:
£13.17 p/hour paid weekly
Location:
Methwold/Brandon, Suffolk
Employer description Stafforce are the specialists in the recruitment of flexible and permanent staff - our reputation is built on success for supporting temporary, flexible and permanent roles where they have been placing the right people in the right roles s...
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Apprentice Engineering Fitter - Meltech
Closing Date:
17th July 2026
Salary:
£ 19136 per year
Location:
Haverhill, Suffolk
Employer description Manufacture and installation of Induction melting equipment. IGBT inverters up to 2mw, furnaces up to 5000kg capacity plus all water-cooling systems, hydraulics and pneumatics to suit. Installation mainly throughout the UK. Main descriptio...
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Business Administrator Apprentice - Paragraf Ltd
Closing Date:
5th June 2026
Salary:
£ 16640 per year
Location:
Somersham, Cambs
Employer description Paragraf is a global company with separate R&D and manufacturing sites near Cambridge in the UK, an applications development lab in San Diego, USA, with subsidiary offices serving the APAC region in Shanghai, China and Abu Dhabi, UAE. Main...
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Trainee CNC Miller / CNC Machinist - Ultra Precision Limited
Closing Date:
22nd May 2026
Salary:
Experience dependent, but with no experience, minimum wage, rising with progression.
Location:
Haverhill, Suffolk
Employer description Ultra Precision is an innovative engineering and CNC milling company who has enjoyed a reputation for engineering excellence since it was founded in 1961. We are the preferred supplier to all major industries from Aerospace to Pharmaceuti...
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Welder/Fabricator Apprentice - Supply Plus
Closing Date:
31st July 2026
Salary:
£ 17000 per year
Location:
Cambridge, Cambs
Employer description Design, manufacture, repair and servicing of aluminium ladders, shutters and gantries for the fire, police and commercial market worldwide. Delivery of ladder Maintenance and Repair courses. Design and manufacture of hose reels, road and t...
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