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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?
The UK remains in the top ten manufacturing nations at ninth place.

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Sales Office Apprentice - Plinth Medical Limited
Closing Date:
16th September 2025
Salary:
£ 15704 per year
Location:
Eye, Suffolk
Employer description Plinth Medical is a well established and successful UK manufacturer of medical couches and is a leader in its field, exporting its products worldwide. Main description Plinth Medical is a well established and successful UK manufacturer of....
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Monitoring and Laboratory Apprentice - SRL Technical Services
Closing Date:
30th September 2025
Salary:
£ 17500 per year
Location:
Sudbury, Suffolk
Employer description Consultants in acoustics, air quality, environmental monitoring, BREEAM, air leakage, compliance and lab testing and training. We are specialists when it comes to planning, performance prediction, design, inspection, measurement and troubl...
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Contracts Co-Ordinator Apprenticeship - Unisurge International
Closing Date:
19th September 2025
Salary:
£ 18000 per year
Location:
Newmarket, Suffolk
Employer description Established in 1988, Unisurge is a trusted manufacturer and supplier of custom procedure packs, dressing packs, medical disposable and theatre products for health care professionals. Unisurge also offers a broad range of sterile drapes, g...
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Accounts/Finance Assistant Apprenticeship - Portable Space Ltd
Closing Date:
8th September 2025
Salary:
£ 14722.5 per year
Location:
Stowmarket, Suffolk
Employer description Portable Space is a multi-award winning UK supplier of shipping containers & conversions, portable cabins, modular buildings & steel storage containers, available for purchase and hire. We are a medium sized business with approx. 30 office...
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Miganglia sourced us with the iWave Pro machine, a modular TIG welding system that can also handle MIG/MAG and MMA processes, making it an incredibly versatile multiprocess welding machine. We caught up with Stewart to hear how the iWave Pro’s been running so....
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