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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.

Take a look at the various links and job roles below to see what could be in store for you.

  • 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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We are officially JOSCAR registered! 🎉 JOSCAR is a collaborative platform that centralises supplier information in one place. It helps businesses determine if a supplier is "fit for business" by covering areas such as company capability, financial history and....
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Business Management Degree Apprentice - DS Smith
Closing Date:
30th April 2025
Salary:
£23,975 per year
Location:
Fordham, Ely, Cambs
Employer description DS Smith are the leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services. We’ve been around for over eighty years and operate in over thirty countries across the UK, Europe, and the United States. From fo...
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CNC Apprentice
Closing Date:
31st March 2025
Salary:
£15,717
Location:
Thetford, VAC1000307217
INSTRUMENT MACHINING SERVICES LTD (Thetford)
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Apprentice Metal Fabricator
Closing Date:
2nd May 2025
Salary:
£12,979
Location:
GT YARMOUTH, VAC1000307195
ARMULTRA LTD (GT YARMOUTH)
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Apprentice Production Operative - East Anglian Sealing Company Limited
Closing Date:
30th April 2025
Salary:
£ 15507.70 per year
Location:
Sudbury, Suffolk
Employer Description EAS manufacture and supply all types of Gaskets; Seals and Rubber mouldings. A small but fast growing company, working from renovated farm buildings on the Essex Suffolk Border just outside Sudbury. They are currently looking for an appren...
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Tool Maker Apprentice
Closing Date:
30th March 2025
Salary:
£12,979
Location:
Suffolk, VAC1000306759
SPECTRA PACKAGING SOLUTIONS LIMITED (Suffolk)
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