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UK Manufacturing - The Facts 2025

🏭 Output worth £220bn to the economy
👩‍🔧 Providing 2.6m jobs
🇬🇧 11th largest manufacturing nation (*see thread)
✈️ Accounts for 48% of all UK R&D
💷 and 17% of all UK business investment

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Unilever has completed a £150m upgrade at its Port Sunlight site, home to brands including Persil, Surf, Comfort and Cif, to boost UK manufacturing capabilities and supply chain sustainability.

Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/qJtlo3ITcd

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Aurrigo has announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art manufacturing and engineering hub in Coventry.

The new site measures 130,615 square feet, more than three times the size of the firm’s current facility.

Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/DRwJoptfZF

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ITM Power has secured an £86.5m funding package to support the build-out of a new large-scale 1 GW automated manufacturing line for its next-generation Chronos hydrogen electrolyser stack technology.

Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/MVcS23jgdQ

#UKmfg #Hydrogen #Energy

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Wiltshire Farm Foods has secured planning permission for a new £100m food production facility in Trowbridge. Construction is expected to start in the summer, and the new factory will house a six‑line production plant.

Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/PFBAEbFODk
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Global vehicle integrator and armour manufacturer NP Aerospace has accelerated production operations at its Coventry facility to deliver the remaining 87 Light Tactical Transport Vehicles (LTTV) from an order from the Belgium MOD.

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/3wk1ulNiFK

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Saab UK has received a £24m order from the UK Ministry of Defence for its Giraffe 1X compact radar system. The multi-mission radar systems are being produced at Saab UK’s Centre of Radar Excellence in Fareham.

Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/tlZkupzNYO

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GE Aerospace is set to invest €10m (£8.6m) to upgrade and modernise multiple UK sites, as part of a wider €110m European investment plan.

Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/tJCToFrklN

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Atlas Air has placed a landmark order for 20 Airbus A350F freighters, powered by 40 Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines.

Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/JXiGyqfTCe

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Speciality pharmaceutical manufacturer Norgine is investing £23m and creating new jobs at its Hengoed production site in Wales.

Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/Qd1S3QxaYN

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@Leonardo_UK has secured a £1bn contract to build 23 new medium helicopters (NMH), which will support defence operations around the globe and sustain 3,300 jobs at Leonardo’s facility in Yeovil, Somerset.

Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/IdvFCFjvtG

(📸 Leonardo)

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Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I, the producer of Lucozade and Ribena, has announced a £25m investment in a new manufacturing line at its Coleford factory.

Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/jy3AWtjcgH

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British Steel has restarted 24/7 rail manufacturing operations for the first time in over a decade after winning a contract in Turkey to supply 36,000 tonnes of rail for a major high-speed electric railway.

Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/Ry1J9tYFJ8

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Coventry-based Evtec Automotive has struck gold at Make UK’s National Manufacturing Awards, picking up two accolades, including being named Manufacturer of the Year.

There's more about the winners here ➡️ https://t.co/D3v49e9Gyv

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EngineeringUK’s ever-popular national campaign, Tomorrow’s Engineers Week, is set to return from 9th to 13th November 2026, marking the 14th year of the annual celebration.

Find out more here ➡️ https://t.co/JsvlOw1EEZ

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Agratas has marked a key construction milestone in the delivery of its £4bn battery gigafactory in Somerset. The steel frame for the new facility in Bridgwater is now complete, using 100% British-sourced steel.

Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/TorHYmQbpF

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Bentley Motors has opened applications for its 2026 apprenticeship programme. Based at the company’s factory in Crewe, twenty-five apprenticeship opportunities will be offered across key areas.

Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/cO6E1e6f3H

#UKmfg #Apprentices #Apprenticeships

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The UK subcontract manufacturing market had a positive year in 2025, up 47% on 2024, according to the latest Contract Manufacturing Index figures.

Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/O7Do53iogn

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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has opened applications for its 2026 apprenticeship programme. First launched 20 years ago, many former apprentices who have completed the programme now hold senior positions within the company.

Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/pGKWP7EcCG

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2025 saw global aircraft deliveries at the highest level in seven years. A total of 1,411 aircraft were delivered, marking a 25% increase from 2024. The aircraft backlog has reached a new record high of 16,371 aircraft

Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/Ld7ikMFMQ7

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Airbus and Rolls-Royce have secured an order for 31 widebody aircraft from Delta Air Lines. Wings for the A330 and A350 aircraft in the order will be manufactured in Broughton, and the Trent 7000 and XWB engines will be made in Derby.

Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/pWg6wQiBgV