Manufacturers across the UK are set to open their doors to their production facilities to members of the public for National Manufacturing Day, on Thursday 7th July.
National Manufacturing Day, which is being coordinated by E3R partner Make UK, aims to showcase the diverse world of the manufacturing sector and provide the opportunities available to school leavers, graduates, and those looking to reskill to gain an in-depth understanding of the career opportunities and rewards the industry has to offer.
E3R partners and Make UK members such as Thorite, Powells, 2 Sisters Food Group, ABB, Bott Ltd, Daletech, CamdenBoss, Perkins Engines Company Limited, Powerstar, Schneider Electric, Siemen, and Thales will be participating in several ways from full site tours, group question and answer sessions, through to career pathways advice sessions.
The full list of manufacturers involved in National Manufacturing Day can be found here:
2 Sisters Food Group, ABB, Acres, Advanced Tapes, Airmatic, AIS, Aldermans, Allan Bros, A&M EDM, Atec Engineering Solutions, Avara Foods, Axiom, BGB Engineering Ltd, Blacks Visual Merchandising, Bloqs, Booth Industries, Bott Ltd, Brandauer, Brush Switchgear, Brush Transformers, Cambridge Rapid, CamdenBoss, Camira Fabrics Ltd, Central Group, Crane, Cromwell Tools, Callum, Daletech, David Nieper, Domino, Duo, Elanders UK, Excell Metal Spinning, fashion Enter, Flexeserve, Fractory, Grantham Engineering, Greyhound Box, Groveley Precision Engineering, Hager Group, Harlaxton Engineering, Heat Exchange Group, Heller, Hone All, Househam Sprayers, Husco, Hymid, Iconic Engineering Solutions, Incremental Engineering Ltd, Incremental Engineering Ltd, Intelligent Door Solutions, Jaltek Systems, JCM, JJ Churchill, Lander Tubular Products, Legrand, Lindhurst Engineering, Lintott Control Systems Limited, LISI Aerospace, Lush, Mazak, Megger Instruments Limited, Metalcraft, Michael Smith Switchgear, Middlesex Aerospace, Morgan Furniture, Morgan Innovation & Technology Ltd, Morland, MTC Training, MTE Ltd, MTM Products, Nemco Ltd, Neoperl, Nuclear AMRC, Origin, Ormandy Rycroft, Parvalux, Pegasus Profiles Limited, Perkins Engines Company Limited, Photocentric, Plastek UK, Powell, Powerstar, Protolabs, RNLI Lifeboats, Robinson Manufacturing, Salt Separation Services, Schneider Electric, Shufflebottom Ltd, Siemen, SMS (Smart Made Simple), Solarport, SPE, SPS Technologies Ltd, Stelrad Radiator Group, Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing (SAM), Teagle, Tees Components, Thales, The InterAct Network, The Manufacturing Technologies Association, The PCE Group, The University of Sheffield / AMRC – Research & Training, Thompson Valves Ltd, Thorite, Timberwolf, TopHat, University of Nottingham, Vaillant, Viking Signs, Wade International Ltd, Warren Services, Webtec, WMG, The University of Warwick, Worcester Bosch, Yunex Traffic and Zytronic.
For more information on National Manufacturing Day and to find out which manufacturers are opening their doors near you, and when and what they are doing, please visit: https://www.nationalmanufacturingday.org/find-an-event
Make UK and manufacturers will provide an invaluable insight into the manufacturing industry and the value of alternative career routes via an apprenticeship as a different route post-school/college. National Manufacturing Day will be a celebration of all our sub-sectors including Automotive, Food and Drink, Aerospace, Chemical and Pharmaceuticals and demonstrate what exciting careers they can offer, futureproofing our industry by ensuring there is a pipeline of talent to drive its future growth.
