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Advanced Engineering & Materials

The advanced engineering and materials sector in Yorkshire & Humber offers your business access to some of the world’s leading expertise in high value advanced engineering and materials research, with expertise in the region attracting attention worldwide.

Businesses around the world working in aerospace and automotive industries through to medical devices, oil and gas have already recognised the importance of the region’s expertise in metals and alloys with over 170,000 industry specialists, 1,400 engineering companies and world leaders in the sector such as Corus and BAE Systems already basing facilities in the region.
 
Your business can be assured that Yorkshire & Humber can provide you with all the vital expertise and support a company needs in the increasingly competitive global sector
 
To help your business achieve its full potential within the advanced engineering industry, Yorkshire and Humber offers:
  • Over 1,400 specialist companies and 170,000 qualified people
  • Internationally renowned expertise in high precision engineering, metals production and high quality manufacturing
  • 12% of the UK’s engineering graduates
  • The largest concentration of precision forgers in the UK
  • Europe's leading facility to manufacture titanium castings 
  • World leading expertise in the production of metals and alloys
  • An excellent science and technology-based incubation infrastructure
  • Easy access to the rapidly expanding UK and European markets
  • Pioneering R&D from multidisciplinary teams focused on business growth
  • Unique Advanced Manufacturing Park, focused on business led materials research and technology
Find out the full range expertise and facilities on offer in the region for your business.
 
Discover the breadth of experience the region offers in key industry areas
 
Information on workforce availability and skills across the region
 
Let the facts speak for themselves as to why Yorkshire & Humber is leading Europe in delivering high value advanced engineering technology solutions.
 
Read about just some of the successes that other industry leaders have experienced thanks to the skills and expertise within the Yorkshire & Humber region.
 
Find out about the latest developments from within the advanced engineering and materials sector in Yorkshire & Humber.
 
Find out how we can help your advanced engineering & materials business succeed in one of the UK’s most cost effective and innovative regions by contacting our investment team.

 
 
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Case Studies

Based in the industrial steel capital of the UK, Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd (SFIL) is one of the world’s leading suppliers of bespoke engineering solutions.
Slingsby Advanced Composites Ltd is thriving with the help of Yorkshire and Humber’s highly skilled workforce and pioneering research and development facilities.
Working In Yorkshire

Working In Yorkshire

Yorkshire & Humber is an exciting place to live with a rich blend of cultural and geographical diversity, a cost of living 40% lower than the national average and salaries 7% below the national average, all offering business based here a quality of life, which is second to none.
Living In Yorkshire

Living In Yorkshire

Yorkshire & Humber is an exciting place to live. The key to our region’s unrivalled quality of life is a blend of cultural and geographical diversity. With some of Britain’s biggest and most dynamic cities and some of the most incredibly varied and spectacular landscapes, the region offers business based here a quality of life, which is second to none.
Property Solutions

Property Solutions

Our investment team will develop a bespoke property proposal for each client, undertaking specific property searches, and site visits, to working with developers to identify the best site options that meet your location and business criteria.