ENGLAND, WEST MIDLANDS



 


Overview:
The West Midlands is a diverse and vibrant region located at the heart of the UK. As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, the region is known globally as the home of manufacturing and engineering. Today its industrial base is being transformed from the manufacture of low cost products to the creation of new knowledge-intensive products and services. The West Midlands boasts a world-class business environment, with highly developed supply chains and professional service networks that complement its industrial pedigree.

The West Midlands is the centre of the UK transport industry, with expertise in automotive, aerospace, motorsport and rail technologies. The automotive sector is the biggest single industry in the region, accounting for over a third of the UK’s automotive output, as well as trucks and off-road and motorsports vehicles. Motorsport engineering is concentrated in Warwickshire, part of the UK’s Motorsport Valley.

“The resources at the science park suit us as a technology business, providing a cost-effective facility with a central location”.
Warwick Taylor, director of marketing EMEA, Optio Software
 

Key sectors: transport technologies, including manufacturing plants for automobiles, trucks, motorsports, off-road vehicles, parts suppliers, aerospace, rail, engineering; rubber, plastics, polymers; environmental and medical technologies; optoelectronics, electronics, telecommunications, software, ICT, digital media and games design; healthcare, pharmaceuticals, food and drink; business and professional services, customer contact centres and logistics.

R&D Strengths: automotive, aerospace, rail, general engineering; polymers, ceramics, rubber and plastics; optoelectronics, photonics, ICT, electronics, software; pharmaceuticals, medical technologies; horticultural, environmental, food and drink; business.

Major investors include: Airbus UK, Allposters.com, Alstom, Alvis, Aston Martin, BAE Systems, Bass, BMW, Blitz Games, Bombardier Transportation, BPS Teleperformance, CadburySchweppes, Capgemini, Codemasters, Corus, Cummins Engine Company Ltd, Dana Coupled Products Europe, Danone, Dennis Eagle, Denso Manufacturing, Dunlop Aerospace, EDS, Enta Group, Epson, Ericsson, Florette, Ford, Frauscher Selectrail, Fruit of the Loom, Fujitsu, GE Aviation, Games Domain, Gap, GKN Driveline, Goodrich, Goodyear, Harley-Davidson, HFC Bank, HJ Heinz, Hydrapower Dynamics, IBM, ICICI Bank, Inalfa, Intier Automotive, Jaguar, JCB, Johnson Controls, Kodak, Kimal, LDV Group, LTI Vehicles, Land Rover, Lear Seating, Lyreco, Maxell, Mayne Pharma, McCain, Meggitt, Microtek, Mission Foods, Mitac, Mitsubishi Motorsports, Morgan, Müller Dairies, Nestlé, Optio Software, Oracle, PepsiCo, Plastic Omnium, Prodrive, Protomold, QinetiQ, Ricardo, Rich Products, Ricoh, SAIC, SCC, Salts Healthcare, Sega, Siemens, SITEL, Smiths Aerospace, State Bank of India, Sterilox, Subaru, Sumitomo, Sun Valley, Sunrise Medical, Tatung, telent, TK Maxx, Trelleborg, TRW Aeronautical Systems, Warwick Sasco, Wipro, ZF Lemforder UK, Zytek.

Grants: Tier 2 grants are available in the north of the region and in much of the Birmingham/Coventry/Black Country conurbation (see map on Grants Information).

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