This is one of Norfolk’s most advanced sectors. It has an impressive pool of skills and expertise across the whole range of engineering disciplines, from engineering and electronics to our world-class Marine Industries.

The sector has strong networks and many businesses are members of engineering groups across the county.

Hethel Engineering Centre is a major focal point for the industries, providing world-class facilities, which serves the high performance engineering and manufacturing sector within the region. The Centre provides high quality accommodation for start-up and early stage growth technology businesses, a comprehensive suite of specialised engineering equipment and a complete range of training course programmes to improve the performance of engineering and manufacturing businesses.

Fact File

• Over 10,000 people are employed in the sector
• The sector is diverse and includes the manufacture of aircraft systems, capacitors for mobile phones and luxury custom-built motor cruisers