Manufacturing is a strong, diverse component of the London economy responsible for more than 300,000 jobs, £9.34 billion output and formulating 8% of the capital's workforce. Nearly 10% of all UK manufacturing is undertaken in London. Companies we have worked with in this sector include Xaar, Smith's Detection, Unilever.

London. the East and the South East has strengths across a wide range of manufacturing sectors in traditional food and drink, advanced automotive, aerospace and precision engineering. High technology manufacturing such as pharmaceuticals, fibre optics and computing is also well represented. Many global players manufacture in London including Alcatel, Aventis, Flextronics, Ford and Guinness.Whatever the manufacturing sector London, the East and the South East companies access the highest-skilled people, a cost-effective business environment, links to world-class research, design and development centres, and a first class telecommunications infrastructure.

Successful transfer of technologies through LTN in this sector include:

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