EEF (The manufacturers organisation) aims to raise the profile of UK Manufacturing with a week of activities aimed at highlighting the role that manufacturing plays in the UK economy.

From the 1st-5th March 2010 there will be a series of events around the UK for politicians, policymakers and the general public.

If you would like to get involved in this project to show your support for UK manufacturing, such as laser cutting why not visit their website lovemanufacturing.co.uk

The EEF mention some interesting statistics regarding UK manufacturing:

13.5 %
Manufacturing Output as % of GDP, 2009

£130.9 billion
GVA by UK manufacturing, 2009

3,365
Number of chemical companies in the UK

74%
of business-funded R&D in the UK carried out ny manufacturers

£11.7 billion
Value of UK manufacturing R&D investment in 2008

45,000
People employed by the UK’s pharma industry

1,117,751
Number of vehicles produced in the UK in 2009

131,791
Number of manufacturers in business in the UK

53%
of export earnings generated by manufacturing

2,570,780
Number of people employed by UK manufacturing

102,110
Number of people directly employed by the British aerospace industry in 2009

£17.9 billion
Turnover of British aerospace industry in 2009

9.6%
of UK manufacturing value added in West Midlands

13.1%
of UK manufacturing value added in North West

£4 billion
Value of UK defence exports

£382 billion
Amount of annual net foreign direct investment into UK manufacturing

£30 billion
Total amount of net foreign direct investment in UK manufacturing