Northern Ireland has a vibrant and highly sophisticated advanced manufacturing and engineering sector. Almost 1,100 international companies have invested in Northern Ireland and the sector has grown almost three times faster than the rest of the UK in recent years.
'The people of Northern Ireland are some of the most passionate, devoted, dedicated and skilled individuals that I have ever had the opportunity to work with.' Paul Vienneau, Chief Tecnology Officer, TSYS
Manufacturing companies experience spans across a range of sectors from aerospace and automative, to materials handling and consumer products. Within these sectors the region has a world-class reputation for its strengths in:
Northern Ireland is home to a number of centres of excellence undertaking industrially relevant research. The regions two top universities, Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University, along with our further education colleges have strong engineering schools and research centres which work closely with materials handling companies on R&D and new product development.
Over 72% of Northern Ireland university research activity is world-leading or internationally excellent according to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 assessment.
Advanced manufacturing and engineering in Northern Ireland has a strong engineering heritage with an international reputation.
