Economy West Midlands (region)

1 economy

1.1 herefordshire
1.2 shropshire
1.3 staffordshire
1.4 warwickshire
1.5 west midlands county
1.6 worcestershire

economy


sir anthony bamford, wealthiest british-nationality businessman

business link west midlands based on quinton business park in quinton, next highways england , m5 @ a456 quinton interchange. nhs west midlands, strategic health authority on hagley road (a456) in edgbaston. west midlands ambulance service on waterfront business park in brierley hill, off a461, near headquarters of west midlands police, child support agency (csa) headquartered. region s manufacturing advisory service on wolverhampton science park off a449 north of city centre; function represente made in midlands, off m4 junction 2 @ pendeford north of wolverhampton. dit west midlands (previously ukti) region based @ west midlands chambers of commerce on harborne road (b4284), south of nhs west midlands west of 5 ways; @ b4100/b4114 junction south of aston university near matthew boulton campus of birmingham metropolitan college. of region covered midlands air ambulance, except warwickshire covered warwickshire & northamptonshire air ambulance, based @ coventry airport; both charity-funded. sir anthony bamford of staffordshire richest british industrialist, @ around £3.15bn in 2014; sir james dyson second (£3bn).

herefordshire

bulmers cider orchard east of hereford, near river wye

bulmers cider in hereford within walking distance of hereford station; world s largest cider factory, , has world s largest vat (for strongbow), built in 1975. painter brothers (part of balfour beatty) on aydon ind est off a49 near hereford racecourse in north of hereford, uk s largest manufacturer of electricity pylons (transmission towers), broadcasting masts, callender-hamilton bridge, , rail electrification structures. special metals wiggin, part of special metals corporation, based @ hereford main producer of nickel alloys in europe, large site directly north of painter brothers @ a49/a4103 junction; further north on a49 @ moreton business park @ moreton-on-lugg gea denco (part of gea group) make dehumidifiers. special reconnaissance regiment formed in 2005. @ hereford, cargill meats europe (formerly sun valley) have large poultry meat processing facility, processing chickens around herefordshire; produces lot of chicken mcdonald s in uk , processes around million birds week.

cadbury (mondelēz international) make milk chocolate crumb near marlbrook (near leominster). weston s cider in marcle, south-west of ledbury @ a449/b4024 junction, make stowford press. wye fruit in north of ledbury on b4214; in west of town, off a417 bypass large site of amcor, , further west universal beverages (ubl), owned heineken since 2007 cans cider; site of ledbury preserves of rhm made robertson s jam, mincemeat , marmalade , closed in 2008 when production moved histon in cambridgeshire. atora suet has been made in ledbury since around 2003, when production moved teesside rhm former factory of juice, bought del monte in 1999. holden aluminium technologies sports car chassis manufacturer @ linton on a44, east of bromyard. kingspan insulation based @ pembridge, next shobdon aerodrome, west of leominster off a44. bt s madley communications centre, claims world s largest earth station. tyrrells potato crisps off b4457 @ dilwyn west of leominster, near a44.

shropshire

rayburn range , aga rangemaster group based in telford; pdsa in st george s , priorslee, telford next m54 near b5061/a5 priorslee roundabout; opposite m54 on stafford park virgin balloon flights; hymix on east of stafford park near a464, make mountable concrete mixers. mod have significant depot @ lilleshall , donnington. there high-technology industries such unimation, nikon, hitachi maxell, ricoh, capgemini, fujitsu , electronic data systems. in hadley castle off a442, denso manufacturing uk ltd make car air-conditioning systems , gkn wheels make car wheels. nearby ogihara europe, tool making (dies , press) , metal-pressing company. makita manufacturing europe off a518 @ hortonwood @ telford plant in uk makes power tools. chequer foods (owned chiswick-based autobar group), off a442 near a4169 junction in halesfield south, make food sachets foodservice , uk s military ration packs.

müller dairy ltd based in market drayton, , palethorpes, part of pork farms makes own-label sausages, on same site on a53. @ crudgington, dairy crest made country life butter , clover until february 2015, , have technical centre. anglo beef processors (abp food group) @ harlescott in north of shrewsbury. nearby stadco, metal pressings company, based off a5124 , next railway, on battlefield ind estate , have site @ hadley castle, telford off a442. uniq plc have plant on a488 @ minsterley making chilled desserts tesco.

bt have national network management centre (whittington house) off a495 near a5 roundabout on oswestry bypass in whittington, shropshire, claim have largest video information wall in europe. smithers rapra in shawbury world s leading research consultancy on plastics , rubbers. military helicopter training in uk takes place @ raf shawbury, alongside training raf s air traffic controllers (atc).

bridgnorth aluminium (owned greek company elval) makes aluminium foil (for food preparation) , offset plates lithography on a458 @ danesford, south of bridgnorth. grainger & worrall cast aluminium , iron engine blocks off a454; coram showers make shower enclosures on same site on former airfield, next stanmore country park in worfield.

staffordshire

jcb dieselmax, holder of land speed record diesel-engined vehicles

the brewing companies such coors brewers in burton on trent, marmite, marston s brewery, gnc uk (health supplements), , doncasters (aerospace components , steel forging, founded daniel doncaster of sheffield). conder structures structural steel company next marmite on a5121, , further south johnson controls make seats toyota in branston. spirit pub company (which demerged punch taverns in august 2011, , owns chef & brewer, flaming grill , fayre & square) near a5121/a38 junction, punch taverns further north. marley eternit (part of belgium etex group), make eternit fibre cement roofing (often seen on industrial buildings) based on west side of a38 in south of branston, (with large plant @ a525/a531 junction in madeley near m6 @ keele); next door in dunstall, lanxess uk (former w. hawley) make pigments.

the michelin man (bibendum) @ sideway in stoke, name originating latin phrase nunc est bibendum

newell rubbermaid uk (owner of parker pen, berol, paper mate , dymo), graco (buggies), large rdc of tesco, , zytek (motorsport) @ fradley park, next a38, on old airfield. norgren (part of imi) international pneumatic technology company on a5192 in lichfield.

off a522 north of cheadle jcb earthmovers (wheel loaders) , jcb compact products (mini excavators , skid-steer loaders). jcb based in staffordshire, near alton towers colossal leisure park; jcb heavy products (excavators), , world parts centre off a50 in uttoxeter rural (beamhurst). lafarge cement uk (former blue circle) have large plant @ cauldon in waterhouses, between a523 , a52.

michelin tyres made in sideway in stoke-on-trent, next stoke s grammar school in south of trent vale. royal doulton , wedgwood based in barlaston. emma bridgewater make pottery on a50 in hanley. tile giant (owned travis perkins since 2007) based on b5039 in longton, , walkers nonsuch make toffee on a5007. portmeirion pottery, own royal worcester brand, on b5041 in stoke. steelite international (pottery) based @ middleport, in west burslem, next trent , mersey canal. dudson (pottery) on a50 in north end of burslem, towards tunstall. johnson tiles , norcros adhesives (owned norcros) in west of tunstall. wade ceramics in etruria east of wolstanton, near a53/a500 junction off a53, near hq of sentinel newspaper (harmsworth printing). swan products (teasmades , small appliances, owned littlewoods) based in fenton. premier foods make mr kipling slices , cherry bakewells in trent vale in south of stoke-on-trent.

bet365 on festival park in etruria, off a53, , stoke-on-trent s largest private sector employer. goodwin steel castings make steel castings in east of stoke on a52. co-operative pharmacy national distribution centre on a50 @ meir, on former site of cookson ceramics (later johnson matthey until closure in 2003). dechra pharmaceuticals make veterinary pharmaceuticals @ talke, off a34. churchill china @ sandyford near tunstall @ a50/a527 junction. sumitomo electrical wiring systems (europe), supply wiring automotive industry, in silverdale, not far keele university. @ kidsgrove off a34, converteam (former gec) make variable speed drives (vsds); aah pharmaceuticals have enterprise , trident divisions in talke, in west of kidsgrove, off a5011. aws electronics have factory, off a34 north of newcastle. phones 4u @ knutton in north of newcastle-under-lyme until went bankrupt in 2014. off b5500 in chesterton in north-west of newcastle, broxap leading supplier of cast iron street furniture. andritz uk (engineering) @ wolstanton, off a34 in north of newcastle.

marmite made yeast left on brewing industry

roadchef @ norton canes, near cannock. tallent automotive (previously thyssenkrupp, owned gestamp since 2011) make car suspensions , crossmembers @ cannock. electrium (wylex rcds, , crabtree , volex electrical wiring) on a460 next m6 toll @ bridgtown. mann+hummel uk, on a460 south of m54 junction 1 @ featherstone, make air , oil filters. motivair, make air compressors, based off a5190 in burntwood; mizkan europe (who own branston pickle in suffolk) make vinegar. armitage shanks (owned ideal standard international) in east of rugeley off a513 in armitage handsacre, near wcml; jcb cab systems next a51 on riverside ind est.

the uk headquarters of alstom grid (former areva t&d uk, , gec) based in stafford factory , uk headquarters of bostik (a subsidiary of total). alstom power repair electrical generators. altecnic, work caleffi of italy, in north of stafford in creswell, off m6 junction 14, , supply plumbing fittings. microminiatures on b5026 in stone claim europe s leading supplier of ice cream van chime equipment.

invotec group, pcb manufacturer, based off a51 in dosthill, south of tamworth. numark pharmacy in tamworth (former base of reliant). jvm castings make crankcases off a51 @ leys in tamworth, , have site in worcester. bristan (owned masco) based in dordon , baddesley ensor on birch coppice business park south-west of tamworth, next new ocado distribution centre, uk s largest supplier of kitchen , bathroom taps; volkswagen group (vag uk) have main uk distribution facility there, site of birch coppice colliery before 1987; nearby maersk have birmingham intermodal freight terminal (rail). ansell uk (medical gloves, australia) on tamworth enterprise park, off a51 next west coast main line; produce mates condoms. lyalvale express make shotgun cartridges north of tamworth next wcml @ fisherwick. whittington barracks (dms whittington) near west home of defence medical services , defence dental service, , defence medical services training centre.

premier foods make bird s custard, angel delight , marvel powdered milk in knighton, west of eccleshall near shropshire boundary. static systems group (ssg) in wombourne, south staffordshire, make of nurse call systems nhs. kerrygold have large cheese production site on a53 in leek on barnfields industrial estate.

on balliol business park, in bilbrook , directly west of fordhouses in wolverhampton north of pendeford, cargill process poultry (with site @ hereford), , next door moog aircraft (ge aviation systems before september 2009, had bought smiths aerospace in may 2007) makes flight control actuation systems (for hydraulics on boeing , airbus), move i54 business park in bilbrook; balliol business park formerly site of boulton paul aircraft, made defiant.

warwickshire

dennis eagle bin wagon works @ warwick

bridgestone uk, telent (near a46 bypass), calor (on tachbrook park off a452), next co-operative energy , near magna powertrain uk, baxi (now owned bdr thermea, , on a429 near warwick railway station) potterton, volvo trucks uk (next a46 bypass) , large data centre of ibm in warwick. dennis eagle, make bin wagons, headquartered off a452 on heathcote ind estate, south of calor gas, in east warwick towards leamington. godiva (former hale products europe, part of idex corporation) uk s leading manufacturer of fire pumps off a445 in emscote, east warwick.

ibm @ warwick

aga rangemaster group on north of leamington spa business park, , directly south wolseley uk; raicam clutches (automotive products) south of wolseley; west grupo antolin uk make vehicle interiors; on same estate caparo ap braking, , delphi automotive have electronics centre. on warwick technology park, south of warwick on a425, phillips 66 uk (former conocophillips) own jet uk (petrol); east mckesson s european hq (who produce software nhs s 1.4 million employees payroll - largest payroll in uk), , west tulip (who produce spam, plumrose , danepak) in uk , owned danish crown group - europe s largest pork producer, near midcounties co-operative next wireless division of arqiva; national grid plc in centre of park, , allinea software @ innovation centre.

nfu mutual headquarters @ tiddington, east of stratford-upon-avon

nfu mutual in tiddington near stratford , nfu in stoneleigh; pony club , other parts of british equestrian federation in stoneleigh. agco limited uk , european operations centre nearby @ stareton, own massey ferguson valtra uk; large factory @ coventry closed in 2002. british horse society in kenilworth. @ cubbington uk headquarters of joma, , has thwaites dumper manufacturer. caparo vehicle technologies off b4087 road towards leamington spa. codemasters off a425 in long itchington, east of leamington, opposite 600-acre rls polo club; directly east of leamington on a425 ricardo s midlands technical centre. recaro uk (car seats) off a4177 next former airfield (now proving ground), west of kenilworth. further north, university of warwick, on coventry/warwickshire boundary, home warwick manufacturing group technology consultancy , tata motors european technical centre.

srs frigadon, off a3400 (former a34) @ atherstone on stour, anglo-swedish refrigeration company makes chillers , heat exchangers.

in 2008, former daw mill colliery produced 3.2 million tonnes of coal, uk record

bmw have main european four-cylinder engine plant @ hams hall near m42. subaru uk , isuzu uk (im group) sandwiched between m6 , m42 (south of junction 8) @ coleshill manor office campus, west of coleshill. off b4117 in north of coleshill thomas & betts uk (former adaptaflex), makes flexible conduits. tnt uk off b4116 in west of atherstone, , aldi uk on other side of road; aldi opened first uk store on 17 july 1990 in stechford, birmingham, , has around 700 uk stores. 3m have abrasive products (sandpaper) factory in east of town. daw mill, next railway, britain s biggest coal producer near b4098/b4114 junction @ arley , on whitacre. holland & barrett europe s largest health food chain, 1,400 stores. triton showers (the uk s largest shower company) based in nuneaton; adams childrenswear, formerly on a4254 on attleborough fields ind est, closed of stores in 2010. south of nuneaton, @ a444/b4113 roundabout national distribution centre of dairy crest, packages cathedral city cheese. north of coventry, oleo international (its name oleo strut) world leader in railway buffers based on b4113 in exhall, next m6. london congestion charge operated capita, based @ prologis park (bedworth) in west of exhall. rolls-royce have large engine overhaul plant (former armstrong siddeley), near ansty , m6/m69 junction in coombe fields, makes engine casings, built on former airfield; ansty park new development on same former airfield.

aston martin , land rover have headquarters in gaydon. nearby south in same area battle of edgehill (1642) west of m40 mod kineton (former defence storage , distribution agency or dsda kineton, part of defence equipment , support or de&s), home of army school of ammunition , defence explosive ordnance disposal, munitions , search training regiment teaches bomb disposal (improvised explosive device disposal); on opposite site of b4086 marlborough barracks , defence munitions centre kineton.

morgan sindall construction hq on corporation street (b4632) in rugby

ge power conversion uk (former alstom, converteam) , morgan sindall construction & infrastructure (former morgan est) in rugby. alstom have power , transport division in north of rugby on a426, service steam turbines; on swift valley ind estate premier foods have national distribution centre; on same estate ball packaging europe uk have main plant (tin cans), , nearby morsø uk (wood-burning stoves). european hq of gap in north of rugby, alongside m6 in churchover; gap world s third-biggest fashion retailer, 118 stores in uk. cemex have country s largest cement works, west of rugby @ junction of a428 , a4071 western bypass towards long lawford (former rugby cement).

west midlands county



cadbury in birmingham

cadbury in bournville, birmingham; since october 2012 has been owned mondelēz international; many of cadbury executive functions @ zurich in switzerland. dairy milk bars made @ kraft foods polska @ fabryka w jankowicach in jankowice. bournville has been made cadbury france many years. nationally famous companies in west midlands include rover group limited, in longbridge, birmingham (closed since 2005), mitchells , butlers, pub chain company, , national express in birmingham. crosscountry @ cannon house, base of bis insolvency service s intelligence , enforcement directorate. stamp duty in united kingdom administered city centre house. ofwat in centre city tower , consumer council water in victoria square. solicitors regulation authority based @ cube, part of mailbox. h. samuel, jewellers, in hockley of jewellery quarter. j hudson & co, acme whistles, world s largest producer of whistles, based in jewellery quarter on a41 @ a4540 junction (boulton middleway). deakin & francis @ brookfields make cufflinks. national debtline on a456, near 5 ways.

rospa on b4217 in calthorpe fields in north edgbaston, next independent st george s school. dollond & aitchison , ats euromaster in aston; b mason & sons make rolled copper strip, owned wieland-werke, off b4144, next dollond aitchison , east of ats euromaster. kiepe electric uk (former vossloh-kiepe) @ aston science park. goodyear tyres , dunlop tyres @ fort dunlop near erdington, plant manufactured car tyres until 2000, , manufactures motorsport; hiq tyre merchants have hq @ plant, being owned goodyear dunlop tyres uk. claire s (accessories) european head office off a4040 @ erdington. gkn driveline world s leading manufacturer of constant-velocity joints and, although headquartered in redditch, has uk plant @ a38/a452 roundabout in tyburn, north of jlr plant. stadco uk have metal pressings plant @ bromford off a47. concentric uk (former part of haldex) manufacturer of oil , water pumps small diesel engines, off a38 in gravelly hill. vdo make fuel systems nearby off a38. alstom used have train factory in washwood heath, built pendolino trains, closed in 2007.

uk mail @ a47/a4040 junction next river tame @ ward end near m6, , next former ldv factory. genting group uk (the uk s biggest casino operator) based @ star city near washwood heath. dana traction technologies make axles (including of ford transit , range rover) , limited slip differentials @ witton, off a4040 near m6, , timet uk. legrand uk (electrical switches) based @ a41/a4540 junction @ newtown south of aston. trw automotive electronics (the former lucas electrical training centre) on a453 north of m6 @ perry barr. delcam (cad/cam software) @ small heath trading est off a45. eaton electric (former delta , mem) make residual-current devices (cutler-hammer) , switchgear off a41 in tyseley, , mereway kitchens nearby; scc (computing) on a41 @ river cole bridge. goodrich engine controls make engine control systems jet engines @ hall green.

alcoa have large plant in kitts green (towards solihull), next river cole. pilkington automotive make triplex safety glass in kings norton; selco builders warehouse (part of grafton group) towards lifford. small-scale production of mg cars started again nanjing automobile group on part of former mg rover group site @ longbridge in 2008. webasto roof systems on a4097 in minworth, hozelock make plastic hose couplings, next cadbury s distribution centre; schaeffler group uk (including ina make timing belts, , fag wheel bearings) on maypoint business park, next railway on opposite side of a38; works @ midpoint park, south of a38. defence infrastructure organisation (former defence estates) in north of sutton coldfield.

highways england have national traffic control centre in quinton between m5 , a456 near junction 3. ishida europe makes industrial multihead weighers , food processing equipment on woodgate business park near m5, , west lander automotive make pipes automotive cooling systems; next door aisin europe manufacturing (owned toyota) , keiper uk (automotive seating, owned johnson controls since 2011).

the leaping jaguar mascot outside car company s head office south of coventry

jaguar cars, peugeot uk , citroen uk & ireland (head office, on b4110 next railway @ stoke aldermoor) , opposite peugeot technical centre, , severn trent (water) in coventry. saint-gobain uk based @ binley business park, in same building jewson (owned saint-gobain, own graham group). coventry building society nearby jewson, off b4428, in east of city @ binley. e.on uk (former powergen) next door camping , caravanning club, molins itcm research centre, chartered institute of housing, pcms (retail software), , main office of thomson holidays (tui) , main administrative offices of rics uk @ westwood business park in westwood heath, south-west of city near tile hill , west of university of warwick. bladon jets, in pinley off b4110, develop micro gas turbines , first develop axial flow micro gas turbine in 1994. jaguar land rover engineering centre south of coventry @ whitley on a444, , jaguar land rover have large manufacturing plant @ castle bromwich assembly make xj, xf , xk; site in pype hayes , tyburn built half of raf s spitfires in second world war. jaguar veneer manufacturing centre on b4067, former main factory had been since 1951, on outskirts of western coventry. motaquip limited head office based in tile hill off a45 outer ring road, , uyt produces body in white automotive components @ b4101 junction a45 coventry business park, built on former triumph car factory. axeon uk (lithium-ion battery technology) in coventry.

on b4118 north of city centre in foleshill sfm in former courtaulds research site, developed lyocell (tencel) in 1980s. nearby on b4113 (former a444) in edgwick , great heath former np aerospace, called morgan advanced materials composites , defence systems, make british army s helmet - mk 7 helmet , electronics cougar (vehicle), body armour police; owned morgan advanced materials (former morgan crucible). bystronic uk makes laser cutting equipment on wayside business park next railway , b4113 off m6 junction 3 in longford. magnetto-topy (former dunlop, part of c.l.n. s.p.a italian company) make car wheels @ whitmore park off b4118 in north coventry; east of factory, stadco uk have design site, , pailton engineering make steering columns , steering linkages; on same site meggitt aircraft braking systems (mabs, on former site of dunlop aerospace braking systems, owned meggitt) , meggitt thermal systems produce aircraft ice protection systems (former dunlop). brose uk makes mechatronic window regulators , seat adjustors on bayton road ind est in north of coventry.

the education , skills funding agency, , national apprenticeship service east of railway station. aah pharmaceuticals , lloyds pharmacy @ walsgrave triangle next m69/m6 junction off hinckley road (a4600), , both owned stuttgart-based celesio, europe s largest pharmaceutical wholesaler. next door, sainsbury s have national distribution centre tu brand of discount clothing , +gf+ agiecharmilles (machine tools). rohm , haas uk makes materials printed circuit boards on binley ind est, west of a46 bypass, near hq of british chambers of commerce. walkers (snack foods) make doritos tortilla chips , walkers french fries , squares @ middlemarch business park @ baginton next coventry airport gefco uk (owned peugeot); nearby webasto-edscha cabrio uk make convertible car roofs. terex construction on prologis park in north of coventry makes backhoe loaders, telehandlers, site dumpers , other construction equipment south of corley services. also, co-op have coventry ndc off m6 exhall interchange,at pro logis park partly in warwickshire, opened in 2006, home of gefco uk.

a land rover defender in eastern africa, made in solihull

the main land rover factory , halfords autocentre (in olton off a41, until 2012) in solihull. forensic science service, linpac, lafarge cement uk , imi plc (former ici metals division) on birmingham business park in bickenhill, near airport; national exhibition centre (nec) north, between airport , m42. lafarge tarmac in marston green, bickenhill; zf lemförder uk s site @ bickenhill makes axle modules land rover off b4438 north of nec, near new site of tarmac (after lafarge merger). newey , eyre, britain s largest electrical wholesaler , part of rexel uk, @ sheldon on a45 near airport. neopost uk off a452. goodrich uk in shirley. prologis uk, intersport uk (on cranmore ind est), , enterprise inns on a34 in monkspath; next door trelleborg sealing solutions uk; trw conekt have main automotive engineering research centre (with girling brakes, @ former lucas research centre) @ a34/b4102 roundabout @ green business park in shirley heath, further north on a34 enterprise inns, on other side of road. mormons (latter day saints) have european hq in solihull near hospital, on b4025 opposite morrisons. amtico (flooring) based in south of solihull, main factory in foleshill, coventry. compin uk, fainsa, in solihull, , make train , bus seats.

carillion head office in wolverhampton

carillion (has second largest turnover of companies in east , west midlands, , largest in west midlands) on west of wolverhampton ring-road (a4150), tarmac group on a4039 south-east of city centre in ettingshall until 2012 when merged lafarge. marston s headquartered west of ring road, on a41, , have park brewery on a4124, east of city centre. uk s vat registration service, value added tax @ hmrc in wolverhampton on opposite side of wolverhampton ring road (a4150) hq of marstons, on west side of town centre. flint ink uk in east of town centre, former mander brothers, largest ink supplier in british empire, before being bought in 1998. bae systems land & armaments (former alvis bridging , vickers armstrong) formerly on a4126 in ettingshall, near former tarmac site, closed @ end of 2011. in fordhouses, along a449 north, hs marston (part of former hamilton sundstrand, utc aerospace systems) makes heat exchangers, goodrich actuation systems (the former actuation division of lucas aerospace , h. m. hobson), , new engine plant jlr. goodrich in uk, became of lucas before takeover goodrich; lucas aerospace world leader in flight control actuation civil aircraft.

wednesfield steelpark in september 2006

on staffordshire boundary, west on pendeford business park, adas (previously on a41 in wergs), gunnebo uk (cash handling) , birmingham midshires. turner powertrain systems world market leader transmissions backhoe loaders, mini excavators telescopic handlers, , site dumpers further south, west of a449 near dunstall hill. hampson industries in brierley hill. wednesbury tube (part of mueller industries) make copper pipe on a41 in bilston @ key ind est near loxdale tram stop, , sister company primaflow makes brass fittings in nechells. on a4124, tata steel (former site of british steel seamless tubes until 1995) have wednesfield steelpark (the uk s biggest steelyard, built corus in 1999) on walsall boundary.

boss design furniture manufacturer in blowers green, dudley @ a461/a459 roundabout. kuka robotics uk, maker of industrial robots, , joseph ash (galvinizers) off a459 @ mucklow hill in halesowen, floors-2-go based off a458; sandvik coromant uk (swedish machine cutting tools, provide birmingham s christmas tree) off junction 3 of m5 on a456. hingley trailers (former m+g trailers before 2009) makes trailers on a458 in lye. marcegaglia uk make electrical-resistance welded steel tubes off a461 in dudley. essar steel uk (former servosteel) on a4101 pensnett road in west dudley, largest independent steel toll processor in uk. initial cleaning services (facilities) based on ashmore ind estate, @ a461/a459 castle gate island roundabout, opposite showcase cinema on castle gate leisure park. merry hill shopping centre, similar meadowhall in sheffield, built on large former steelworks, round oak steelworks.

avery weigh-tronix on site of james watt s soho foundry in smethwick; interlink express (and parent geopost uk) on summit crescent ind estate off a4252, north of smethwick galton bridge railway station, next m5. hadley group near soho foundry largest cold roll forming manufacturer in uk. j. b. & s. lees makes steel strip @ trident steel works in albion, west bromwich off b4166 , firth cleveland @ b4517/b4163 junction in tipton further birmingham canal. caparo precision tubes between m5 , a4182 in oldbury, uk s largest producer of electric resistance welded (erw) steel tubes, , wellman group make boilers off a457 west. metsec, east of oldbury (owned voestalpine), 1 of uk s largest cold roll-forming companies. conex bänninger (former ibp conex), on b4166 in new town, west of west bromwich on birmingham canal, make pipe , compression fittings. rhodia s oldbury site on b4170 in langley green, south of oldbury , east of m5 world-leading site (former albright , wilson) in phosphorus-based chemistry. aa have main office on a4123 @ a4034 roundabout in rounds green, west of oldbury. bip chemicals (former british cyanides) @ oldbury oldest polymer manufacturer in uk. still uk (kion group) in harvills hawthorn, golds hill @ a461/a41 roundabout, north-west of west bromwich; further along a41 2 sisters food group, britain s largest processor of chicken. nesbit evans in east of wednesbury, off a41, main manufacturer of hospital beds, owned arjohuntleigh.

willenhall lockmaking capital of uk, , home of chubb

the national headquarters of 1 stop on a4124 in brownhills, @ clayhanger. homeserve in north of walsall on a34, opposite walsall retail park; next door north, on other side of wyrley , essington canal on b4210, on edge of blakenall heath, eagle envelopes, part of mayer-kuvert, europe s leading envelope manufacturer. imperial bathroom company, on empire ind est off b4152 in leighswood, in north of walsall borough; next door rmd kwikform (scaffolding) on opposite side of rushall canal; south gkn driveline walsall 1953 until 2010, largest independent manufacturer of cv-jointed propshafts in europe. poundland in willenhall, on side of black country route (a454) towards m6 junction 11. wedge group, based on b4484 in willenhall, largest hot dip galvanizing company in uk. assa abloy uk (and yale uk, former yale & towne), owned swedish company, off a454 @ b4464 roundabout in willenhall, town known manufacture of locks; close a.f. blakemore, supplies of spar shops in uk. zf lemförder uk make chassis components (a main competitor gkn), in east of darlaston, caparo atlas fastenings off a4038.

worcestershire


worcester bosch; bosch thermotechnology in warndon

in redditch halfords, on b4497 south in washford, , gkn (it has second largest turnover in west midlands) on a441 in riverside. compair hydrovane, make rotary vane compressors, on washford ind estate near b4497/a453 junction in redditch. mettis aerospace on b4184 in enfield, north redditch, , make light metal components (the former high duty alloys, made of forged pistons britain s aircraft engines in wwii). hymatic (part of honeywell defense , space) make world-leading cryocoolers, on moon s moat ind est, in north-east of redditch; on same site kac alarm company, part of honeywell, make break glass call points fire alarms; innovated them in 1970s, , global leaders. magna interior systems make cockpit module (dashboard) mini. entaco make needles hand sewing , medical purposes in south of redditch on washford ind est. directly east of redditch in beoley lear corporation uk, make car seats. phoenix group (non-public life assurance schemes) off a435 in north-east of county near warwickshire boundary, @ wythall, , has large turnover; nearby west metalrax, headquartered in alvechurch near m42, make (via subsidiaries) of bakeware sold in uk.

the factory opened in 1897; recipe worcestershire sauce came lord sandys, , discovered accidentally when discarded , left mature months

roger dyson group manufactures auto-recovery vehicles off a442 in north droitwich, near vax , koito europe (car headlamps). south of bromsgrove, on b4091 @ stoke prior, l.g. harris & co make paintbrushes. lea & perrins in worcester. joy mining machinery on a44 in west of worcester. worcester, bosch group make 1,200 boilers day. mazak uk have parent company s european manufacturing facility (for cnc machine tools) on b4639 in north of worcester, next worcester , birmingham canal; nearby on blackpole ind est, froude hofmann have world headquarters, make dynamometers, originated william froude (former heenan & froude). karndean designflooring located in evesham used brand in uk commercial lvt market.

sealine make boats @ a442/a451 roundabout in kidderminster, owned brunswick boat group. in kidderminster of a451, stourport road brintons carpets , beakbane. roxel uk (equally owned safran , mbda), develops solid-fuel rockets missiles @ a449/a442 junction south of kidderminster , in hartlebury, on former site of royal ordnance rocket motors. west midland safari park off a456 in bewdley, west of kidderminster. morgan technical ceramics headquartered on b4195 @ lickhill in stourport-on-severn, south of kidderminster; @ b4193/a4025 roundabout, xta electronics make audio amplifiers. egbert h. taylor off a442 in elmley lovett, near hartlebury world s leading manufacturer of metal bins. leigh sinton home of biffa waste services’ worcester depot until closure in july 2013.

qinetiq @ malvern hills science park, or malvern technology centre; integrated circuit invented here in 1952

liquid crystal displays developed in 1972 in conjunction royal radar establishment, geoffrey dummer invented idea of integrated circuit in 1952. based in malvern, , became royal signals , radar establishment, developed thermal imaging , pyroelectric infrared detectors, , large site owned qinetiq. morgan motor company in malvern link; nearby desire petroleum. commsoft rms in evesham. allen gears supply industrial-sized gears off a4104 in pershore. many years group 4 security, largest security company in europe, had headquarters in broadway off a44, on edge of cotswolds; g4s integrated services has hq there.