Reshoring trends spurs launch of new manufacturing cluster

Posted on 17 May 2017 by Jonny Williamson

The Manufacturing Assembly Network (MAN), which comprises eight sub-contract manufacturers and a specialist engineering design agency, has seen more than £1.5m of new contracts placed from firms keen to reshore production to the UK.

L to R: Larry Joyce (Kimbermills International), Matt Harwood (Barkley Plastics), Tom Bruce (Alucast), and Adam Cunningham (Muller Holdings) While the fall in Sterling may have played a role, the manufacturing collective believes the change in philosophy had started before the Brexit vote and there is a multi-million-pound pipeline of opportunities…

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