Our Sectors

	Aerospace The UK aerospace industry contributes a turnover of £24.9 billion to the UK with 116,000 people directly employed in the sector. Over the next 20 years, conventional aircraft platforms have the potential to provide over £1 trillion in UK value, and the sector has opportunities in new markets worth over £100 billion.

	Construction The UK has world-class expertise in the construction sector, from architecture, design and engineering, the UK is leading the way in creating digitally connected, manufactured construction solutions. Worth nearly £115bn, the sector is forecast to grow by over 70 per cent by 2025.

	Defence & security The UK defence industry has an annual turnover of circa. £25 billion and directly employs around 133,000 people, with a similar number of indirect employees, while the UK security sector has an annual turnover of around £18 billion and employs 124,000 people. (ADS UK) There are currently over 9,000 UK companies, including SMEs operating the defence market.

	Food & drink In 2019 the UK food & drink industry was the biggest manufacturing sector in the country by turnover with over 440,000 people employed across every region and nation of the UK. Manufactured food and drink contributed almost £29 billion to the economy.

	Health Tech & Pharmaceutical With more than 600 enterprises operating in the UK pharmaceuticals sector and over 100,000 people employed in the sector, the pharmaceuticals industry is seen as a ‘key sector’ by the UK government and critical to the UK economy.

	Infrastructure Infrastructure equates to 20% of the investment in construction in the UK. From roads to railways, airports and seaports, society uses critical infrastructure every day. MTC are undertaking projects in partnership with industry to understand how we can upgrade our infrastructure using manufacturing, digital and sustainable techniques.

	Power & Energy There are a broad range of challenges facing this sector, across power generation, transmission, distribution and end use, from improving our existing infrastructure and running safe and reliable networks to key long term activities, such as decommissioning in the Oil & Gas and Civil Nuclear sectors.

	Space Space is one of the fastest growing industries in the UK. We are already a world leader in small satellite technology and applications, telecommunications, robotics and Earth observation, and we have manufactured over 20% of the satellites in orbit.