Low carbon economy

Around 62,000 people work in the engineering sector in North East England, accounting for almost 6% of all employees in the region and consisting of:

• 5,580 employed in the manufacture of basic metals
• 14,467 employed in the manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
• 15,844 employed in the manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified
• 6,029 employed in the manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus not elsewhere classified
• 1,663 employed in the manufacturing of radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus
• 2,435 employed in the manufacture of medical, precision and optical instruments, watches and clocks
• 12,939 employed in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
• 3,065 employed in the manufacture of transport equipment