Today is National Engineering Day – a celebration of how engineers make a difference and help shape the future. Food probably isn’t the first thing that springs to mind when thinking about the impact of engineers, but engineering is essential to the future of the food and drink manufacturing sector.
The food and drink manufacturing sector contributes more to the economy than all other manufacturing sectors, including automotive and aerospace. The sector directly employs over 456,000 people across every region and nation of the UK. A report we recently commissioned found that South Yorkshire’s food and drink manufacturing sector plays a significant role in the local economy, generating £434m in economic output and providing 9,000 jobs across 170 businesses.
Based in Attercliffe, Sheffield, it was set up after an industry group led by the Food and Drink Federation and the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink selected the University to lead the national response to the challenge of attracting engineering-led skills, research and innovation to the food and drink manufacturing sector.
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