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Engineering and Manufacturing Sectors. Overview. Engineering and Manufacturing can be broken down into several different sectors. There are many different careers on offer for people of all interests, backgrounds and abilities. Mechanical Engineering. Products or Services
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Overview • Engineering and Manufacturing can be broken down into several different sectors. • There are many different careers on offer for people of all interests, backgrounds and abilities.
Mechanical Engineering • Products or Services • Bearings, agricultural machinery, gas turbines, machine tools. • Companies • RHP, GKN and Rolls-Royce. Source: www.ronlund.com/images/ bearings.jpg
Engineering Fabrication • Products or Services • Building frames, food handling equipment, metal climbing frames, liquid handling equipment and lorry chassis. • Companies • Watson’s Steel
Automotive Engineering • Products or Services • Cars, commercial vehicles (lorries and vans), motorcycles, tractors and specialized. • Companies • Rover, Vauxhall UK and McLaren. Source: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=55931
Electrical and Electronic • Products or Services • Electric generators and motors, consumer electronic equipment (radio, TV, audio and video) power cables, computers. • Companies • GEC, BICC and ICL. Source: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=7153
Process Control • Products or Services • "Process control" refers to the equipment and methods used to automatically measure and manipulate the conditions of continuous and batch processes. • Companies • Alan Bradley, Siemens, Festo, Norgren. Source: http://www.rotech.se/images/assembly.jpg
Telecommunications • Products or Services • Telephone, radio and data communications equipment. • Companies • Nokia, GEC, Plessey and British Telecom. Source: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=26205
Civil Engineering • Products or Services • Concrete bridges and flyovers, docks, factories, power stations, dams. • Companies • Bovis, Wimpey and Balfour-Beatty. Source: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=27617
Aerospace Engineering • Products or Services • Passenger and military aircraft, satellites, space vehicles, missiles. • Companies • British Aerospace, Westland and Rolls-Royce. Source: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=50655
Marine Engineering • Products or Services • Oil, gas and mineral exploration, platforms and pipelines. Diving equipment. Seacraft such as cruise liners, naval vessels and container ships. • Companies • Harland – Wolff, Hyundai, Statoil, British Petroleum. Source: Statoil
Environmental Engineering Products or Services Wind turbines, solar cells and panels, tidal power stations. Companies Jeffrey Stevens Associates, Howick Consultants, Carter Environmental Engineers Ltd, Halcrow Group Ltd Source: http://www.coruseducation.com/galleryenvironment.asp
Food and Drink • Products or Services • Food products, carbonated soft drinks and modified ingredients. • Companies • Cadburys, Schweppes, United Diaries and Park Cakes. Source: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=55095
Biological and Chemical • Products or Services • Fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, plastics, petrol. • Companies • Fisons, Glaxo, ICI and British Petroleum. Source: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=72200
Printing and Publishing Products or Services Books, comics, mail order catalogues, newspapers and magazines. Companies Malvern Press, Oxford University Press, Penguin. Source: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=73297
Paper and Board Products or Services Packaging, such as corrugated boxes, folding boxes, beverage cartons. Hygiene and household products, office paper and stationery, wallpaper and bookbinding. Companies Tetra Pak Source: http://pragerpackaging.home.att.net/
Textiles and Clothing Products or Services Clothes, shoes, home furnishings, fabrics, yarns and industrial textiles. Companies Nike, Adidas, Laura Ashley. Source: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=25971