Fast Facts: Automotive

 

Overview
The automotive sector in Wales employs around 25,000 people and is worth over £3 billion annually.

Companies
Over 250 automotive companies are in Wales – around 40 of the top 100 global leaders, including Toyota, Bosch, Ford, Harman/Becker, Mitsui Components Europe (MCE), Bergstrom (Europe), Nissin Showa and Senior Automotive.

People
Universities in Wales produce over 2,000 engineering graduates every year.

Funding
Access a combination of funding for a range of purposes including research & development, job creation, and workforce development.

Skills & facilities
Wales offers the full life-cycle of skills and facilities to support the automotive industry – from concept design to manufacture.

Manufacturing is very well established in areas such as toolmaking, fabricating, injection moulding, die casting and special purpose machine building.

Vehicle test facilities include test tracks and race circuits, full climate wind tunnels, and system durability testing.

Research
Some of the finest university departments in Europe are working both with industrial partners and independently on technologies such as fuel cells, hybrid vehicles, bio-fuels, telematics and integrated circuits.

Property
We offer property across Wales, from R&D space within university-linked incubator units, to bespoke space on a sector-specific development site.