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Nottinghamshire Manufacturing Network

From a once thriving area, North Nottinghamshire’s economy was decimated virtually overnight with the end of coal mining. For decades, it has struggled to attract inward investment but its coal-mining heritage has also been the catalyst for high-precision engineering and all things metal.

Boosting excellent country-wide connections due to its proximity to the M1 and A1, the area has also quickly evolved to become a sizeable hub for warehousing and distribution.

Home of the Nottinghamshire Manufacturing Network is NTU in Mansfield, an innovative hub of Nottingham Trent University, helping to serve a local community beyond Nottingham city centre.

East Midlands Manufacturing Network Members are also invited to host East Midlands Manufacturing Network meetings, providing an opportunity to showcase their manufacturing facilities to their peers across the region.

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Manufacturing

EMMN – Nottinghamshire Network

10/03/2026

7:30 am – 10:00 am

Nottinghamshire, NG18 5BH

This event is for EMMN Members

What better way to secure the future success of manufacturing in our region than by bringing together key knowledge and skills to form a dedicated, supportive peer network? That is the role of the East Midlands Manufacturing Network.

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Benefits of joining the Network

To secure the future success of manufacturing in our region than by bringing together key knowledge and skills to form a dedicated, supportive peer network? That is the role of the East Midlands Manufacturing Network.

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Meet and collaborate with your peers in the region
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Insight from industry experts to help you and your team
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Join the voice of manufacturing for the East Midlands

Do I qualify?

Participation in the Network is free and open to manufacturers of any size. The only criteria for joining are that:

  • Your business operates within the East Midlands Chamber region, encompassing Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire
  • Your business makes something
  • You are a senior manager or leader or future leader in a business

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“As a relatively new business, we have found the East Midlands Manufacturing Network to be a highly informative network which offers strong levels of support and information which we otherwise wouldn’t have been aware of.”

Fox Fabrications

Tom Cantle, Director

“Being part of the East Midlands Manufacturing Network has so far been both rewarding and insightful. We’ve discussed sensitive topics and real-time business challenges and inter-traded with other industry leads. The Chairs and detailed meeting content are second to none.”

Structural Interior Installations

Mark Whittaker, Divisional Head

“As a champion of the Derby Spirit, we want to utilise the city, and its fellow manufacturers, to really shout about the benefits of UK Manufacturing. The Chamber’s East Midlands Manufacturing Network helps tremendously, with its networking events, access to funding and much, much more!”

Pennine Healthcare

Richard Cohen, Head of Operations