History & Pioneers
This English city is widely considered the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution due to its booming textile industry.
Manchester
The iconic small British car designed by Alec Issigonis in 1959 that became a cultural symbol.
Mini
This major British engineering company is the world's second-largest manufacturer of aircraft engines.
Rolls-Royce Holdings
The British-Swedish pharmaceutical company that co-developed a major COVID-19 vaccine with Oxford University.
AstraZeneca
The official mark and campaign used to promote goods manufactured in the United Kingdom.
Made in Britain
The Scottish engineer whose improvements to the steam engine powered the Industrial Revolution.
James Watt
The luxury car brand owned by BMW, famous for its "Spirit of Ecstasy" hood ornament.
Rolls-Royce
The largest defense contractor in Europe, producing fighter jets, submarines, and armored vehicles.
BAE Systems
The global healthcare and pharmaceutical giant headquartered in London, formerly known as GlaxoSmithKline.
GSK
The British semiconductor design company whose processor architecture powers almost all modern smartphones.
ARM (Arm Holdings)
The inventor of the "Spinning Jenny" in 1764, which revolutionized cotton weaving.
James Hargreaves
Britain's largest automotive manufacturer, known for luxury SUVs and sports sedans, owned by Tata Motors.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)
The Airbus facility in Broughton, Wales, is world-famous for manufacturing this specific part for all Airbus passenger planes.
Wings
The iconic fine china and pottery manufacturer founded by Josiah Wedgwood in 1759 in Staffordshire.
Wedgwood
An industrial region in the West Midlands that got its dark name in the 19th century from heavy coal smoke and iron foundries.
Black Country
19th-century English textile workers who destroyed industrial machinery in protest against automation.
The Luddites
Based in Woking, this company manufactures high-performance supercars and operates a famous Formula 1 team.
McLaren
The legendary single-seat British fighter aircraft used by the RAF during World War II.
Supermarine Spitfire
Protected by UK law, this world-renowned spirit must be produced and aged in oak casks in Scotland.
Scotch Whisky
The natural resource discovered off the coast of Scotland in the 1960s that boosted British offshore manufacturing and engineering.
North Sea Oil and Gas
The world's first international exhibition of manufactured products, held in London's Crystal Palace in 1851.
The Great Exhibition
Located in Tyne and Wear, this Japanese automaker's plant is the largest car production factory in the UK.
Nissan Sunderland Plant
A British company that is the global leader in manufacturing aircraft ejection seats.
Martin-Baker
A British-Dutch multinational consumer goods giant created by the merger of a British soapmaker and a Dutch margarine producer.
Unilever
The revolutionary two-dimensional material first isolated at the University of Manchester in 2004.
Graphene