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Manufacturers in the city of Leeds have risen to the challenges of globalisation with a winning combination of enterprise and innovation that is enabling them to build market leadership and win new business in the face of fierce competition from overseas.

Leeds is the UK’s third largest manufacturing centre, with nearly 1,800 firms employing over 36,000 people. Manufacturing accounts for 8.6% of total employment in Leeds and generates over 10.8% of the city's total £15 billion output.

In the wider Leeds city region, there are over 8,000 manufacturing companies with a total workforce of nearly 162,000. (Source 2008 Annual Business Inquiry).

Despite international trends towards outsourcing manufacture to developing economies, Leeds companies have maintained and enhanced their position globally through innovation, diversification, and a shift into high tech product solutions and processes which are difficult to replicate.

Paul Stephens, Leeds City Council's chief economic services officer said: "There are some highly innovative companies based in the city, pushing the boundaries and, in some cases, leading the world in their respective fields."

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