page_title: West Midlands (region)
section_title: West Midlands county
hierarchical_section_title: West Midlands (region) / Economy / West Midlands county
caption_attribution_description: English: Steel Distribution Depot. Distribution depot on former 'Seamless Tubes' site in Wednesfield.
context_page_description: The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes. It covers the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It contains Birmingham and the larger West Midlands conurbation, which is the third most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Coventry is also located within the West Midlands county, but is separated from the conurbation to the west by several miles of green belt. The region also contains 6 shire counties which stretch from the Welsh Border to the East Midlands.
  The region is geographically diverse, from the urban central areas of the conurbation to the rural western counties of Shropshire and Herefordshire which border Wales. The longest river in the UK, the River Severn, traverses the region southeastwards, flowing through the county towns of Shrewsbury and Worcester, and the Ironbridge Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Staffordshire is home to the industrialised Potteries conurbation, including the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and the Staffordshire Moorlands area, which borders the southeastern Peak District National Park near Leek.
context_section_description: In Central Birmingham
  Mitchells and Butlers in pubs, inns and restaurants.
  The Insolvency Service's Intelligence and Enforcement Directorate.
  Stamp Duty Land Tax and stamp duty on shares
  Ofwat in water; relatedly in subject: the Consumer Council for Water.
  National Debtline
  The Solicitors Regulation Authority
  H. Samuel, jewellers.
  J Hudson & Co the world's largest producer of whistles make Acme Whistles.
  Deakin & Francis make cufflinks.
  National Express and CrossCountry in transport.
  Car Manufacturers
  Land Rover main factory
  Jaguar Cars, Peugeot UK (inc. Peugeot Technical Centre) and Citroen UK & Ireland Jaguar Land Rover Engineering Centre; Jaguar Land Rover have a large manufacturing plant at Castle Bromwich Assembly making the XJ, XF and XK. The Jaguar Veneer Manufacturing Centre.
  Nearest Birmingham
  Cadbury's main plant and Cadbury World remains in Bournville, Birmingham; since 2012 owned by Mondelēz International; today many executive functions are in Zurich; some milk chocolate is output from Fabryka w Jankowicach, Poland; most dark for more than 10 years from France.
  Dollond & Aitchison opticians and optical products Aston
  ATS Euromaster automotive repairs are in
  B Mason & Sons produce rolled copper and cupronickel alloy precision strips; applications include submarine communication cables, coaxial cables and associated waveguides, contacts and heatsinks.
  Kiepe Electric UK (former Vossloh-Kiepe)
  Goodyear Tyres
  Dunlop Aircraft Tyres manufacture and retread
  Claire's (accessories) European head office is off the A4040 at Erdington.
  Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents in training, surveying and policy advice.
  Outskirts of County
  GKN Driveline produce constant-velocity joints
  Stadco UK, metal pressing
  Concentric UK produce oil and water pumps for small diesel engines, off the A38 in Gravelly Hill.
  HiQ, tyre merchants.
  VDO make fuel systems.
  UK Mail
  Genting Group UK casinos
  Dana Traction Technologies make axles (including that of the Ford Transit and Range Rover) and limited slip differentials
  TIMET UK.
  SCC (Specialist Computer Centres) (computing)
  Goodrich Engine Controls make engine control systems for jet engines
  Pilkington Automotive make Triplex Safety Glass
  Alcoa plant
  Small-scale production of MG by Nanjing Automobile Group on part of the former MG Rover Group site
  Webasto Roof Systems
  Hozelock make hose couplings, sprayguns, sprinklers and rain/grey water pumps
  Schaeffler Group UK (inc. INA) make timing belts and wheel bearings)for wind turbines, passenger cars and aircraft
  The Works (retailer) distribution centre, books, puzzles, toys and games
  The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (former Defence Estates)
  Legrand UK make electrical switches)
  Delcam (CAD/CAM software)
  Eaton Electric make residual-current devices
  Cutler-Hammer and Switchgear
  TRW Automotive Electronics
  Highways England National Traffic Control Centre
  Ishida Europe makes industrial multihead weighers and food processing equipment
  Lander Automotive make pipes for automotive cooling systems;
  Aisin Europe Manufacturing
  Keiper UK automotive seating
  Near other main towns
  Severn Trent (water)
  Saint-Gobain UK is based at Binley Business Park, in the same building as Jewson (owned by Saint-Gobain, who also own Graham Group).
  Coventry Building Society nearby Jewson, off the B4428, is in the east of the city at Binley.
  E.ON UK (former Powergen)
  Molins ITCM research centre
  Chartered Institute of Housing
  PCMS (retail software)
  RICS UK
  Bladon Jets develop micro gas turbines and were the first to develop an axial flow micro example in 1994.
  Halfords Autocentre
  Motaquip Limited UYT body in white automotive components.
  Axeon UK distributes lithium-ion batteries
  Speciality Fibres and Materials developed Lyocell (Tencel) in the 1980s.
  Morgan Advanced Materials Composites and Defence Systems, make the British Army's helmet – the Mk 7 helmet and electronics for the Cougar MRAP, as well as body armour for the police.
  Bystronic UK makes laser cutting equipment
  Magnetto-Topy make car wheels
  Stadco UK design division
  Pailton Engineering make steering columns a
caption: Wednesfield Steelpark in September 2006
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