MANUFACTURING NORTHERN IRELAND: DELIVERING ACTION FOR INDUSTRY
Northern Ireland’s manufacturing legacy is world-renowned. Whether you produce whiskey or wind turbines, we’re here to support your growth by tackling rising costs, securing rates relief, influencing policy and unlocking funding for skills, innovation, and sustainability.
Manufacturing NI helps our members to thrive, innovate and compete through trusted advocacy, timely insights, valuable connections and hands-on support. We champion collaboration and leadership at every level, helping members to navigate change, embrace opportunity and drive long-term success.
Our Areas of Focus

Defending industrial derating for Northern Ireland manufacturers

Tackling increasing business costs, energy issues and how network prices are applied

Driving policy, strategy and leadership that will develop a pipeline of skilled talent

Delivering industry wide and business specific support for evolving customs arrangements

Working with government, education and industry to support digital transformation

Working with government, education and industry to support industrial decarbonisation
Latest News
From Culture to Capability – Transforming Supply Chains- Inaugural Trevor Cadden Lecture
Why do many organisations and supply chains struggle to achieve lasting improvements in performance, despite heavily investing in new processes and technologies? In this inaugural lecture, Professor Trevor Cadden, Professor of Operations Management, Ulster University...
U-Bake to invest £1.6 million to grow production
Derry~Londonderry based bakery manufacturer U-Bake, known locally as McDaid's Bakery, is investing £1.6 million at its Skeoge Industrial Estate facility. The investment, which is being supported by Invest Northern Ireland’s Agri-Food Investment Initiative, will...
Trade union workplace access requests
We are aware of correspondence being issued to employers, including manufacturers in Northern Ireland, seeking physical and digital access to workplaces under new trade union rights introduced in GB by the Employment Rights Act 2025. The correspondence asserts a...








