Green light: Plans for Siemens' new £200 million rail factory in Goole, set to create 700 direct jobs and a further 1,700 in the UK's supply chain, have been approved bit.ly/2m3TZHc #UKmfg #GBmfg🇬🇧

Northumberland-based @Tharsusltd to quadruple manufacturing capacity for advanced machines and robots with opening of new £3 million Blyth facility bit.ly/2ZEMBEk #UKmfg #GBmfg🇬🇧

The next generation Juke will be built at Nissan's Sunderland plant. Last year, the factory celebrated a major milestone when the one millionth British-built original Juke rolled off the production line #UKmfg #GBmfg🇬🇧

Green light! The £350 million Peddimore development in Birmingham will create 6,500 direct jobs & up to 3,000 supply chain jobs across the wider region to support the site’s future occupiers in the manufacturing and logistics sectors bit.ly/2KNTwlp #UKmfg #GBmfg🇬🇧

Consumer goods manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser is building a new £105 million Centre for Scientific Excellence in Hull. Set to open later this year, it is the single biggest investment in the company’s history. #UKmfg #GBmfg🇬🇧

Munich-based tooling specialist @hoffmanngroup opens new UK headquarters in Birmingham bit.ly/2yw2EFu #UKmfg #GBmfg🇬🇧

£75m investment: Eddie Stobart set to create 480 jobs at new 634,910 sq ft supply chain facility in Warrington bit.ly/2LHmfeA #Cheshire #jobs #investment🇬🇧

German-owned dairy products manufacturer Müller creates 65 new jobs with £50 million expansion of its Telford factory bit.ly/2JM7IMv #Shropshire #UKmfg #GBmfg🇬🇧

Newton Aycliffe-based train builder Hitachi Rail is set to win a £600m order from East Midlands Trains for new diesel-electric rolling stock. Franchise operator Abellio is expected to formally announce the decision next week #UKmfg #GBmfg🇬🇧

British sports car manufacturer Lotus to triple output at its Hethel plant and may open a second factory in the UK as part of major expansion bit.ly/2O4JVeA #UKmfg #GBmfg🇬🇧

£25m investment: German-owned plastic products manufacturer @CraemerUK to create an additional 50 jobs at its recently opened £25m factory in Shropshire bit.ly/Craemer #UKmfg #GBmfg🇬🇧

Jaguar Land Rover's investment in UK manufacturing announced earlier today is close to £1bn (Financial Times) #UKmfg #GBmfg🇬🇧

Major expansion of the i54 South Staffordshire business park, home of Jaguar Land Rover's £1bn Engine Manufacturing Centre, set to create 1,700 jobs bit.ly/i54South #UKmfg #GBmfg🇬🇧

Ahead of its official unveiling next month (9 July), this is the new all-electric @MINI being assembled at the manufacturer's Oxford plant #UKmfg #GBmfg🇬🇧

Electrical retailer @ao set to create 100 jobs at new plastics recycling plant in Telford bit.ly/AOTelford #Shropshire #UKmfg #GBmfg🇬🇧

GKN Aerospace to invest £11m upgrading its East Cowes manufacturing site on the Isle of Wight cutit.org/7K2pQ #UKmfg #GBmfg