And that’s a wrap – National Manufacturing Day 2025

It’s the fourth time we’ve hosted a visit to mark National Manufacturing Day and it’s something we’re really proud to support.

We had a brilliant day giving our visitors a tour of our manufacturing facility, showing every process including design, fabrication, paint and dispatch.

 

We got asked lots of questions which is always nice – it shows that young people today are genuinely interested in a career in engineering.

Then with the help of our friends from the Army Engagement Team – thank you W02 Wayne Hall and Guardsman Toby Boivin – we got stuck into some great activities to help our guests discover their inner engineer.

Who knew drone building, flying, virtual welding, tower building and radio making could be quite so competitive? Well, we did of course – and it was wonderful to see everyone enjoy themselves.

We hope everyone likes their hand-made Acres trophies and keyrings that we gave out at the end of the day – a small token to remind our visitors that manufacturing is alive and well right here in Derbyshire.

We’ve got some great testimonials from teachers and students from the day and we look forward to showing you those in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, here’s a selection of photos capturing the spirit of the day.

Some of the groups in attendance were:

• The Pingle Academy
• Chellaston Academy
• St Wystan’s
• Derbyshire Army Cadets, Mercian Regiment
• Derby High School
• Ashby School
• University Technical College
• Weston-on-Trent Primary School

 

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Acres have a range of standard products but also support clients with custom machinery and medium-high volume products such as trolleys, stillages etc. 

We have manufactured lots of different tables / workstations / workbenches for various industries.

We also manufacture access platforms, jigs and fixtures and many other types of production support solutions / products. 

Talk to us today about your requirements: [email protected] / 01332695240 / Contact Us Form

 

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Want to know more about Acres Engineering?

We are based in the UK from our Headquarters in Derbyshire, England and have a European office in Malaga, Spain within the EU.

 

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