Manufacturing is big business in Northern Ireland, where manufacturing facilities produce raw materials, consumer goods and automotive products. Belfast’s history includes a long period in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when the city was a destination for manufacturing enterprises that produced linen, tobacco, heavy engineering and shipbuilding.
Since that time, the region has maintained its status as a manufacturing hub, ideally positioned for exports to continental Europe as well as North America. These companies are maintaining the tradition by keeping factory doors open and assembly lines humming as their businesses grow and flex with emerging technology. These are the companies worth watching in Northern Ireland’s capital city.
Belfast Manufacturing Companies
- Bentley Motors
- WSP
- Diaceutics PLC
- Mzuri Group
- Cirdan
Top Manufacturing Companies in Belfast
Bentley Motors is a luxury automotive company that makes vehicles for ultra-high-net-worth individuals, or UHNWI. A subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, the iconic company was founded in 1919 and is best known for its attention to quality and detail. Bentley’s internal “Beyond100 Manifesto,” which was established in 2020, is a sustainability initiative that aims to make the company the most sustainable manufacturer of luxury vehicles worldwide.
WSP is a professional services firm that works with clients in infrastructure, transportation and other built-environment verticals. As part of its work with the industrial manufacturing sector, the company offers a robust portfolio of manufacturing process services, including planning, process design, project management and facility management. WSP is expert in water and environmental management for manufacturing contexts.
Diaceutics PLC is a data analytics firm that works in the pharmaceutical sector to manufacture medicines. It offers software that supports precision medicine development, a branch of medicine that engineers treatments customized for specific patient groups, who are identified through genetic or molecular profiling. Prior to the manufacturing stage, Diaceutics software products are used to inform decisions about how these medications are manufactured.
Mzuri Group makes luxury window coverings for commercial and residential properties around the world. It operates a network of companies like Vako Blind/Curtain Components and Swift Direct Blinds. Mzuri’s brands manufacture their own products, with the Decora company manufacturing more than 50,000 blinds each week in its dedicated production facilities in Northern Ireland and England.
Cirdan makes software and imaging products for medical testing and diagnostics. Its laboratory information system, Ultra, is built to serve clinicians, pathologists, administrators and patients. Cirdan’s physical products are manufactured to precise specifications. The SolasOR XL x-ray specimen cabinet is designed for use in pathology labs and allows labs to obtain X-ray images on-site.
