Editing Worcestershire (section)

==Economy==
{{See also|Manufacturing in Worcester}}
[[File:Worcester Bosch - geograph.org.uk - 57948.jpg|thumb|right|Worcester Bosch; Bosch Thermotechnology are in [[Warndon]] ]]
In Redditch are [[Halfords]], to the south in [[Washford, Worcestershire|Washford]], and [[GKN]] (it has the second largest turnover in the West Midlands) is in [[Riverside, Worcestershire|Riverside]]. Mettis Aerospace are in Enfield, north Redditch, and make light metal components ( former [[High Duty Alloys Ltd.|High Duty Alloys]], which made most of the [[Forging|forged]] pistons for Britain's aircraft engines in WWII). [[Phoenix Group (company)|Phoenix Group]] (non-public [[Life insurance|life assurance]] schemes) is in the north-east of the county near the Warwickshire boundary, at [[Wythall]], and has a large turnover; nearby to west [[Metalrax]], headquartered in [[Alvechurch]], make (via subsidiaries) most of the [[Cookware and bakeware|bakeware]] sold in the UK.

Roger Dyson Group manufactures [[Vehicle recovery|auto-recovery]] vehicles in north Droitwich. South of Bromsgrove, L.G. Harris & Co make [[paintbrush]]es. [[Lea & Perrins]] is in [[Worcester, England|Worcester]]. [[Joy Mining Machinery]] are in the west of Worcester. [[Worcester, Bosch Group]] make 1,200 boilers a day. [[Yamazaki Mazak Corporation|Mazak]] UK have the parent company's European manufacturing facility (for [[Numerical control|CNC]] machine tools) in the north of Worcester. Nearby on the Blackpole Ind Est, [[Froude Hofmann]] have their world headquarters, who make [[dynamometer]]s.

[[Roxel]] UK develops [[solid-fuel rocket]]s for missiles south of Kidderminster and in [[Hartlebury]]. The [[West Midlands Safari Park]] is in [[Bewdley]], west of Kidderminster. [[Morgan Technical Ceramics]] is headquartered at Lickhill in [[Stourport-on-Severn]]. Egbert H. Taylor in [[Elmley Lovett]], near [[Hartlebury]] is a manufacturer of metal bins.

[[File:Qinetiq, Malvern - geograph.org.uk - 728922.jpg|thumb|left|Qinetiq at the [[Malvern Hills Science Park]], or Malvern Technology Centre; the integrated circuit was invented here in 1952]]
[[Liquid crystal display]]s were developed in 1972 in conjunction with the [[Royal Radar Establishment]], where [[Geoffrey Dummer]] invented the idea of the [[integrated circuit]] in 1952. It was based in [[Malvern, Worcestershire|Malvern]], and became the [[Royal Signals and Radar Establishment]], which developed [[Thermography|thermal imaging]] and [[Pyroelectricity|pyroelectric]] [[infrared detector]]s, and is now a large site owned by [[QinetiQ]]. [[Morgan Motor Company]] is in [[Malvern Link]]. Commsoft RMS is in [[Evesham]]. For many years [[Group 4 (company)|Group 4 Security]], which was the largest security company in Europe, had its headquarters in [[Broadway, Worcestershire|Broadway]], on the edge of the [[Cotswolds]]; [[G4S]] Integrated Services now has its HQ there.