BAE Systems is a leading global defence, security and aerospace company delivering a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. With approximately 105,000 employees worldwide, the company operates in seven home markets, Australia, India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.  The company is committed to recognising excellence in engineering and working with Government, universities, schools and other businesses in encouraging young people to consider a career in the engineering and technology sectors.

KSB is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of pumps, valves and related systems, supplying to water utilities, industry, building services and power applications on every continent. Annual turnover is approximately EURO 2,100 million.

KSB’s network of over 14,000 employees ensure comprehensive support on a global basis.

The InnovationXchange (IXC UK Ltd) is the UK’s leading practitioner of open innovation, with its own global, secure, managed environment for the exchange of ideas and know-how between companies, universities and research institutes.  Offering outstanding inter-company collaboration opportunities through its commercially-neutral intermediary service, it is helping its clients develop new products, access new markets and improve business processes. 

National Instruments is transforming the way engineers and scientists design, prototype and deploy systems for measurement, automation and embedded applications. NI empowers customers with off-the-shelf software such as NI LabVIEW and modular cost-effective hardware. Each year more than 25,000 different companies, including 95 percent of Fortune 500 manufacturing companies, base their system designs on National Instruments products to reduce their time to market and to optimise existing facilities.

The Sainsbury Management Fellows provide support for engineers to become leaders in UK industry; to lead new technology start-ups through to FTSE 100 companies.  We believe that engineers at the forefront of technology and innovation are the key to boosting national and worldwide economies.  We encourage this by providing scholarships each year for up to 14 outstanding engineers wishing to study an MBA at leading international business schools to enhance their career potential and leadership skills.  We promote the message that engineering in business is exciting and financially rewarding. 

Shell Lubricants UK provides a comprehensive range of products and services designed to help reduce the total cost of your operation.  Shell is the one of world’s largest lubricant suppliers and its R&D Centres around the world are at the forefront of the development of advanced lubricant technology and services. These are designed to meet businesses’ ever increasing demands on lubricant efficiency, performance and longevity, whilst helping to meet changes in legislation and the diverse nature of different operating requirements.

UKAEA’s Culham Science Centre is home to two world class research facilities; the Mega-Ampere Spherical Tokamak (MAST), flagship of the UK fusion programme and the Joint European Torus (JET), the world's largest tokamak. This research focuses on harnessing fusion power, the process that powers the sun, to generate electricity on Earth.