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I grew up in North Wales and have been working in London in the tech sector for the last 10 years. Considering a move back to the mountains, genuinely intereste

• dTal 11y ago
  Cool! I'm no expert, but optics, aerospace, and defense mainly that I'm aware of. Airbus has a huge wing manufacturing plant in Broughton which I'm sure helps anchor the industry, they have massive tie-ins with the local universities through apprenticeships. Prototype mirror segments for the E-ELT project are also being built here[1] (last I checked; there's been some budget problems). I don't know everything that goes on of course, but my own job searches have turned up both interesting-looking embedded work and more run-of-the-mill web stuff, despite my earlier comment. I've seen lots of datacentre/hosting type companies kicking about as well. It's no Silicon Valley - Wrexham, the population centre, isn't quite (though very nearly) big enough to hold the interest of the intellectually curious - but it's a lot more vibrant than you hear about. Here is the business directory of the business park in St Asaph where they're building the mirror segments:[2] [1] http://www.glyndwrinnovations.co.uk/articles/latest_news/the_uk_consortium_and_large_optics http://www.glyndwrinnovations.co.uk/articles/latest_news/the... [2] http://www.stasaphbusinesspark.org.uk/directory/ http://www.stasaphbusinesspark.org.uk/directory/