Light industry, mainly cotton ginning and food processing, is also an important part of the provincial economy, particularly in the production of consumer goods.
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The second-half of the 20th century saw the area becoming home to some light industry (including the Vulcan motor works), but apart from some small industrial units the area is now primarily a commuter suburb for Southport, Preston and Ormskirk.
The postwar boom years, enhanced by the establishment of the European Union and NATO headquarters in Brussels, contributed to the rapid expansion of light industry throughout most of Flanders, particularly along a corridor stretching between Brussels and Antwerp, which is the second largest port in Europe after Rotterdam.
Today this area is mostly uninhabited, containing light industry, a Costco, a train station parking lot, and undeveloped land.
Manvers, and the adjoining areas that were formerly the Wath Main Colliery and the Wath marshalling yard were bulldozed, landscaped and are now an area of light industry and commerce, with a beautiful nature reserve managed by the RSPB Old Moor Wetland Centre RSPB reserve, including the call centres of companies such as Ventura (bought out by CAPITA in 2011; CAPITA fully took over on 1 January 2012), TSC, T-Mobile and many others occupying purpose-built units.
Like its neighbouring suburb, Derwent Park, Prince of Wales Bay is home to light industry, and contains few houses.
With the end of military control, Martlesham Heath has now become an industrial and dormitory satellite of Ipswich and the four pre-war hangars and technical site buildings are now used for light industry and storage.
The road is largely residential with a few offices and light industry along the road, including offices for the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Transportation.