This year, Birmingham Inventors (BI) proudly celebrates its 40th anniversary — four decades of supporting creativity, nurturing ideas, and bringing inventors together across the Midlands.
Birmingham Inventors: Non-Profit Organisation
About us
Birmingham Inventors was established on September 11th 1984 and has been helping inventors and innovators for nearly forty years continuously since then even during COVID when we had Zoom meetings.
Our members include very experienced sales executives, medical, and technical experts with decades of experience in government and privately funded research and development from concept to marketing.
We aim to facilitate problem solving.
Famous Birmingham Inventions
Birmingham has long been known as the “workshop of the world”, a city that helped shape modern life through innovation and creativity. Some of the most famous inventions to come out of Birmingham include:
The Steam Engine
James Watt’s improvements to the steam engine powered the Industrial Revolution and transformed industry worldwide.
The Gas Lamp
William Murdoch’s pioneering gas lighting first lit the streets of Birmingham, changing how cities looked and functioned at night.
Cadbury’s Dairy Milk
Not just an invention of machines, but of taste: Birmingham’s Cadbury brothers revolutionised chocolate production and turned it into a global brand.
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Our Venue
Fircone South
The Norman Leaker Centre
1237 Stratford Road
Hall Green
Birmingham
B28 9AA
West Midlands UK
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Sponsors
We are proud to work with organisations and individuals who continue Birmingham’s legacy of innovation and progress.
Our sponsors make it possible to celebrate the city’s inventions, tell their stories, and inspire the next generation of inventors and entrepreneurs.