All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
Description
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial machinery (except agricultural and farm-type; construction and mining machinery; food manufacturing-type machinery; semiconductor making machinery; and sawmill, woodworking, and paper making machinery). Illustrative Examples: Additive manufacturing machinery manufacturing Bookbinding machines manufacturing Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing Cigarette making machinery manufacturing Glass making machinery (e.g., blowing, forming, molding) manufacturing Petroleum refining machinery manufacturing Plastics working machinery manufacturing Printing presses manufacturing Rubber working machinery manufacturing Sewing machines (including household-type) manufacturing Shoe making and repairing machinery manufacturing Tannery machinery manufacturing Textile making machinery manufacturing
Hierarchy
| Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | Manufacturing 2-digit sector | The Sector as a Whole The Manufacturing sector comprises establishments engaged in the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products. The assembling of component parts of manufactured products is considered manufacturing, except in cases where the activity is appropriately classified in Sector 23, Construction. Establishments in the Manufacturing sector are often described as plants, factories, or mills and characteristically use power-driven machines and material handling equipment. However, establishments that transform materials or substances into new products by hand or in the worker's home and those engaged in selling to the general public products made on the same premises from which they are sold, such as bakeries, candy stores, and custom tailors, may also be included in this sector. Manufacturing establishments may process materials or may contract with other establishments to process their materials for them. Both types of establishments are included in manufacturing. Selected industries in the Manufacturing sector are comprised solely of establishments that process materials for other establishments on a contract or fee basis. Beyond these dedicated contract manufacturing industries, establishments that process materials for other establishments are generally classified in the Manufacturing industry of the processed materials. The materials, substances, or components transformed by manufacturing establishments are raw materials that are products of agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, or quarrying as well as products of other manufacturing establishments. The materials used may be purchased directly from producers, obtained through customary trade channels, or secured without recourse to the market by transferring the product from one establishment to another, under the same ownership. The new product of a manufacturing establishment may be finished in the sense that it is ready for utilization or consumption, or it may be semi-finished to become an input for an establishment engaged in further manufacturing. For example, the product of the alumina refinery is the input used in the primary production of aluminum; primary aluminum is the input to an aluminum wire drawing plant; and aluminum wire is the input for a fabricated wire product manufacturing establishment. The subsectors in the Manufacturing sector generally reflect distinct production processes related to material inputs, production equipment, and employee skills. In the machinery area, where assembling is a key activity, parts and accessories for manufactured products are classified in the industry of the finished manufactured item when they are made for separate sale. For example, an attachment for a piece of metalworking machinery would be classified with metalworking machinery. However, component inputs from other manufacturing establishments are classified based on the production function of the component manufacturer. For example, electronic components are classified in Subsector 334, Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing, and stampings are classified in Subsector 332, Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing. Manufacturing establishments often perform one or more activities that are classified outside the Manufacturing sector of NAICS. For instance, almost all manufacturing has some captive research and development or administrative operations, such as accounting, payroll, or management. These captive services are treated the same as captive manufacturing activities. When the services are provided by separate establishments, they are classified in the NAICS sector where such services are primary, not in manufacturing. The boundaries of manufacturing and the other sectors of the classification system can be somewhat blurry. The establishments in the Manufacturing sector are engaged in the transformation of materials into new products. Their output is a new product. However, the definition of what constitutes a new product can be somewhat subjective. As clarification, the following activities are considered manufacturing in NAICS: <table width=100%><tr><td width=10%> </td><td><dl><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Milk bottling and pasteurizing;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Water bottling and processing;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Fresh fish packaging (oyster<br/> shucking, fish filleting);</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Apparel jobbing (assigning<br/> materials to contract<br/> factories or shops for<br/> fabrication or other contract<br/> operations) as well as<br/> contracting on materials<br/> owned by others;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Printing and related activities;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Ready-mix concrete production;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Leather converting;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Grinding lenses to<br/> prescription;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Wood preserving;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Lapidary work for the trade;</dt></dl></td><td width=10%> </td><td><dl><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Electroplating, plating, metal<br/> heat treating, and<br/> polishing for the trade;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Fabricating signs and<br/> advertising displays;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Rebuilding or remanufacturing<br/> machinery (i.e., automotive<br/> parts);</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Making manufactured homes<br/> (i.e., mobile homes) or<br/> prefabricated buildings,<br/> whether or not assembling/<br/> erecting at the customers'<br/> site;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Ship repair and renovation;</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Machine shops; and</dt><dt style='padding-left: 10px; text-indent: -10px;'>Tire retreading.</dt></dl></td><td width=10%> </td></tr></table> Conversely, there are activities that are sometimes considered manufacturing, but which for NAICS are classified in another sector (i.e., not classified as manufacturing). They include: 1. Logging, classified in Sector 11, Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, is considered a harvesting operation; 2. Beneficiating ores and other minerals, classified in Sector 21, Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction, is considered part of the activity of mining; 3. Constructing structures, assembling prefabricated buildings, and fabricating at the construction site by contractors are classified in Sector 23, Construction; 4. Breaking bulk and reselling in smaller lots, including packaging, repackaging, or bottling products, such as liquors or chemicals; assembling and selling computers on a custom basis; sorting and reselling scrap; mixing and selling paints to customer order; and cutting metals to customer order for resale are classified in Sector 42, Wholesale Trade, or Sector 44-45, Retail Trade; and 5. Publishing and the combined activity of publishing and printing, classified in Sector 51, Information, transform information into a product for which the value to the consumer lies in the information content, not in the format in which it is distributed (i.e., the book or software compact disc). |
| 333 | Machinery Manufacturing 3-digit subsector | Industries in the Machinery Manufacturing subsector create end products that apply mechanical force, for example, the application of gears and levers, to perform work. Some important processes for the manufacture of machinery are forging, stamping, bending, forming, and machining that are used to shape individual pieces of metal. Processes, such as welding and assembling are used to join separate parts together. Although these processes are similar to those used in metal fabricating establishments, machinery manufacturing is different because it typically employs multiple metal forming processes in manufacturing the various parts of the machine. Moreover, complex assembly operations are an inherent part of the production process. In general, design considerations are very important in machinery production. Establishments specialize in making machinery designed for particular applications. Thus, design is considered to be part of the production process for the purpose of implementing NAICS. The NAICS structure reflects this by defining industries and industry groups that make machinery for different applications. A broad distinction exists between machinery that is generally used in a variety of industrial applications (i.e., general purpose machinery) and machinery that is designed to be used in a particular industry (i.e., special purpose machinery). Three industry groups consist of special purpose machinery--Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing; Industrial Machinery Manufacturing; and Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing. The other industry groups make general purpose machinery: Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing; Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing; Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing; and Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing. |
| 3332 | Industrial Machinery Manufacturing 4-digit industry group | Industries in the Machinery Manufacturing subsector create end products that apply mechanical force, for example, the application of gears and levers, to perform work. Some important processes for the manufacture of machinery are forging, stamping, bending, forming, and machining that are used to shape individual pieces of metal. Processes, such as welding and assembling are used to join separate parts together. Although these processes are similar to those used in metal fabricating establishments, machinery manufacturing is different because it typically employs multiple metal forming processes in manufacturing the various parts of the machine. Moreover, complex assembly operations are an inherent part of the production process. In general, design considerations are very important in machinery production. Establishments specialize in making machinery designed for particular applications. Thus, design is considered to be part of the production process for the purpose of implementing NAICS. The NAICS structure reflects this by defining industries and industry groups that make machinery for different applications. A broad distinction exists between machinery that is generally used in a variety of industrial applications (i.e., general purpose machinery) and machinery that is designed to be used in a particular industry (i.e., special purpose machinery). Three industry groups consist of special purpose machinery--Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing; Industrial Machinery Manufacturing; and Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing. The other industry groups make general purpose machinery: Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing; Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing; Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing; and Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing. |
| 33324 | Industrial Machinery Manufacturing 5-digit NAICS industry | This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial machinery, such as food and beverage manufacturing machinery, semiconductor manufacturing machinery, sawmill and woodworking machinery (except handheld), machinery for making paper and paper products, printing and binding machinery and equipment, textile making machinery, and machinery for making plastics and rubber products. |
| 333248 | All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing 6-digit U.S. detail | This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial machinery (except agricultural and farm-type; construction and mining machinery; food manufacturing-type machinery; semiconductor making machinery; and sawmill, woodworking, and paper making machinery). Illustrative Examples: Additive manufacturing machinery manufacturing Bookbinding machines manufacturing Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing Cigarette making machinery manufacturing Glass making machinery (e.g., blowing, forming, molding) manufacturing Petroleum refining machinery manufacturing Plastics working machinery manufacturing Printing presses manufacturing Rubber working machinery manufacturing Sewing machines (including household-type) manufacturing Shoe making and repairing machinery manufacturing Tannery machinery manufacturing Textile making machinery manufacturing |
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Classification References
- 01Manufacturing agricultural and farm-type, construction, and mining machinery--are classified in Industry Group 3331, Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing;
- 02Manufacturing food and beverage manufacturing-type machinery--are classified in U.S. Industry 333241, Food Product Machinery Manufacturing;
- 03Manufacturing semiconductor making machinery--are classified in U.S. Industry 333242, Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing;
- 04Manufacturing sawmill, woodworking, and paper and paperboard making machinery--are classified in U.S. Industry 333243, Sawmill, Woodworking, and Paper Machinery Manufacturing;
- 05Manufacturing automotive maintenance equipment (except mechanics' handtools) or photocopiers--are classified in Industry 333310, Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing;
- 06Manufacturing mechanics' handtools--are classified in U.S. Industry 332216, Saw Blade and Handtool Manufacturing; and
- 07Manufacturing industrial metal molds for plastics and rubber products making machinery--are classified in U.S. Industry 333511, Industrial Mold Manufacturing.
Index Items
Additive manufacturing machinery manufacturing
Anodizing equipment manufacturing
Beaming machinery for yarn manufacturing
Bindery machinery manufacturing
Bleaching machinery for textiles manufacturing
Blow molding machinery for plastics manufacturing
Bobbins, textile machinery, manufacturing
Bookbinding machines manufacturing
Boot making and repairing machinery manufacturing
Braiding machinery for textiles manufacturing
Buttonhole and eyelet machinery manufacturing
Calendering machinery for plastics manufacturing
Calendering machinery for textiles manufacturing
Camelback (i.e., retreading materials) machinery manufacturing
Carbonizing equipment for processing wool manufacturing
Carding machinery for textiles manufacturing
Cement kilns manufacturing
Chemical kilns manufacturing
Chemical processing machinery and equipment manufacturing
Chip placement machinery manufacturing
Cigarette making machinery manufacturing
Circuit board making machinery manufacturing
Circular knitting machinery manufacturing
Clayworking and tempering machinery manufacturing
Cloth spreading machinery manufacturing
Collating machinery for printing and bookbinding manufacturing
Combing machinery for textiles manufacturing
Compression molding machinery for plastics manufacturing
Concrete products forming machinery manufacturing
Cordage and rope (except wire) making machines manufacturing
Digital printing presses manufacturing
Distilling equipment (except beverage), including laboratory-type, manufacturing
Drawing machinery for textiles manufacturing
Drying kilns, lumber, manufacturing
Drying machinery for textiles manufacturing
Dyeing machinery for textiles manufacturing
Electron tube machinery manufacturing
Electroplating machinery and equipment manufacturing
Electrotyping machinery manufacturing
Embroidery machinery manufacturing
Extruding machinery for plastics and rubber manufacturing
Extruding machinery for yarn manufacturing
Fermentation equipment, chemical, manufacturing
Finishing machinery for textile manufacturing
Flexographic printing presses manufacturing
Footwear making or repairing machinery manufacturing
Fractionating equipment, chemical, manufacturing
Frames for textile making machinery manufacturing
Garnetting machinery for textiles manufacturing
Gas liquefying machinery manufacturing
Gem stone processing machinery manufacturing
Glass making machinery (e.g., blowing, forming, molding) manufacturing
Granulator and pelletizer machinery for plastics manufacturing
Gravure printing presses manufacturing
Hosiery machines manufacturing
Injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing
Jacquard card cutting machinery manufacturing
Kilns (i.e., cement, chemical, wood) manufacturing
Knitting machinery manufacturing
Knot tying machinery for textiles manufacturing
Lace and net making machinery manufacturing
Leather working machinery manufacturing
Letterpress printing presses manufacturing
Light bulb and tube (i.e., electric lamp) machinery manufacturing
Linotype machines manufacturing
Lithographic printing presses manufacturing
Loom bobbins manufacturing
Loom reeds manufacturing
Looms for textiles manufacturing
Loopers for textiles manufacturing
Mercerizing machinery manufacturing
Metal casting machinery and equipment manufacturing
Napping machinery for textiles manufacturing
Needles for knitting machinery manufacturing
Net and lace making machinery manufacturing
Newspaper inserting equipment manufacturing
Offset printing presses manufacturing
Optical lens making and grinding machinery manufacturing
Petroleum refining machinery manufacturing
Photoengraving machinery manufacturing
Picker machinery for textiles manufacturing
Picker sticks for looms manufacturing
Plastics working machinery manufacturing
Presses, printing, manufacturing
Printer machinery, 3D, manufacturing
Printing machinery for textiles manufacturing
Printing plate engraving machinery manufacturing
Printing plates, blank (except photosensitive), manufacturing
Printing press rollers manufacturing
Printing presses manufacturing
Rectifying equipment, chemical, manufacturing
Recycling sorting machinery manufacturing
Roving machinery for textiles manufacturing
Rubber working machinery manufacturing
Schiffli machinery manufacturing
Sewing machines (including household-type) manufacturing
Shoe making and repairing machinery manufacturing
Shuttles for textile weaving machinery manufacturing
Sieves and screening equipment, chemical preparation-type, manufacturing
Silk screens for textile fabrics manufacturing
Spindles for textile machinery manufacturing
Spinning machinery for textiles manufacturing
Spools for textile machinery manufacturing
Stitchers and trimmers bookbinding equipment manufacturing
Stone working machinery manufacturing
Tannery machinery manufacturing
Textile finishing machinery (e.g., bleaching, dyeing, mercerizing, printing) manufacturing
Textile making machinery manufacturing
Textile printing machinery manufacturing
Texturizing machinery for textiles manufacturing
Thermoforming machinery for plastics manufacturing
Thread making machinery manufacturing
Through-hole machinery, printed circuit board loading, manufacturing
Tile making machinery (except kilns) manufacturing
Tire making machinery manufacturing
Tire recapping machinery manufacturing
Tire shredding machinery manufacturing
Tobacco processing machinery (except farm-type) manufacturing
Tufting machinery for textiles manufacturing
Typesetting machinery manufacturing
Vulcanizing machinery manufacturing
Warping machinery manufacturing
Weaving machinery manufacturing
Winding machinery for textiles manufacturing
Wire and cable insulating machinery manufacturing
Wood drying kilns manufacturing
Wool and worsted finishing machinery manufacturing
Yarn texturizing machines manufacturing
Zipper making machinery manufacturing
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External Resources
Census.gov NAICS Detail
Official US Census Bureau definition and scope for NAICS 333248.
National Association of Manufacturers
The official US trade association providing industry news, research, and advocacy for all sectors including industrial machinery.
National Association of Home Builders
A directory of resources and trade data related to construction machinery equipment usage within the US building sector.
US Department of Labor - Occupational Outlook Handbook
The official US government page detailing employment statistics and job outlook for workers in machinery manufacturing and repair.
