Archived - Standard Industrial Classification - Establishments (SIC-E) 1980

• E - Manufacturing Industries

16 - Plastic Products Industries

Establishments primarily engaged in using synthetic resins to mould, extrude or otherwise fabricate basic shapes and forms of plastic such as foamed and expanded shapes and forms plastic pipes and fittings plastic film and sheeting and plastic bags. Other products of this Major Group include plastic articles which cannot be classified elsewhere. Many establishments included in this Major Group manufacture special plastic parts for boats, household appliances and similar products. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing plastic articles such as toys, buttons, tooth brushes, automobile parts or any other article for which provision is made elsewhere in the classification system are assigned to the appropriate industry. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing such products as plastic film and sheet, extrusions, or the like from resins of their own manufacture are classified in this Major Group.