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

E - Manufacturing Industries

28 - Printing, Publishing and Allied Industries

281 - Commercial Printing Industries

Establishments primarily engaged in the production of commercial and/or job printing regardless of the printing method or process used (letterpress, including flexographic, photographic or lithographic intaglio or gravure stencil printing or silk-screen, etc.) Establishments primarily engaged in publishing only or publishing and printing are classified in Industry Groups 283 - Publishing Industries or 284 - Combined Publishing and Printing Industries.

282 - Platemaking, Typesetting and Bindery Industry

283 - Publishing Industries

Establishments primarily engaged in publishing and which do no printing. The term "publishing" as applied in this Industry Group includes the publishing of books, other reading matter, maps, guides and the like. Establishments primarily engaged in printing, or in printing and publishing combined are classified in Industry Groups 281 - Commercial Printing Industries or 284 - Combined Publishing and Printing Industries.

284 - Combined Publishing and Printing Industries

Establishments primarily engaged in combined publishing and printing of newspapers, magazines, periodicals and other articles. Establishments primarily engaged in printing only or publishing only are classified in Industry Groups 281 - Commercial Printing Industries or 283 - Publishing Industries.