North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2002

31-33 - Manufacturing

This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in the physical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into new products. These products may be finished, in the sense that they are ready to be used or consumed, or semi-finished, in the sense of becoming a raw material for an establishment to use in further manufacturing. Related activities, such as the assembly of the component parts of manufactured goods; the blending of materials; and the finishing of manufactured products by dyeing, heat-treating, plating and similar operations are also treated as manufacturing activities. Manufacturing establishments are known by a variety of trade designations, such as plants, factories or mills.

Manufacturing establishments may own the materials which they transform or they may transform materials owned by other establishments. Manufacturing may take place in factories or in workers' homes, using either machinery or hand tools.

Certain activities involving the transformation of goods are classified in other sectors. Some examples are post-harvest activities of agricultural establishments, such as crop drying; logging; the beneficiating of mineral ores; the production of structures by construction establishments; and various activities conducted by retailers, such as meat cutting and the assembly of products such as bicycles and computers.

332 - Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in forging, stamping, forming, turning and joining processes to produce ferrous and non-ferrous metal products, such as cutlery and hand tools, architectural and structural metal products, boilers, tanks and shipping containers, hardware, spring and wire products, turned products, and bolts, nuts and screws.

  • Exclusion(s):

    Establishments primarily engaged in:

    • manufacturing metal products by rolling, drawing, extruding, alloying or casting (See 331 Primary Metal Manufacturing)

3329 - Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

This industry group comprises establishments, not classified to any other industry group, primarily engaged in fabricating metal products.

33299 - All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

This industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other industry, primarily engaged in fabricating metal products.

332991 - Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing ball and roller bearings, and parts, such as bearing races.

  • Exclusion(s):

    Establishments primarily engaged in:

    • manufacturing plain bearings (See 333619 Other Engine and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing)
  • Example Activities:

    • Ball bearings and parts (including mounted), manufacturing
    • Bearings, ball and roller, manufacturing
    • Needle roller bearings, manufacturing
    • Races, ball or roller bearing, manufacturing
    • Roller bearings, manufacturing
332999 - All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingUS

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other Canadian industry, primarily engaged in fabricating metal products.

  • Exclusion(s):

    Establishments primarily engaged in:

    • manufacturing explosives, and detonators for explosives (See 325920 Explosives Manufacturing)
  • Example Activities:

    • Aluminum freezer foil, made from purchased foil
    • Ammunition, manufacturing
    • Badges, metal, manufacturing
    • Buckles, shoe, metal, manufacturing
    • Cartridges, ammunition, manufacturing
    • Chests, fire or burglary resistive, metal, manufacturing
    • Containers, foil (except bags), made from purchased foil
    • Doors, safe and vault, metal, manufacturing
    • Drain plugs, magnetic, metal, manufacturing
    • Firearms, manufacturing
    • Fireplace fixtures and equipment, manufacturing
    • Flexible metal hose and tubing, manufacturing
    • Foil containers (except bags), made from purchased metal foil
    • Foil, made from purchased foil
    • Gold foil and leaf, made from purchased foil
    • Grenades, hand or projectile, manufacturing
    • Guns, manufacturing
    • Hose, flexible metal, manufacturing
    • Ironing boards, metal, manufacturing
    • Ladders, portable, metal, manufacturing
    • Leaf, metal, manufacturing
    • Ordnance, military, manufacturing
    • Pallets, metal, manufacturing
    • Patterns (except shoe), industrial, manufacturing
    • Pipe and pipe fittings, made from purchased metal pipe
    • Pipe couplings, made from purchased metal pipe
    • Pipe fabricating (e.g., bending, cutting, threading), of purchased metal pipe
    • Pipe fittings, made from purchased metal pipe
    • Pistols (except toy), manufacturing
    • Plumbing fixtures, metal, manufacturing
    • Propellers, ship and boat, machined, manufacturing
    • Revolvers, manufacturing
    • Rifles (except toy), manufacturing
    • Safe deposit boxes and chests, metal, manufacturing
    • Safe doors and linings, metal, manufacturing
    • Safes, metal, manufacturing
    • Sanitary ware (e.g., bathtubs, lavatories, sinks), metal, manufacturing
    • Shotguns, manufacturing
    • Shower rods, metal, manufacturing
    • Small arms (e.g., revolvers), manufacturing
    • Soap-impregnated steel wool pads, manufacturing
    • Sponges, scouring, metal, manufacturing
    • Steel wool, manufacturing
    • Stepladders, metal, manufacturing
    • Thimbles, wire rope, manufacturing
    • Trophies, non-precious or precious plated metal, manufacturing
    • Trophies, precious plated metal, manufacturing
    • Tubes, made from purchased metal pipe
    • Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing
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