| An industrial directory cannot but be a
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| | Bag and Pouch above, there could be
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| substantial volume. Industry is defined
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| | several specialized activities. A
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| as production of goods and the variety of
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| | detailed and complete list of industries
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| goods are bewilderingly large. A
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| | would thus be a very big list indeed.
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| directory can claim to be an industrial
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| | We take a look at some sample categories
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| directory only if it covers all major
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| | in a reputed industrial directory in the
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| sectors.
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| | section below.
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| Speaking of sectors, NAICS - North
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| | Industrial Directories
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| American Industry Classification System -
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| | Adhesives & Sealants Adhesives, Adhesive
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| classifies economic activity in United
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| | Tapes, Pressure Sensitive Tapes, Tapes,
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| States, Canada and Mexico. We look at
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| | Adhesive Dispensing Equipment, more...
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| this system in the next section.
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| | Automation & Electronics Automation
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| Industry
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| | Equipment, Printed Circuit Boards (PCB),
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| NAICS has allotted a sector number to
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| | Electronic Enclosures, Clean rooms, EMI
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| each sector (listed in the first column
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| | RFI Shielding, more...
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| below).
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| | Chemicals Coatings, Corrosion Resistant
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| 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and
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| | Coatings, Desiccants, Optical Coatings,
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| Hunting
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| | Teflon Coatings, more...
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| 21 Mining
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| | Custom Manufacturing & Fabricating Metal
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| 22 Utilities
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| | Fabrication, CNC Machining, Metal
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| 23 Construction
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| | Stampings, Screw Machine Products &
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| 31-33 Manufacturing
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| | Turned Parts, Tube Fabricating & Bending
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| 42 Wholesale Trade
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| | Services, more...
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| 44-45 Retail Trade
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| | Electrical & Power Generation
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| 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing
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| | Transformers, Batteries, Magnets, Custom
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| 51 Information
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| | Transformers, Neodymium Magnets, more...
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| 52 Finance and Insurance
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| | (Source: )
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| 53 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
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| | We have not included several more major
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| 54 Professional, Scientific, and
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| | categories in the partial list above. As
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| Technical Services
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| | you see from the extract above, the
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| 55 Management of Companies and
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| | sub-categories are large enough for this
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| Enterprises
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| | industrial directory to take recourse to
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| 56 Administrative and Support and Waste
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| | "more..." when listing the
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| Management and Remediation Services
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| | sub-categories.
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| 61 Education Services
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| | Regional Directories
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| 62 Health Care and Social Assistance
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| | Industrial development is a major policy
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| 71 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
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| | objective of all countries, and regions
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| 72 Accommodation and Food Services
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| | within countries. And you would find
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| 81 Other Services (except Public
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| | regional industrial directories not only
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| Administration)
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| | for developed countries for also for
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| 92 Public Administration
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| | developing economies.
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| Each of these sectors is subdivided into
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| | Conclusion
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| sub-sectors by using additional digits in
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| | Industry is a very broad field and an
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| the sector number, as illustrated below:
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| | industrial directory would have to cover
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| 32 Manufacturing
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| | many major sectors and numerous
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| 326 Plastics and Rubber Products
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| | sub-sectors to be worthy of its name.
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| Manufacturing
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| | Governments have tried to implement
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| 3261 Plastics Product Manufacturing
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| | meaningful classifications and
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| 32611 Plastics Packaging Materials and
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| | sub-classifications of industrial
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| Unlaminated Film and Sheet Manufacturing
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| | sectors, to facilitate data gathering and
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| 326111 Plastics Bag and Pouch
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| | other purposes. In the case of industrial
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| Manufacturing
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| | directories, there is a proliferation of
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| 326112 Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet
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| | regional directories as each region seeks
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| (including Laminated) Manufacturing
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| | to publicize its industrial capabilities
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| You would notice that even under the
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| | and seek more business.
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| lowest classifications, such as Plastic
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