Industrial Directory

An industrial directory cannot but be a substantialclassifications, such as Plastic Bag and Pouch above,
volume. Industry is defined as production of goods andthere could be several specialized activities. A detailed
the variety of goods are bewilderingly large. Aand complete list of industries would thus be a very big
directory can claim to be an industrial directory only if itlist indeed.
covers all major sectors.We take a look at some sample categories in a
Speaking of sectors, NAICS - North American Industryreputed industrial directory in the section below.
Classification System - classifies economic activity inIndustrial Directories
United States, Canada and Mexico. We look at thisAdhesives & Sealants Adhesives, Adhesive Tapes,
system in the next section.Pressure Sensitive Tapes, Tapes, Adhesive Dispensing
IndustryEquipment, more...
NAICS has allotted a sector number to each sectorAutomation & Electronics Automation Equipment,
(listed in the first column below).Printed Circuit Boards (PCB), Electronic Enclosures,
11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and HuntingClean rooms, EMI/RFI Shielding, more...
21 MiningChemicals Coatings, Corrosion Resistant Coatings,
22 UtilitiesDesiccants, Optical Coatings, Teflon Coatings, more...
23 ConstructionCustom Manufacturing & Fabricating Metal Fabrication,
31-33 ManufacturingCNC Machining, Metal Stampings, Screw Machine
42 Wholesale TradeProducts & Turned Parts, Tube Fabricating & Bending
44-45 Retail TradeServices, more...
48-49 Transportation and WarehousingElectrical & Power Generation Transformers, Batteries,
51 InformationMagnets, Custom Transformers, Neodymium Magnets,
52 Finance and Insurancemore...
53 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing(Source: )
54 Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesWe have not included several more major categories
55 Management of Companies and Enterprisesin the partial list above. As you see from the extract
56 Administrative and Support and Wasteabove, the sub-categories are large enough for this
Management and Remediation Servicesindustrial directory to take recourse to "more..." when
61 Education Serviceslisting the sub-categories.
62 Health Care and Social AssistanceRegional Directories
71 Arts, Entertainment, and RecreationIndustrial development is a major policy objective of all
72 Accommodation and Food Servicescountries, and regions within countries. And you would
81 Other Services (except Public Administration)find regional industrial directories not only for developed
92 Public Administrationcountries for also for developing economies.
Each of these sectors is subdivided into sub-sectorsConclusion
by using additional digits in the sector number, asIndustry is a very broad field and an industrial directory
illustrated below:would have to cover many major sectors and
32 Manufacturingnumerous sub-sectors to be worthy of its name.
326 Plastics and Rubber Products ManufacturingGovernments have tried to implement meaningful
3261 Plastics Product Manufacturingclassifications and sub-classifications of industrial
32611 Plastics Packaging Materials and Unlaminatedsectors, to facilitate data gathering and other purposes.
Film and Sheet ManufacturingIn the case of industrial directories, there is a
326111 Plastics Bag and Pouch Manufacturingproliferation of regional directories as each region
326112 Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (includingseeks to publicize its industrial capabilities and seek
Laminated) Manufacturingmore business.
You would notice that even under the lowest