manufacturing industry
Goods production sector
The manufacturing industry is the sector of the economy that transforms raw materials into finished goods through mechanical, physical, or chemical processes.
It encompasses everything from automotive plants and electronics factories to food processing and textile production.
The manufacturing industry has declined in many Western economies as production moved overseas.
Distinguished from extractive industries (mining, farming) and service industries.
- latheRotating shaping machine
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- automationSelf-operating system design
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- factoryIndustrial production facility
factory floor · shop floor · assembly · furnace · 3D printing · industrial zones · sustainable sourcing · machining · quality control · outsourcing · made in China · press · robotic arm · carbon footprint reduction · inventory management · conveyor belt · smokestacks · eco-friendly packaging
manufacturing industryservice industry
Businesses providing labor, not products
service sector · services · agriculture · farming · hospitality industry
manufacturing industrymining industry
Commercial mineral extraction business
resource extraction · mining · quarrying · forestry · fishing industry