Aerospace manufacturing | Automobile manufacturing |
Cement manufacturing | Chemical manufacturing |
Heavy construction | Heavy equipment leasing |
Heavy machinery manufacturing | Industrial machinery manufacturing |
Logging and timber processing | Mining & minerals processing |
Paper and pulp industry | Power generation |
Railway manufacturing | Shipbuilding |
Space industry | Steel production |
Space
The production of large space vehicles and equipment such as rockets or satellites.Shipbuilding
The construction of ships and other floating vessels.Transportation
The manufacturing of trains, aircraft and buses. Automobile manufacturers are typically considered light industry because they sell their products to consumers.Construction
The construction of large commercial or government buildings and infrastructure such as a desalination plant.Mining
Large scale mining operations.Materials
Large scale production of raw materials such as steelmaking.Chemicals
Some chemical producers are considered heavy industry due to the capital intensive nature of their business.Energy
The production of energy where this requires large scale equipment such as an offshore wind farm.Machines & Equipment
Manufacturing heavy machines and equipment. For example, machines used in factories or infrastructure such as large industrial robots.Summary
Industries that literally deal with heavy machines.
| Overview: Heavy Industry | ||
Type | ||
Definition | A category of complex business that produces large products and/or requires large scale facilities and machinery to produce products. | |
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