SLIDE 8 Under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) scheme the casting of metals falls under division 353
8 Segment SIC Division Description Key Activities Upstream 351 Basic iron and steel Operation of steel blast furnaces, rolling and finishing mills, and the manufacture of primary iron and steel
- products. Products of the rolling, finishing and tube mills are sheets, plates, strip coils; bars and rods; hollow drill
bars and rods; angles, shapes, sections and wire; tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of iron or steel, seamless, including cast, tubes, pipes and hollow profiles open seam or welded, riveted or similarly closed; railway and tramway track construction material, e.g. unassembled rails; and other finished iron or steel products. 352 Basic non-ferrous metals Production of non-ferrous base metals from ore or scrap. This includes the manufacture of powder, flakes, foil, plates, sheets, strip, bars, rods, profiles, wires, tubes, pipes, pipe fittings Downstream (Metal Products)
353 Casting of metals Castings of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, structural metal products and fabricated metal products
354 Manufacture of structural metal products, tanks, reservoirs and steam generators Includes fabrication of bridges and bridge parts, towers, masts, columns, girders, trusses, arches, rafters, pithead frames, telescopic props, sluice gates, piers, jetties. This group includes manufacture of containers of metal for compressed or liquefied gas. Manufacture of central heating boilers and radiators. Manufacture of reservoirs, tanks, and similar containers of types normally installed as fixtures for storage whether or not fitted with tops, closures, or lined with materials other than iron, steel or aluminium. The manufacture of steam or other vapour generating boilers other than central heating hot water boilers even, if also capable of producing low pressure steam. The manufacture of auxiliary plant for use with boilers, such as economisers, super-heaters, steam collectors and accumulators. Soot removers, gas recoverers and sludge scrapers are included. Also includes nuclear plant. 355 Manufacture of other fabricated metal products Forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal; powder metallurgy Treatment and coating of metals; general mechanical engineering on a fee or contract basis. Manufacture of cutlery, hand tools and general hardware. Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. including metal fastners, metal cable, wire and fencing, drums, springs, kitchen appliances, metal sanitary ware and other metal products
Source: Standard Industrial Classification 1993