Manufacturing

     Included in this Manufacturing section:

• Food Manufacturing - Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing - Textile Mills - Textile Product Mills - Apparel Manufacturing - Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing
• Wood Product Manufacturing - Paper Manufacturing - Printing and Related Support Activities - Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing - Chemical Manufacturing - Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing - Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
• Primary Metal Manufacturing - Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing - Machinery Manufacturing
• Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing - Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
• Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing
• Miscellaneous Manufacturing

Wood Product Manufacturing

Wood Product Manufacturing - Paper Manufacturing - Printing and Related Support Activities - Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing - Chemical Manufacturing - Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing - Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing

Wood Product Manufacturing
     Industries in the Wood Product Manufacturing subsector manufacture wood products, such as lumber, plywood, veneers, wood containers, wood flooring, wood trusses, manufactured homes (i.e., mobile home), and prefabricated wood buildings. The production processes of the Wood Product Manufacturing subsector include sawing, planing, shaping, laminating, and assembling of wood products starting from logs that are cut into bolts, or lumber that then may be further cut, or shaped by lathes or other shaping tools. The lumber or other transformed wood shapes may also be subsequently planed or smoothed, and assembled into finished products, such as wood containers.
     The Wood Product Manufacturing subsector includes establishments that make wood products from logs and bolts that are sawed and shaped, and establishments that purchase sawed lumber and make wood products. With the exception of sawmills and wood preservation establishments, the establishments are grouped into industries mainly based on the specific products manufacutured.

Paper Manufacturing
     Industries in the Paper Manufacturing subsector make pulp, paper, or converted paper products. The manufacturing of these products is grouped together because they constitute a series of vertically connected processes. More than one is often carried out in a single establishment. There are essentially three activities. The manufacturing of pulp involves separating the cellulose fibers from other impurities in wood or used paper. The manufacturing of paper involves matting these fibers into a sheet. Converted paper products are made from paper and other materials by various cutting and shaping techniques and includes coating and laminating activities.
     The Paper Manufacturing subsector is subdivided into two industry groups, the first for the manufacturing of pulp and paper and the second for the manufacturing of converted paper products. Paper making is treated as the core activity of the subsector. Therefore, any establishment that makes paper (including paperboard), either alone or in combination with pulp manufacturing or paper converting, is classified as a paper or paperboard mill. Establishments that make pulp without making paper are classified as pulp mills. Pulp mills, paper mills and paperboard mills comprise the first industry group.
     Establishments that make products from purchased paper and other materials make up the second industry group, Converted Paper Product Manufacturing. This general activity is then subdivided based, for the most part, on process distinctions. Paperboard container manufacturing uses corrugating, cutting, and shaping machinery to form paperboard into containers. Paper bag and coated and treated paper manufacturing establishments cut and coat paper and foil. Stationery product manufacturing establishments make a variety of paper products used for writing, filing, and similar applications. Other converted paper product manufacturing includes, in particular, the conversion of sanitary paper stock into such things as tissue paper and disposable diapers.
     An important process used in the Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing industry is lamination, often combined with coating. Lamination and coating makes a composite material with improved properties of strength, impermeability, and so on. The laminated materials may be paper, metal foil, or plastics film. While paper is often one of the components, it is not always. Lamination of plastics film to plastics film is classified in the Subsector, Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing, because establishments that do this often first make the film.

Printing and Related Support Activities
     Industries in the Printing and Related Support Activities subsector print products, such as newspapers, books, periodicals, business forms, greeting cards, and other materials, and perform support activities, such as bookbinding, platemaking services, and data imaging. The support activities included here are an integral part of the printing industry, and a product (a printing plate, a bound book, or a computer disk or file) that is an integral part of the printing industry is almost always provided by these operations.
     Processes used in printing include a variety of methods used to transfer an image from a plate, screen, or computer file to some medium, such as paper, plastics, metal, textile articles, or wood. The most prominent of these methods is to transfer the image from a plate or screen to the medium (lithographic, gravure, screen, and flexographic printing). A rapidly growing new technology uses a computer file to directly "drive" the printing mechanism to create the image and new electrostatic and other types of equipment (digital or nonimpact printing).

Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
     The Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing subsector is based on the transformation of crude petroleum and coal into usable products. The dominant process is petroleum refining that involves the separation of crude petroleum into component products through such techniques as cracking and distillation.
     In addition, this subsector includes establishments that primarily further process refined petroleum and coal products and produce products, such as asphalt coatings and petroleum lubricating oils. However, establishments that manufacture petrochemicals from refined petroleum are classified in Industry, Petrochemical Manufacturing.

Chemical Manufacturing
     The Chemical Manufacturing subsector is based on the transformation of organic and inorganic raw materials by a chemical process and the formulation of products. This subsector distinguishes the production of basic chemicals that comprise the first industry group from the production of intermediate and end products produced by further processing of basic chemicals that make up the remaining industry groups.
     This subsector does not include all industries transforming raw materials by a chemical process. It is common for some chemical processing to occur during mining operations. These beneficiating operations, such as copper concentrating, are classified in Sector, Mining. Furthermore, the refining of crude petroleum is included in Subsector, Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing. In addition, the manufacturing of aluminum oxide is included in Subsector, Primary Metal Manufacturing; and beverage distilleries are classified in Subsector, Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing. As in the case of these two activities, the grouping of industries into subsectors may take into account the association of the activities performed with other activities in the subsector.

Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing
     Industries in the Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing subsector make goods by processing plastics materials and raw rubber. The core technology employed by establishments in this subsector is that of plastics or rubber product production. Plastics and rubber are combined in the same subsector because plastics are increasingly being used as a substitute for rubber; however the subsector is generally restricted to the production of products made of just one material, either solely plastics or rubber.
     Many manufacturing activities use plastics or rubber, for example the manufacture of footwear, or furniture. Typically, the production process of these products involves more than one material. In these cases, technologies that allow disparate materials to be formed and combined are of central importance in describing the manufacturing activity.
     Within the Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing subsector, a distinction is made between plastics and rubber products at the industry group level, although it is not a rigid distinction, as can be seen from the definition of Industry , Rubber and Plastics Hose and Belting Manufacturing. As materials technology progresses, plastics are increasingly being used as a substitute for rubber; and eventually, the distinction may disappear as a basis for establishment classification.

Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
     The Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing subsector transforms mined or quarried nonmetallic minerals, such as sand, gravel, stone, clay, and refractory materials, into products for intermediate or final consumption. Processes used include grinding, mixing, cutting, shaping, and honing. Heat often is used in the process and chemicals are frequently mixed to change the composition, purity, and chemical properties for the intended product. For example, glass is produced by heating silica sand to the melting point (sometimes combined with cullet or recycled glass) and then drawn, floated, or blow molded to the desired shape or thickness. Refractory materials are heated and then formed into bricks or other shapes for use in industrial applications.
     The Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing subsector includes establishments that manufacture products, such as bricks, refractories, ceramic products, and glass and glass products, such as plate glass and containers. Also included are cement and concrete products, lime, gypsum and other nonmetallic mineral products including abrasive products, ceramic plumbing fixtures, statuary, cut stone products, and mineral wool. The products are used in a wide range of activities from construction and heavy and light manufacturing to articles for personal use.
     Mining, beneficiating, and manufacturing activities often occur in a single location. Separate receipts will be collected for these activities whenever possible. When receipts cannot be broken out between mining and manufacturing, establishments that mine or quarry nonmetallic minerals, beneficiate the nonmetallic minerals and further process the nonmetallic minerals into a more finished manufactured product are classified based on the primary activity of the establishment. A mine that manufactures a small amount of finished products will be classified in Sector, Mining. An establishment that mines whose primary output is a more-finished manufactured product will be classified in the Manufacturing Sector.
     Excluded from the Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing subsector are establishments that primarily beneficiate mined nonmetallic minerals. Beneficiation is the process whereby the extracted material is reduced to particles that can be separated into mineral and waste, the former suitable for further processing or direct use. Beneficiation establishments are included in Sector, Mining.

• Air Burners, Inc. - Air curtain destructors and incineration systems for wood waste and animal carcasses. Used in land clearing, natural disaster debris cleanup.
• Alexander Manufacturing Co. - Firewood storage racks in 1/2 cord and 1/4 cord sizes.
• Beaver Wood Waste Systems Inc. - Beaver Wood Waste Systems Inc. is a Canadian manufacturer of waste debarkers, rotary hogs, rotary screens, and Short Wood Stackers for the forest, mining, and gravel industries.
• Ben Meadows Company - Products for the practice of forestry: General Field Equipment, Marking Equipment, Orienteering Equipment, Cruising Equipment, Tree Sampling, Logging and Clearing, Reforestation, Forest Firefighting Equipment.
• Blue Ridge Diesel Injection - Diesel engines, natural gas engines, power units and engine controls for industrial, agricultural, mining, marine, power generation. Diesel fuel injection repair, engine service. Salem, Virginia.
• Blue-X Direct Seed Plant Shelters - Grow tubes utilizing blue light to enhance plant growth and increase productivity.
• The Collins Companies - Manage certified forests, and offer a range of wood products. Includes company history and philosophy, media and events and a listing of certfied forests.
• Conner Equipment Sales, Inc - Supply new and used sawmill, pallet assembly, woodworking, and conveying equipment.
• Continental Biomass Industries, Inc. - Manufacturer of wood waste recovery systems.
• Cotton-Hutchison - Used forestry equipment.
• Danell Bros. - New and used harvester equipment, supplies and parts.
• Dean Forestry Services - Services to the landowner including timber marketing, management and appraisals. Meridian, Miss.
• Diversified Forestry Services - Timber cruisers, estimators, and harvest management.
• Don Low Construction - Concrete Infrastructure Projects in the Alberta Forestry Industry
• Eager Beaver Forest Products - Canadian producer of round untreated and treated posts and poles, peeler cores, landscape timbers.
• The Ellison Company - Equipment for the forest products industry, including lasers (used/parts/service), hogs, log turners and splitters, cutoff saws, chipping heads.
• Entreprises Perfort - Sale, service and rental of forestry equipment in Quebec. In French and English.
• ESSCO Distributors - Bayshore, N.Y. wholesaler of arborist supplies and tree climbing and pruning equipment.
• Fabtek Inc. - Manufacturer of forwarders and processors.
• Fandrich Cone Harvesters  - Fandrich aerial cone rakes rapidly collect cones from the top of trees, where the best cones grow. Fandrich aerial grapples clean creeks and move material at 80-120 loads per hour.
• Forest Products Marketing - Virginia Tech workshop on products for wood-based industries; marketing related to these products and how to gain a competitive edge. Held March 16-17, 2000 in Blacksburg, Va.
• Forest Technology Systems - Designer, manufacturer and supplier of environmental monitoring solutions, with emphasis on fire weather systems, watershed monitoring, meteorological monitoring stations and precipitation sensors.
• The Forest Universe - Importers of forestry equipment.
• Foresters' Friend - Footwear, work boots, forestry supplies, wrap chaps.
• Forestry Sales Inc. - A directory for buying and selling of forestry related products. Includes links to information about tree diseases, tree insects, how to conduct a timber sale, and tree identification.
• Future Forestry Products Inc. - Small scale forestry products.
• Gerbois Inc, - Forest harvesting, sawmills, production of specialized packaging, plywood flooring, and oven drying.
• Giles & Ransome Inc - Represents the complete line of Caterpillar products and is uniquely qualified to handle all of your equipment needs.
• Gray Forestry Supply - Distributor of forestry supply products.
• Hakmet Ltd. - A wide range of forestry equipment.
• Heartwood Arbor Supply - Online store of tree care tools. Free tree care tips.
• Hi-Tech Engineering - Saw mill equipment and consulting.
• Hoffman Boots - Hoffman Boots has been serving your needs since 1926. Caulks.
• Hud-Son Forest Equipment - Kit and custom band sawmills, debarkers, log loaders, slab grinders.
• H.W. Shepherd & Sons, Inc - Buyers of pulpwood, sawtimber, land, Eastern red cedar; forest valuations and management; international cedar sales; fire wood; used equipment.
• IMAC - Imac is the Industrial Machinery Attachment Company, design and manufacturing of attachments for heavy equipment.
• Industries Renaud Gravel Inc. - Manufacturer of harvester and hydraulic log skidder. Machining, welding and hydraulic components. Repair of agricultural, forestery and general industry equipment.
• Interartistika - We are Indonesian timber logs exporter.
• Intermercato - Hydralic rotators and cranes.
• J.D. Irving Limited - A family-owned company based in the Maritime region of eastern Canada and in Maine, manufacturing a wide range of forest products including kraft pulp, newsprint, tissue and corrugated medium.
• Kellco Timber Compnay - Advertising directory for the forestry and timer industry.
• Ketchum Equipment Mfg. - Hydroseeders 100 to 1600 gallon, tractors 12hp to 65hp, commercial lawn maintenance equipment, small engines, power sprayers, and a complete line of erosion control equipment.
• Leach - Grapple attachments.
• Limb-it-less Logging, LLC - Specializes in low-impact timber harvesting throughout Connecticut and New England. Fully licensed and insured.
• Louisiana-Pacific - Manufacturer of building materials, industrial wood products and pulp.
• Lumberman's Equipment - Information about forest industry equipment and machinery used by loggers, sawmills, pallet manufacturers, and industrial wood products.
• Madill Equipment - Yarders and loaders.
• Marden Industries - Brush cutters and other products.
• Metal Detectors, Inc. - Under conveyor systems available to protect hogs, chippers, saws, presses, lathes, planers and refiners. MDI surround coil systems with advanced digital electronics available for whole log, cant, lumber, panel board, plywood, planer, wastewood, OSB and MDF installations.
• Metsa Prima - Supplies retailers and merchants with a fully comprehensive range of timber products across the whole of Europe.
• Midwest Arborist Supplies - Professional tree care supplies.
• Netafim USA - Forestry drip irrigation systems.
• Norgard - Safety belts and other equipment offered.
• Outback Ventures - Producing seedling markers for the silviculture industry.
• PBI Machinery - Processors and delimbers offered.
• Petersen Tire Mounting Systems - Farm tire storage, equipment and consulting. Construction equipment rental or for hire.
• Pierce Pacific - Forestry equipment offered.
• Ponsseausa - Harvesters and other equipment offered.
• Prairie Trailer - Walking floor chip haulers.
• QMW Industries - Engineer and Fabricator of ROPS and FOPS.
• QUADCO Group - Logging machinery and attachments.
• Quality Manufacturing Co - Makes and sells portable sawmills (bandmills, bandsaw mills) from 5 to 40 hp. From fully manual operation to fully automatic (hydraulic) operation.
• Ransome Equipment Sales - New and used machines and attachments: buckets, grapples, thumbs, shears, rippers, rakes, hammers, forks, concrete crushers, booms, blades, sticks.
• Reckart Equipment Company - Reckart Equipment Company is a leading manufacturer and supplier of sawmill and logging equipment.
• Red Isle Forestry Consulting - Specializing in small woodlot management; consultants to woodlot owners.
• Reliance Foundry - Specializing in cast steel, manganese steel, and cast iron castings for the wood processing and forestry industries.
• Riverfalls Machinery Sales Inc. - Used forestry equipment.
• Rocan Forestry - Equipment and parts.
• Rottne Industri AB - The company, established in 1955, develops and manufactures a wide range of forwarders and harvesters covering everything from first thinning to clear felling.
• Sabre  - John Deere Consumer Products Sabre Chain Division.
• Savannah Forestry Equipment - Specializes in the design and manufacture of site preparation equipment and attachments for the forestry industry.
• Sierra Nevada Woodwaste Recycling, Inc. - An environmentally conscious company producing specialty mulches, kiln-dried lumber, panelling, firewood in Pollock Pines, Calif.
• Socco Forest Products - Custom kiln drying services.
• S.O.S. Equipment, Inc. - On-board digital scaling systems and equipment.
• Southern Maine Forestry Services - Providing full service timber sale administration.
• Timbergreen Forestry - Full vigor forestry, solar cycle lumber dry kilns, arthroscopic low-impact logging, Sustainable Woods Cooperatives, kiln dry lumber for sale, value-added forestry coop.
• Timberline Lakeshore - Loaders and handlers.
• Ultraseat Corporation - Equipment seating for a wide range of applications.
• Used Forestry Equipment - A list of equipment for sale.
• USMW - Chip and sawdust handling equipment.
• Viking Engineering & Development, Inc. - Manufacturer of products for the wooden pallet industry.
• A & W Equipment - Broker for new and used mining, construction, forestry, farm, earth-moving and roadbuilding equipment.
• White's Boot Company - Caulks and more. White's Boot Company has been manufacturing White's, Buffalo, and Hathorn Boots for over a century.
• Whitfield Manufacturing Company - R.A. Whitfield Manufacturing Company has been building reforesting machines since 1940.