capital goods industries

Scope Note

General statements dealing with several aspects of the manufacturing processes which produce tools and machines, and with their technological and economic organization. Descriptions of the specific artifacts used in or produced by these industries are indexed under other headings.

Identifier

Narrower Terms

• 391 hardware manufacture
• 392 machine industries
• 393 electrical supplies industry
• 394 making of heating, lighting equipment
• 395 making of optical and photo equipment
• 396 shipbuilding
• 397 railway equipment industry
• 398 manufacture of vehicles
• 399 aircraft industry

Related Terms

• 348 industrial structures
• 433 production and supply