manufacturing industry

Economy-And-Finanzas

2022

We explain what the manufacturing industry is, how it is classified and various examples. Also, the manufacturing industry in Mexico.

The food industry is part of manufacturing.

What is the manufacturing industry?

The manufacturing industry is dedicated to the transformation of semi-processed goods or raw Materials directly in final goods of consumption, ready for immediate marketing through distributors and other mechanisms that bring them closer to their audiences consumers.

The manufacturing industry and light industry can be more or less synonymous, since both are considered part of the secondary sector of a nation's economy, differentiated from primary sector, in charge of obtaining and processing the raw material.

The word manufacture comes from two Latin words: manus (hand) and factus (made, elaborated), since its original concept alluded to manual work, characteristic of artisan work, in which many people were used working with their hands or with manual tools.

However, in the contemporary industrial context, after the Industrial RevolutionThis term refers to the process of transformation of raw material into goods manufactured on a large scale. It requires the use of machines and the consumption of Energy, instead of manual work.

That is why today the word "artisan" is preferred for those who still use manual labor in their methods of production.

Types of manufacturing industry

Judging by its positioning within the chain of production of goods of the economy, we can establish three types of manufacturing industry:

  • Traditional. That converts the raw material into products ready for marketing and final consumption.
  • Intermediate. They manufacture semi-finished goods to feed other manufacturing industries, such as parts for assembly.
  • Mechanical Whose final product are tools and machinery necessary for industrial processes of other types, whether or not they are from the secondary sector.
  • Residuals That they use as raw material the surpluses and residues of other industrial processes.

Examples of manufacturing industry

Recycling plants are also part of the manufacturing industry.

Some examples of manufacturing industry are the following:

  • Printing houses and publishing companies, which produce books, brochures, magazines or newspapers.
  • Assembly machines for technological, electronic devices or even vehicles.
  • Factories of parts, supplies or tools of all kinds.
  • Footwear, textiles, clothing industries.
  • Industries of food, beverages and tobacco.
  • Furniture factories.
  • The industry electronics and photographic.
  • Wood or paper industries.
  • Recycling plants for cans, bottles, cardboard, etc.

Manufacturing industry in Mexico

The beverage industry produces goods for local use and for export.

The manufacturing industry in Mexico is found mainly in the central states of the nation, such as Coahuila, Querétaro, Estado de México, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Puebla and San Luis Potosí; and in said regions its contribution to GDP is one of the most important of all industries local.

As of the 2011 census, food industries, tobacco and beverages produced 27.9% of Mexican manufacturing. On the other hand, the production of machinery and tools reached 26.9%.

Another fundamental sector is the export maquiladoras, in which numerous products are assembled or manufactured whose final destination is not to be consumed in Mexico, but in foreign markets near or far.

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