28.29
Class
Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery n.e.c.
SDMX: C2829
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
5 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This class includes: - manufacture of weighing machinery (other than sensitive laboratory balances), including weight-operated counting or checking machines (e.g. household and shop scales, platform scales, scales for continuous weighing, weighbridges, weighing machines) - manufacture of filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids (e.g. for oil, fuel) - manufacture of equipment for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders: • spray guns, fire extinguishers, sandblasting machines, steam cleaning machines, etc. - manufacture of packing and wrapping machinery: • filling, closing, sealing, capsuling or labelling machines, etc. - manufacture of cleaning machines (including dishwashers) for non-domestic use - manufacture of machinery for cleaning or drying bottles and for aerating beverages - manufacture of distilling or rectifying plant for petroleum refineries, chemical industries, beverage industries, etc. - manufacture of gas generators - manufacture of calendering or other rolling machines and cylinders thereof (except for metal and glass) - manufacture of centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers (except cream separators, clothes/tumble dryers and centrifuges, of a kind used in laboratories) - manufacture of gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other materials or of two or more layers of metal - manufacture of automatic goods vending machines - manufacture of levels, tape measures and similar hand tools, machinist’s precision tools (except optical) - manufacture of non-electrical welding and soldering machinery and apparatus - manufacture of cooling towers and similar for direct cooling by means of recirculated water
✗ Excludes
This class excludes: - manufacture of gaskets of vulcanised rubber, see 22.12 - manufacture of sensitive (laboratory-type) balances, see 26.51 - manufacture of domestic refrigerating or freezing equipment, see 27.51 - manufacture of domestic fans, see 27.51 - manufacture of electrical welding and soldering equipment, see 27.90 - manufacture of agricultural or horticultural spraying appliances, see 28.30 - manufacture of metal or glass rolling machinery and cylinders thereof, see 28.91, 28.99 - manufacture of dryers for agricultural products, see 28.93 - manufacture of machinery for filtering or purifying food and beverages, see 28.93 - manufacture of cream separators, see 28.93 - manufacture of commercial clothes/tumble dryers, see 28.94 - manufacture of printing machinery for printing textile materials, see 28.94 - manufacture of centrifuges, of a kind used in laboratories, see 32.50
Frequently Confused With
22.12
Manufacture of other rubber products
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26.51 Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation
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27.51 Manufacture of electric domestic appliances
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27.51 Manufacture of electric domestic appliances
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27.90 Manufacture of other electrical equipment
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Who is this code for?
Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIXProduction managers and directors in manufacturing
SOC 2020:1121 Common titles: Plant manager, Factory manager
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives
SOC 2020:8111 Common titles: Machine operator, Factory worker
Assemblers (electrical and electronic products)
SOC 2020:8131 Common titles: Assembly worker, Line worker
Related Occupations
Industrial engineersMetal working production and maintenance fitters
Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section C (Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery n.e.c.).
In this section
- 28.21 — Manufacture of Ovens, Furnaces and Permanent Household Heating Equipment
- 28.22 — Manufacture of Lifting and Handling Equipment
- 28.23 — Manufacture of Office Machinery and Equipment, Except Computers and Peripheral Equipment
- 28.24 — Manufacture of Power-driven Hand Tools
- 28.25 — Manufacture of Non-domestic Air Conditioning Equipment
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Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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