24.5
Group
Casting of metals
SDMX: C245
Group Level
3 Depth
4 Children
4 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This group includes activities of foundries employing different casting processes to produce castings with all ferrous and non-ferrous metal alloys. Subsequent trimming or descaling of the castings might be included, but without any further processing. This group includes the manufacture of castings used in various industries.
✗ Excludes
This group excludes: - manufacture of products obtained by production processes other than from castings (e.g. as forged, pressed, drawn and stamped parts, rolled rings or powder metallurgy products), see division 25 - manufacture of finished products by further processing of castings, e.g.: • boilers and radiators, see 25.21 • cast household items, anchors, ships’ propellers and bells, see 25.99
Frequently Confused With
Sub-categories
4 24.51
Casting of iron
This class includes activities of iron foundries. This class includes: - manufacture of castings made of grey iron casti
24.52
Casting of steel
This class includes: - manufacture of castings made of alloy or common steel castings - manufacture of castings made of
24.53
Casting of light metals
This class includes: - activities of foundries of light metal - manufacture of castings made of aluminium - manufacture
24.54
Casting of other non-ferrous metals
This class includes: - activities of foundries of other non-ferrous metals - manufacture of castings made of copper, zin
Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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