18.129
Sub-class
Other printing n.e.c
SDMX: C18129
Sub-class Level
1 Depth
0 Children
0 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This subclass includes: - printing of magazines and other periodicals, appearing less than four times a week - printing of books and brochures, music and music manuscripts, maps, atlases, posters, advertising catalogues, prospectuses and other printed advertising, postage stamps, taxation stamps, documents of title, cheques and other security papers, smart cards, albums, diaries, calendars and other commercial printed matter, beer mats, personalised stationery and other printed matter by letterpress, offset, photogravure, flexographic, screen printing, and other printing presses, duplication machines, computer printers, embossers etc., including quick printing - printing directly onto textiles, plastic, glass, metal, wood and ceramics - digital printing - silk-screen printing on textiles and wearing apparel - photocopying of documents - decorative printing, e.g. printing of gift wraps, wallpapers, materials for transfer - large format printing, e.g. printing of flags, banners, roll-ups, posters The material printed is typically copyrighted This subclass covers exclusively printing service activities, not goods.
+ Also Includes
This subclass also includes: - laser engraving on textiles - activities of printing photographs
✗ Excludes
This subclass excludes: - printing of textile fabrics as an intermediate process within the manufacture of textiles, see 13.30 - manufacture of stationery (notebooks, binders, registers, accounting books, business forms etc.), when the printed information is not the main characteristic, see 17.23 - publishing of printed matter, see 58.1 - advertising design activities, see 73.11 - operation of photocopying machines for photocopying as a self-service, see 82.10 - engraving onto metal, glass, wood, etc., see corresponding class according to the material used
Frequently Confused With
13.30
Finishing of textiles
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17.23 Manufacture of paper stationery
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58.1 Publishing of books, newspapers and other publishing activities, except software publishing
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73.11 Activities of advertising agencies
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82.10 Office administrative and support activities
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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 (Other printing n.e.c).
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Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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