28.999
Sub-class
Manufacture of other special‑purpose machinery, n.e.c.
SDMX: C28999
Sub-class Level
1 Depth
0 Children
0 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This subclass includes: - manufacture of dryers for wood, paper pulp, paper or paperboard and other materials (except for agricultural products and textiles) - manufacture of printing and bookbinding machines, and machines for activities supporting printing on a variety of materials - manufacture of machinery for producing tiles, bricks, shaped ceramic pastes, pipes, graphite electrodes, blackboard chalk, etc. - manufacture of semiconductor manufacturing machinery - manufacture of machines for forming foundry moulds - manufacture of diverse special-purpose machinery and equipment, e.g.: • machines to assemble electric or electronic lamps, tubes (valves) or bulbs • machines for the production or hot working of glass or glassware, glass fibres or yarn • machinery or apparatus for isotopic separation - manufacture of tyre alignment and balancing equipment; balancing equipment (except wheel balancing) - manufacture of central greasing systems - manufacture of aircraft launching gear, aircraft carrier catapults and related equipment - manufacture of automatic bowling alley equipment (e.g. pin-setter) - manufacture of roundabouts, swings, shooting galleries and other fairground amusements - manufacture of waste compressing machines - manufacture of plastering machines - manufacture of turnstiles - manufacture of furling systems, used for winding or releasing the running rigging
✗ Excludes
This subclass excludes: - manufacture of household appliances, see 27.5 - manufacture of photocopy machines, etc., see 28.23 - manufacture of machinery or equipment to work hard rubber, hard plastics or cold glass, see 28.42 - manufacture of ingot moulds, see 28.91 - manufacture of machines for additive manufacturing, see 28.97
Frequently Confused With
27.5
Manufacture of domestic appliances
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28.23 Manufacture of office machinery and equipment, except computers and peripheral equipment
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28.42 Manufacture of other machine tools
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28.91 Manufacture of machinery for metallurgy
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28.97 Manufacture of additive manufacturing machinery
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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 special‑purpose machinery, n.e.c.).
Frequently confused with
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Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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