Types of manufacturing industry Learning Intentions
In this section, you will learn: zz that there are different types of manufacturing industry.
Heavy Light
Footloose Industrial estate Industrial inertia
The function (purpose) of a manufacturing industry is to change raw materials into a product that the customer wants. What a factory does depends on what exactly it aims to produce. We will now examine different types of manufacturing industries.
Heavy industry
Both the raw materials and the products being made in a heavy industry are big and heavy. Iron and steel making are examples of heavy industry.
Multinational company (MNC)
Globalisation Foreign direct
investment (FDI)
Function:
the function of something is the service it provides.
: Figure 8.8 When raw materials are heavy, they are more expensive to transport
Light industry
Products being made in a light industry are small and light. Electronic products and healthcare products are examples of products made in light industries.
) Figure 8.9 Electronic products are produced by light industry
