SIC 3599 Industrial and Commercial Machinery and Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified

SIC 3599

This industry is made up of firms that manufacture miscellaneous machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified. It also encompasses establishments primarily engaged in producing or repairing machinery and equipment on a job or order basis for other companies. Examples of industry output include carnival amusement rides, catapults, sludge tables, flexible tubes and hoses, weather vanes, and non-vehicle engine filters. Motor vehicle engine filter manufacturers are classified separately in SIC 3714: Motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories, and those manufacturing coin-operated amusement machines are classified in SIC 3999: Manufacturing Industries, Not Elsewhere Classified.

NAICS CODE(S)

336399

All Other Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 1,487 establishments operated in this category for part or all of 2004. Industry-wide employment totaled approximately 147,945 workers receiving a payroll of nearly $5.6 billion. Companies in this industry tended to be small in size, with about 64 percent employing less than 100 workers. The Annual Survey of Manufactures reported that overall shipments for the industry were valued at more than $39.3 billion in 2005. Additionally, for the industry a total of 109,236 employees worked in production in 2005, putting in nearly 221 million hours to earn wages of nearly $3.7 billion.

General Dynamics Corp. of Falls Church, Virginia, led the industry with 2005 sales of more than $21 billion on the strength of 72,200 employees. In second place was New York City-based Siemens Corp. with more than $17 billion in 2005 sales and 17,000 employees. Rounding out the top three was Applied Materials Inc. of Santa Clara, California, with 2005 sales of more than $9 billion and 12,576 employees.

Products for the "all other motor vehicle part manufacturing" segment are divided into five subcategories: filters for internal combustion engines and motor vehicles (new); exhaust system parts (new); motor vehicle wheels (new); trailer hitches (for travel trailers, automobile trailers, and light duty truck trailers; and all other motor vehicle parts and accessories (new and rebuilt). Of the specific segments in 2002, exhaust system parts (new) comprised the largest portion of shipment values, with about 21 percent, while filters for combustion engines and motor vehicles (new) and motor vehicle wheels (new) each held just less than 10 percent of the...

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