Industry Description
Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing power and marine boilers, pressure and nonpressure tanks, processing and storage vessels, heat exchangers, weldments and similar products, by the process of cutting, forming and joining metal plates, shapes, bars, sheet, pipe mill products and tubing to custom or standard design, for factory or field assembly. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing warm air heating furnaces are classified in Industry 3585; those manufacturing other nonelectric heating apparatus, except power boilers, are classified in Industry 3433; those manufacturing household cooking apparatus are classified in Industry 3631; and those manufacturing industrial process furnaces and ovens are classified in Industry 3567.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 3443 - Fabricated Plate Work (Boiler Shops) are:
- Absorbers, gas
- Accumulators (industrial pressure vessels)
- Acetylene cylinders
- Aftercooler shells
- Air preheaters, nonrotating: plate type
- Air receiver tanks, metal plate
- Airlocks
- Annealing boxes, pots, and covers
- Atomic waste casks
- Autoclaves, industrial
- Baffles
- Bails, ladle
- Bins, prefabricated metal plate
- Boiler shop products: industrial boilers, smokestacks, and steel tanks
- Boilers: industrial, power, and marine
- Boxes, condenser: metal plate
- Breechings, metal plate
- Buoys, metal
- Cable trays, metal plate
- Caissons, metal plate
- Cars for hot metal
- Casing, boiler: metal plate
- Casings, scroll
- Chutes, metal plate
- Condensers, barometric
- Condensers, steam
- Containers, shipping metal plate (bombs, etc.)except missile casings
- Cooling towers, metal plate
- Cryogenic tanks, for liquids and gases: metal plate
- Culverts, metal plate
- Cupolas, metal plate
- Cyclones, industrial: metal plate
- Cylinders, pressure: metal plate
- Digesters, process: metal plate
- Ducting, metal plate
- Economizers (boilers)
- Evaporators (process vessels), metal plate
- Exchangers, heat: industrial, scientific, and nuclear
- Farm storage tanks, metal plate
- Fermenters (process vessels), metal plate
- Floating covers, metal plate
- Flumes, metal plate
- Forms, collapsible: for tunnels
- Fractionating columns, metal plate
- Fuel tanks, metal plate
- Fumigating chambers, metal plate
- Gas holders, metal plate
- Gas tanks, metal plate
- Heat transfer drives (finned tubing)
- High vacuum coaters, metal plate
- Hoods, industrial: metal plate
- Hooks, crane: laminated plate
- Hoppers, metal plate
- Housing cabinets for radium, metal plate
- Housings, pressure
- Hydropneumatic tanks, metal plate
- Intercooler shells
- Jackets, industrial: metal plate
- Kettles (process vessels), metal plate
- Knockouts, free water: metal plate
- Ladles, metal plate
- Liners, industrial: metal plate
- Liquid oxygen tanks, metal plate
- Melting pots, for metal
- Missile silos and components, metal plate
- Mixers for hot metal
- Nuclear core structurals, metal plate
- Nuclear shielding, metal plate
- Oil storage tanks, metal plate
- Penstocks, metal plate
- Perforating on heavy metal
- Pile shells, metal plate
- Pipe, large diameter: metal plate-made by plate fabricators
- Plate work, fabricated: cutting, punching, bending, and shaping
- Precipitators (process vessels), metal plate
- Pressure vessels, industrial: metal plate-made in boiler shops
- Pressurizers and auxiliary equipment, nuclear: metal plate
- Reactor containment vessels, metal plate
- Reactors, nuclear: military and industrial
- Retorts, industrial
- Rocket transportation casings
- Separators, industrial process: metal plate
- Septic tanks, metal plate
- Skid tanks, metal plate
- Smelting pots and retorts
- Smokestacks, boiler plate
- Space simulation chambers, metal plate
- Spheres, for liquids or gas: metal plate
- Standpipes
- Steam jet after coolers
- Steam jet inter condensers
- Sterilizing chambers, metal plate
- Stills, pressure: metal plate
- Storage tanks, metal plate
- Surge tanks, metal plate
- Tanks for tank trucks, metal plate
- Tanks, metal plate: lined
- Tanks, standard and custom fabricated: metal plate-made in boiler
- Towers, tank: metal plate
- Towers: bubble, cooling, fractionating-metal plate
- Trash racks, metal plate
- Troughs, industrial metal plate
- Truss plates, metal
- Tunnel lining, metal plate
- Tunnels, vacuum: metal plate
- Tunnels, wind
- Vacuum tanks, metal plate
- Vats, metal plate
- Vessels, process and storage: metal plate (made in boiler shops)
- Water tanks, metal plate
- Weldments
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Structural Metal Product Manufacturing in the US (33231)
Revenue 2025
$95.2bn
Growth 2025
2.95%
Key Trends
Drastic increases in input costs have ultimately contributed to profit declines within the industry
Disposable income is expected to increase, strengthening demand among consumers
Growth in the industry's key downstream markets is expected to support revenue growth
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 3443 - Fabricated Plate Work (Boiler Shops)
US-SIC Code 3443 - Fabricated Plate Work (Boiler Shops) sits in the 2-digit Fabricated Plate Work (Boiler Shops) sector. US SIC codes can be 2 to 8 digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be.
Division: D
Division Title: Manufacturing
2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits
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201 Meat Products
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202 Dairy Products
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203 Canned, Frozen, and Preserved Fruits, Vegetables, and Food Specialties
- 2032 Canned Specialties
- 2033 Canned Fruits, Vegetables, Preserves, Jams, and Jellies
- 2034 Dried and Dehydrated Fruits, Vegetables, and Soup Mixes
- 2035 Pickled Fruits and Vegetables, Vegetable Sauces and Seasonings, and Salad Dressings
- 2037 Frozen Fruits, Fruit Juices, and Vegetables
- 2038 Frozen Specialties, Not Elsewhere Classified
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204 Grain Mill Products
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205 Bakery Products
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206 Sugar and Confectionery Products
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207 Fats and Oils
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208 Beverages
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209 Miscellaneous Food Preparations and Kindred
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211 Cigarettes
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212 Cigars
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213 Chewing and Smoking Tobacco and Snuff
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214 Tobacco Stemming and Redrying
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221 Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Cotton
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222 Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Manmade Fiber and Silk
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223 Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Wool (including Dyeing and Finishing)
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224 Narrow Fabric and Other Smallwares Mills, Cotton, Wool, Silk, and Manmade Fiber
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225 Knitting Mills
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226 Dyeing and Finishing Textiles, Except Wool Fabrics
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227 Carpets and Rugs
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228 Yarn and Thread Mills
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229 Miscellaneous Textile Goods
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231 Men's and Boys' Suits, Coats, and Overcoats
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232 Men's and Boys' Furnishings, Work Clothing, and Allied Garments
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233 Women's, Misses', and Juniors' Outerwear
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234 Women's, Misses', Children's, and Infants'
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235 Hats, Caps, and Millinery
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236 Girls', Children's, and Infants' Outerwear
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237 Fur Goods
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238 Miscellaneous Apparel and Accessories
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239 Miscellaneous Fabricated Textile Products
- 2391 Curtains and Draperies
- 2392 House Furnishing, Except Curtains and Draperies
- 2393 Textile Bags
- 2394 Canvas and Related Products
- 2395 Pleating, Decorative and Novelty Stitching, and Tucking for the Trade
- 2396 Automotive Trimmings, Apparel Findings, and Related Products
- 2397 Schiffli Machine Embroideries
- 2399 Fabricated Textile Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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241 Logging
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242 Sawmills and Planing Mills
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243 Millwork, Veneer, Plywood, and Structural Wood
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244 Wood Containers
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245 Wood Buildings and Mobile Homes
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249 Miscellaneous Wood Products
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251 Household Furniture
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252 Office Furniture
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253 Public Building and Related Furniture
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254 Partitions, Shelving, Lockers, and Office and Store Fixtures
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259 Miscellaneous Furniture and Fixtures
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261 Pulp Mills
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262 Paper Mills
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263 Paperboard Mills
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265 Paperboard Containers and Boxes
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267 Converted Paper and Paperboard Products, Except Containers and Boxes
- 2671 Packaging Paper and Plastics Film, Coated and Laminated
- 2672 Coated and Laminated Paper, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 2673 Plastics, Foil, and Coated Paper Bags
- 2674 Uncoated Paper and Multiwall Bags
- 2675 Die-Cut Paper and Paperboard and Cardboard
- 2676 Sanitary Paper Products
- 2677 Envelopes
- 2678 Stationery, Tablets, and Related Products
- 2679 Converted Paper and Paperboard Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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271 Newspapers - Publishing, Or Publishing and Printing
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272 Periodicals - Publishing, Or Publishing and Printing
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273 Books
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274 Miscellaneous Publishing
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275 Commercial Printing
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276 Manifold Business Forms
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277 Greeting Cards
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278 Blankbooks, Looseleaf Binders, and Bookbinding
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279 Service Industries for the Printing Trade
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281 Industrial Inorganic Chemicals
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282 Plastics Materials and Synthetic Resins, Synthetic
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283 Drugs
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284 Soap, Detergents, and Cleaning Preparations; Perfumes, Cosmetics, and Other Toilet Preparations
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285 Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and Allied Products
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286 Industrial Organic Chemicals
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287 Agricultural Chemicals
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289 Miscellaneous Chemical Products
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291 Petroleum Refining
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295 Asphalt Paving and Roofing Materials
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299 Miscellaneous Products of Petroleum and Coal
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301 Tires and Inner Tubes
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302 Rubber and Plastics Footwear
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305 Gaskets, Packing, and Sealing Devices and Rubber
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306 Fabricated Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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308 Miscellaneous Plastics Products
- 3081 Unsupported Plastics Film and Sheet
- 3082 Unsupported Plastics Profile Shapes
- 3083 Laminated Plastics Plate, Sheet, and Profile Shapes
- 3084 Plastics Pipe
- 3085 Plastics Bottles
- 3086 Plastics Foam Products
- 3087 Custom Compounding of Purchased Plastics Resins
- 3088 Plastics Plumbing Fixtures
- 3089 Plastics Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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311 Leather Tanning and Finishing
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313 Boot and Shoe Cut Stock and Findings
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314 Footwear, Except Rubber
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315 Leather Gloves and Mittens
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316 Luggage
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317 Handbags and Other Personal Leather Goods
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319 Leather Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified
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321 Flat Glass
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322 Glass and Glassware, Pressed Or Blown
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323 Glass Products, Made of Purchased Glass
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324 Cement, Hydraulic
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325 Structural Clay Products
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326 Pottery and Related Products
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327 Concrete, Gypsum, and Plaster Products
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328 Cut Stone and Stone Products
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329 Abrasive, Asbestos, and Miscellaneous
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331 Steel Works, Blast Furnaces, and Rolling and Finishing Mills
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332 Iron and Steel Foundries
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333 Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous
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334 Secondary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous
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335 Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding of Nonferrous
- 3351 Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding of Copper
- 3353 Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil
- 3354 Aluminum Extruded Products
- 3355 Aluminum Rolling and Drawing, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 3356 Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding of Nonferrous Metals, Except Copper and Aluminum
- 3357 Drawing and Insulating of Nonferrous Wire
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336 Nonferrous Foundries (castings)
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339 Miscellaneous Primary Metal Products
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341 Metal Cans and Shipping Containers
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342 Cutlery, Handtools, and General Hardware
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343 Heating Equipment, Except Electric And Warm Air; And Plumbing Fixtures
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344 Fabricated Structural Metal Products
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345 Screw Machine Products, and Bolts, Nuts, Screws, Rivets, and Washers
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346 Metal Forgings and Stampings
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347 Coating, Engraving, and Allied Services
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348 Ordnance and Accessories, Except Vehicles and Guided Missiles
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349 Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products
- 3491 Industrial Valves
- 3492 Fluid Power Valves and Hose Fittings
- 3493 Steel Springs, Except Wire
- 3494 Valves and Pipe Fittings, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 3495 Wire Springs
- 3496 Miscellaneous Fabricated Wire Products
- 3497 Metal Foil and Leaf
- 3498 Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fittings
- 3499 Fabricated Metal Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
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351 Engines and Turbines
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352 Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment
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353 Construction, Mining, and Materials Handling
- 3531 Construction Machinery and Equipment
- 3532 Mining Machinery and Equipment, Except Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment
- 3533 Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment
- 3534 Elevators and Moving Stairways
- 3535 Conveyors and Conveying Equipment
- 3536 Overhead Traveling Cranes, Hoists, and Monorail Systems
- 3537 Industrial Trucks, Tractors, Trailers, and Stackers
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354 Metalworking Machinery and Equipment
- 3541 Machine Tools, Metal Cutting Types
- 3542 Machine Tools, Metal Forming Types
- 3543 Industrial Patterns
- 3544 Special Dies and Tools, Die Sets, Jigs and Fixtures, and Industrial Molds
- 3545 Cutting Tools, Machine Tool Accessories, and Machinists' Precision Measuring Devices
- 3546 Power-Driven Handtools
- 3547 Rolling Mill Machinery and Equipment
- 3548 Electric and Gas Welding and Soldering Equipment
- 3549 Metalworking Machinery, Not Elsewhere Classified
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355 Special Industry Machinery, Except Metalworking
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356 General Industrial Machinery and Equipment
- 3561 Pumps and Pumping Equipment
- 3562 Ball and Roller Bearings
- 3563 Air and Gas Compressors
- 3564 Industrial and Commercial Fans and Blowers and Air Purification Equipment
- 3565 Packaging Machinery
- 3566 Speed Changers, Industrial High-Speed Drives, and Gears
- 3567 Industrial Process Furnaces and Ovens
- 3568 Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified
- 3569 General Industrial Machinery and Equipment, Not Elsewhere
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357 Computer and Office Equipment
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358 Refrigeration and Service Industry Machinery
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359 Miscellaneous Industrial and Commercial
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361 Electric Transmission and Distribution Equipment
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362 Electrical Industrial Apparatus
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363 Household Appliances
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364 Electric Lighting and Wiring Equipment
- 3641 Electric Lamp Bulbs and Tubes
- 3643 Current-Carrying Wiring Devices
- 3644 Noncurrent-Carrying Wiring Devices
- 3645 Residential Electric Lighting Fixtures
- 3646 Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixtures
- 3647 Vehicular Lighting Equipment
- 3648 Lighting Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified
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365 Household Audio And Video Equipment, And Audio Recordings
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366 Communications Equipment
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367 Electronic Components and Accessories
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369 Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies
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371 Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment
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372 Aircraft and Parts
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373 Ship and Boat Building and Repairing
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374 Railroad Equipment
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375 Motorcycles, Bicycles, and Parts
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376 Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles and Parts
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379 Miscellaneous Transportation Equipment
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381 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical Systems, Instruments, and Equipment
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382 Laboratory Apparatus and Analytical, Optical, Measuring, and Controlling Instruments
- 3821 Laboratory Apparatus and Furniture
- 3822 Automatic Controls for Regulating Residential and Commercial Environments and Appliances
- 3823 Industrial Instruments for Measurement, Display, and Control of Process Variables; and Related Products
- 3824 Totalizing Fluid Meters and Counting Devices
- 3825 Instruments for Measuring and Testing of Electricity and Electrical Signals
- 3826 Laboratory Analytical Instruments
- 3827 Optical Instruments and Lenses
- 3829 Measuring and Controlling Devices, Not Elsewhere Classified
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384 Surgical, Medical, and Dental Instruments and Supplies
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385 Ophthalmic Goods
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386 Photographic Equipment and Supplies
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387 Watches, Clocks, Clockwork Operated Devices, and Parts
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391 Jewelry, Silverware, and Plated Ware
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393 Musical Instruments
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394 Dolls, Toys, Games and Sporting and Athletic
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395 Pens, Pencils, and Other Artists Materials
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396 Costume Jewelry, Costume Novelties, Buttons, And Miscellaneous Notions, Except Precious Metal
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399 Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
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Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 3443 - Fabricated Plate Work (Boiler Shops)
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 3443 - Fabricated Plate Work (Boiler Shops). Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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344301 Accumulators (manufacturers)
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344302 Smoke stacks (manufacturers)
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344303 Cylinders-gas (manufacturers)
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344304 Fabricated plate work-boiler shops
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344305 Tanks-manufacturers
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344306 Kettles (manufacturers)
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344307 Chutes-metal plate-manufacturers
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344311 Heat exchangers-manufacturers
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344312 Nuclear reactors-manufacturers
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344314 Heat transfer materials (manufacturers)
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344315 Vessels-pressure (manufacturers)
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344316 Pressurization equipment (mfrs)
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344319 Condensers-tubes & tubing (mfrs)
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344320 Melting pots (manufacturers)
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344321 Manufacturing containers-steel
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344399 Tank heads (manufacturers)
8 Digit SIC Codes
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34430000 Fabricated plate work (boiler shop)
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34430100 Industrial vessels, tanks, and containers
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34430101 Autoclaves, industrial
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34430102 Bins, prefabricated metal plate
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34430103 Columns (fractioning, etc.): metal plate
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34430104 Cryogenic tanks, for liquids and gases
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34430105 Cyclones, industrial: metal plate
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34430106 Digesters, process: metal plate
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34430107 Drums, knockout (reflux etc.): metal plate
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34430108 Dumpsters, garbage
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34430109 Farm storage tanks, metal plate
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34430110 Fuel tanks (oil, gas, etc.), metal plate
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34430111 Gas holders, metal plate
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34430112 Hoppers, metal plate
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34430113 Housings, pressure
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34430114 Jackets, industrial: metal plate
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34430115 Process vessels, industrial: metal plate
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34430116 Separators, industrial process: metal plate
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34430117 Spheres, for liquids or gas: metal plate
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34430118 Stills, pressure: metal plate
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34430119 Tank towers, metal plate
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34430120 Tanks for tank trucks, metal plate
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34430121 Tanks, lined: metal plate
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34430122 Tanks, standard or custom fabricated: metal plate
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34430123 Towers (bubble, cooling, fractionating, etc.): metal plate
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34430124 Trash racks, metal plate
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34430125 Vats, metal plate
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34430126 Vessels, process or storage (from boiler shops): metal plate
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34430127 Water tanks, metal plate
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34430200 Heat exchangers, condensers, and components
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34430201 Air coolers, metal plate
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34430202 Air preheaters, nonrotating: plate type
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34430203 Barometric condensers
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34430204 Condenser boxes, metal plate
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34430205 Condensers, steam
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34430206 Cooling towers, metal plate
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34430207 Finned tubes, for heat transfer
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34430208 Heat exchangers, plate type
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34430209 Heat exchangers: coolers (after, inter), condensers, etc.
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34430300 Boiler and boiler shop work
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34430301 Boiler casing, metal plate
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34430302 Boiler shop products: boilers, smokestacks, steel tanks
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34430303 Boilers: industrial, power, or marine
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34430304 Economizers (boilers)
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34430400 Plate work for the metalworking trade
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34430401 Annealing boxes, pots, or covers
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34430402 Cars, for hot metal
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34430403 Mixers, for hot metal
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34430404 Pots: annealing, melting, or smelting
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34430405 Retorts, industrial: smelting, etc.
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34430500 Plate work for the nuclear industry
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34430501 Atomic waste casks
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34430502 Housing cabinets for radium, metal plate
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34430503 Nuclear core structurals, metal plate
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34430504 Nuclear reactors, military or industrial
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34430505 Nuclear shielding, metal plate
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34430506 Pressurizers or auxiliary equipment, nuclear: metal plate
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34430507 Reactor containment vessels, metal plate
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34430600 Liners/lining
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34430601 Liners, industrial: metal plate
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34430602 Tunnel lining, metal plate
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34430700 Metal parts
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34430701 Baffles
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34430702 Breechings, metal plate
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34430703 Cable trays, metal plate
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34430704 Crane hooks, laminated plate
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34430705 Floating covers, metal plate
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34430706 Forms for tunnels, collapsible
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34430707 Pile shells, metal plate
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34430800 Chutes and troughs
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34430801 Chutes, metal plate
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34430802 Flumes, metal plate
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34430803 Penstocks, metal plate
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34430804 Troughs, industrial: metal plate
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34430900 Pipe, standpipe, and culverts
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34430901 Culverts, metal plate
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34430902 Pipe, large diameter: metal plate
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34430903 Standpipes
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34431000 Wind and vacuum tunnels
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34431001 Vacuum tunnels, metal plate
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34431002 Wind tunnels
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34431100 Chambers and caissons
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34431101 Airlocks
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34431102 Caissons, metal plate
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34431103 Fumigating chambers, metal plate
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34431104 Space simulation chambers, metal plate
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34431105 Sterilizing chambers, metal plate
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34439900 Fabricated plate work (boiler shop), nec
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34439901 Buoys, metal
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34439902 Containers, shipping (bombs, etc.): metal plate
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34439903 Cupolas, metal plate
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34439904 Cylinders, pressure: metal plate
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34439905 Ducting, metal plate
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34439906 High vacuum coaters, metal plate
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34439907 Hoods, industrial: metal plate
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34439908 Ladle bails
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34439909 Ladles, metal plate
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34439910 Missile silos and components, metal plate
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34439911 Perforating on heavy metal
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34439912 Rocket transportation casings
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34439913 Scroll casings
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34439914 Smokestacks, boiler plate
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34439915 Truss plates, metal
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34439916 Weldments
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