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Division: D - Manufacturing

US-SIC Code 3559 - Special Industry Machinery, Not Elsewhere Classified

Industry Description

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing special industry machinery, not elsewhere classified, such as smelting and refining equipment, cement making, clayworking, cotton ginning, glass making, hat making, incandescent lamp making, leather working, paint making, rubber working, cigar and cigarette making, tobacco working, shoe making, and stone working machinery, and industrial sewing machines, and automotive maintenance machinery and equipment.

Business Examples

Common types of business activities within US SIC 3559 - Special Industry Machinery, Not Elsewhere Classified are:

  • Ammunition and explosives loading machinery
  • Anodizing equipment (except rolling mill lines)
  • Bag sewing and closing machines (industrial sewing machines)
  • Balancing equipment, automotive wheel
  • Boot making and repairing machinery
  • Brick making machines
  • Broom making machinery
  • Buttonhole and eyelet machines and attachments, industrial
  • Cement making machinery
  • Chemical kilns
  • Chemical machinery and equipment
  • Cigarette and cigar making machines
  • Clayworking and tempering machines
  • Concrete products machinery
  • Control rod drive mechanisms for use on nuclear reactors
  • Cork working machinery
  • Degreasing machines, automotive (garage equipment)
  • Degreasing machines, industrial
  • Desalination equipment
  • Die and hub cutting equipment (jewelry manufacturing)
  • Drying kilns, lumber
  • Electric screening equipment
  • Electron tube making machinery
  • Electroplating machinery and equipment, except rolling mill lines
  • Foundry machinery and equipment
  • Frame straighteners, automotive (garage equipment)
  • Fur sewing machines
  • Ginning machines, cotton
  • Glass making machinery: blowing, molding, forming, grinding, etc.
  • Hat making and hat renovating machinery
  • Jewelers'machines
  • Kilns: cement, wood, and chemical
  • Lamp making machinery, incandescent
  • Leather working machinery
  • Metal finishing equipment for plating, except rolling mill lines
  • Metal pickling equipment, except rolling mill lines
  • Metal smelting and refining machinery, except furnaces and ovens
  • Nuclear reactor control rod drive mechanisms
  • Optical lens machinery
  • Ozone machines
  • Packup assemblies (wheel overhaul)
  • Paint making machinery
  • Petroleum refinery equipment
  • Pharmaceutical machinery
  • Plastics working machinery
  • Pottery making machinery
  • Robots, plastics: for molding and forming
  • Rubber products machinery
  • Rubber working machinery
  • Scouring machines, tannery
  • Semiconductor manufacturing machinery
  • Sewing machines and attachments, Industrial
  • Shoe making and repairing machinery
  • Silver recovery equipment, electrolytic
  • Stone tumblers
  • Stone working machinery
  • Synthetic filament extruding machines
  • Tannery machines
  • Tile making machines
  • Tire grooving machines
  • Tire retreading machinery and equipment
  • Tire shredding machinery
  • Tobacco products machinery
  • Wheel mounting and balancing equipment, automotive
  • Wood drying kilns
  • Zipper making machinery

IBISWorld Industry Research Report

Boiler & Heat Exchanger Manufacturing in the US (33241)

Revenue 2025

$7.3bn

Growth 2025

-1.14%

Key Trends

  • Industry exports have declined due to the appreciation of the US dollar

  • Tariffs on Chinese-produced boilers and heat exchangers caused import values to fall

  • Falling steel prices will enable manufacturers to increase profit

Products and Services

US-SIC Hierarchy 3559 - Special Industry Machinery, Not Elsewhere Classified

US-SIC Code 3559 - Special Industry Machinery, Not Elsewhere Classified sits in the 2-digit Special Industry Machinery, Not Elsewhere Classified 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

Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 3559 - Special Industry Machinery, Not Elsewhere Classified

For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 3559 - Special Industry Machinery, Not Elsewhere Classified. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.

6 Digit SIC Codes

  • 355901 Kilns (manufacturers)
  • 355902 Cotton ginning equip & supplies (mfrs)
  • 355903 Wheel alignment-frame svc-equip-mfrs
  • 355904 Automobile body shop equipment-mfrs
  • 355906 Shoe machinery-manufacturers
  • 355907 Rubber mill machinery (manufacturers)
  • 355908 Bag making machinery (manufacturers)
  • 355909 Special industry machinery nec (mfrs)
  • 355910 Cutting room equipment & supplies (mfrs)
  • 355911 Glass making & working machinery (mfrs)
  • 355912 Metallizing equipment (manufacturers)
  • 355913 Pharmaceutical machinery (manufacturers)
  • 355914 Leather-working machinery (mfrs)
  • 355915 Colloidal mills
  • 355916 Concrete-block/prod-molding mach (mfrs)
  • 355917 Fur dressers & dyers equip/supls (mfrs)
  • 355918 Parking stations & garages equip-mfrs
  • 355919 Petroleum equipment (manufacturers)
  • 355920 Brick makers' equipment (manufacturers)
  • 355921 Chemical plant-equipment & supplies-mfrs
  • 355922 Cigar/cigarette-mfrs equip/supls (mfrs)
  • 355923 Metal-disintegrating
  • 355924 Jewelers equipment & machinery (mfrs)
  • 355925 Plastics-machinery & equipment-mfrs
  • 355926 Plating equipment & supplies-mfrs
  • 355927 Tobacco machinery (manufacturers)
  • 355928 Tobacco growers' equip & supplies (mfrs)
  • 355929 Zipper machinery (manufacturers)
  • 355930 Glass-grinding/cutting machinery (mfrs)
  • 355931 Roofing-manufacturers-machinery (mfrs)
  • 355933 Recycling equipment-manufacturers

8 Digit SIC Codes

  • 35590000 Special industry machinery, nec
  • 35590100 Sewing machines and hat and zipper making machinery
  • 35590101 Bag seaming and closing machines (sewing machinery)
  • 35590102 Button sewing machines
  • 35590103 Buttonhole and eyelet machines and attachments, industrial
  • 35590104 Fur sewing machines
  • 35590105 Hat making and hat renovating machinery
  • 35590106 Sewing machines and attachments, industrial, nec
  • 35590107 Zipper making machinery
  • 35590200 Boots, shoes, and leather working machinery
  • 35590201 Boot making and repairing machinery
  • 35590202 Leather working machinery
  • 35590203 Scouring machines (tannery equipment)
  • 35590204 Shoe making and repairing machinery
  • 35590205 Tannery machines
  • 35590300 Automotive related machinery
  • 35590301 Automotive maintenance equipment
  • 35590302 Degreasing machines, automotive and industrial
  • 35590303 Frame straighteners, automobile (garage equipment)
  • 35590304 Pack-up assemblies, wheel overhaul
  • 35590305 Wheel balancing equipment, automotive
  • 35590400 Refinery, chemical processing, and similar machinery
  • 35590401 Chemical machinery and equipment
  • 35590402 Cryogenic machinery, industrial
  • 35590403 Desalination equipment
  • 35590404 Petroleum refinery equipment
  • 35590500 Foundry, smelting, refining, and similar machinery
  • 35590501 Foundry machinery and equipment
  • 35590502 Smelting and refining machinery and equipment
  • 35590600 Kilns
  • 35590601 Kilns, cement
  • 35590602 Kilns, chemical
  • 35590603 Kilns, lumber
  • 35590700 Rubber working machinery, including tires
  • 35590701 Tire grooving machines
  • 35590702 Tire retreading machinery and equipment
  • 35590703 Tire shredding machinery
  • 35599900 Special industry machinery, nec
  • 35599901 Ammunition and explosives, loading machinery
  • 35599902 Anodizing equipment
  • 35599903 Brick making machinery
  • 35599904 Broom making machinery
  • 35599905 Cement making machinery
  • 35599906 Clay working and tempering machines
  • 35599907 Concrete products machinery
  • 35599908 Cork working machinery
  • 35599909 Cotton ginning machinery
  • 35599910 Electron tube making machinery
  • 35599911 Electroplating machinery and equipment
  • 35599912 Glass making machinery: blowing, molding, forming, etc.
  • 35599913 Jewelers' machines
  • 35599914 Lamp making machinery, incandescent
  • 35599915 Metal finishing equipment for plating, etc.
  • 35599916 Metal pickling equipment
  • 35599917 Nuclear reactor control rod and drive mechanism
  • 35599918 Optical lens machinery
  • 35599919 Ozone machines
  • 35599920 Paint making machinery
  • 35599921 Parking facility equipment and supplies
  • 35599922 Pharmaceutical machinery
  • 35599923 Plastics working machinery
  • 35599924 Pottery making machinery
  • 35599925 Robots, molding and forming plastics
  • 35599926 Screening equipment, electric
  • 35599927 Semiconductor manufacturing machinery
  • 35599928 Separation equipment, magnetic
  • 35599929 Silver recovery equipment
  • 35599930 Stone tumblers
  • 35599931 Stone working machinery
  • 35599932 Synthetic filament extruding machines
  • 35599933 Tile making machines
  • 35599934 Tobacco products machinery
  • 35599935 Wallpaper trimmers
  • 35599936 Watch rate recorders
  • 35599937 Recycling machinery
  • 35599938 Fiber optics strand coating machinery
  • 35599939 Electronic component making machinery
  • 35599940 Glass cutting machinery
  • 35599941 Ice resurfacing machinery
  • 35599942 Vibratory parts handling equipment

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Each US SIC Code is part of a Division, which corresponds with a numerical range. Select a Division category from the table below, then drill down to discover the industries within that Division.

Division US-SIC Code Sector title
A 01-09 Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
B 10-14 Mining
C 15-17 Construction
D 20-39 Manufacturing
E 40-49 Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services
F 50-51 Wholesale Trade
G 52-59 Retail Trade
H 60-67 Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
I 70-89 Services
J 90-99 Public Administration

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