Definition of Manufacturing Industry

It is called as manufacturing industry to that industry that is exclusively dedicated to transformation of different raw materials into finished products and goods ready to be consumed or to be distributed by those who will bring them closer to final consumers.
By case is that this industry belongs to the so-called secondary sector of a economy, because it is precisely the one that transforms the raw material that is generated in the primary sector.

The manufacturing activity is developed by various companies that have different sizes, that is, we can find small companies up to multinational companies.
Then, any company that dedicates its activity to the transformation of raw materials into final or semi-final goods will belong to the manufacturing industry.

It is worth mentioning that all the work that is economic activity deploys is possible by the intervention of three fundamental pillars such as: force of work, machines and tools, which precisely make possible the production in question.

Without a doubt theIndustrial Revolution occurred in the 18th century was a hinge in our history and made possible to a substantial extent the extension and simplification of the manufacturing industry thanks to the machines that would later be incorporated to expand the work of production.

Although man has always dealt with transforming the raw materials that he found to make products necessary, in the aforementioned period of history and with the technological advances that came with it, its great takeoff.

All this situation gave way to the appearance of one of the great allies of the manufacturing industry such as factory, because these new conditions created demanded the meeting of the employees in the same place next to the machines. From this moment on, factories began to proliferate throughout the world.

Meanwhile, the items covered are varied, among the most important are: food products, beverages, production textile, machinery and equipment, wood, production of paper, chemicals and metal products.