Example of Industrial Companies

A industrial company is an economic organization in which its activities are aimed at obtaining and / or processing raw materials, through organized processes, to produce both inputs and finished products.

Industrial activities are economic activities in which finished products are obtained, inputs and some raw materials, and are activities that are generally assisted by technology. Two main types of industry are distinguished:

Heavy industry, which is responsible for the extraction of raw materials, their transformation into products intermediates, as well as the design and assembly of heavy machinery, necessary for the activities of other industries.

For its part, light industry is responsible for transforming raw materials, and intermediate products into products that are delivered to the end user or consumer.

A company is an organization dedicated to conducting an economic activity from which it expects to make a profit.

Types of companies according to capital:

Companies are classified in many ways. One of the simplest is due to the origin of the capital with which it works:

Private The capital comes from one or more individual persons, who contribute the capital of the company, the real estate and tools, and pay for the labor. The profits are shared among the investors.

State and parastatal: These are companies in which the capital is contributed by the State, which provides the capital, real estate and tools, pay for labor, and profits go to the ranch public. The state-owned ones are controlled and managed directly by the state, while the parastatals belong to the state, but have management autonomy.

Mixed. In them there is both state and private investment. The profits are distributed among investors and a part goes to public money.

Cooperatives. In this type of company, the workers are the ones who contribute the capital, real estate and tools, receive the remuneration for their labor and profits are shared among the workers and the reinvestment of the cooperative.

Companies can have various activities, such as commercial, service and industrial.

The industrial business They are the companies that are dedicated to heavy and light industrial activities, from which they obtain an economic profit.

Types of industrial companies:

We can divide industrial companies into three main types:

Extractive industrial companies. What are those that obtain raw raw materials, such as agricultural products, mining of metals and minerals, or oil extraction.

Intermediate industrial companies. They are those that are dedicated to the manufacture of machine tools (heavy machinery) for the extractive and processing industries; They also carry out activities such as refining and separating substances and fuels, rolling or creating metal ingots, manufacturing fuels, etc.

Industrial transformation companies. These industrial companies transform raw materials and intermediate products into final products that will be made available to the final consumer.

The division that we indicate is not exclusive, since the end user can obtain goods from any of the types of industrial company, as happens when a person buys products such as gasoline, which is used both by light industries and by end users who have car.

10 examples of industrial companies:

1. The Coca Cola Company. Company dedicated to food processing, offering the end user carbonated and sugary drinks, and bottled water.

2. Bimbo group. It produces breads, cakes, sweets and snacks. It handles the brands Bimbo, Marinela, Barcel and Ricolino.

3. Royal Dutch Shell. Company dedicated to commercialize petroleum derivatives. In many countries it handles gas stations and natural gas; it also owns automotive lubricant brands such as Shell, Penzoil and Quacker State.

4. Petrobras: It is a mixed company, with the majority of state capital, and foreign private investors. Its main activities are the extraction and transportation of oil and natural gas, gas stations, and fertilizer plants in Argentina.

5. Ford Motor Company. It is one of the largest vehicle manufacturing companies, and has plants throughout the world. Produces cars, trucks, and heavy trucks. Some brands owned by Ford Motor Company are Ford, Mercury, Lincoln.

6. Panasonic Corp .. One of the multimodal industrial companies, that is, that manufactures different types of products: Electronic equipment, computing, electrical appliances, batteries, semiconductors, telephones, among many others.

7. Daewoo. South Korean multimodal company, have a wide variety of industrial activities: automobiles, household appliances, appliances electronics, computer equipment, extraction of raw materials, metallurgy, shipyards (shipbuilding), telecommunications equipment, building. In addition to other service activities: banking, financial, hotel management.

8. Michelin. It is a company dedicated to the manufacture of tires for all uses. It manufactures tires for heavy machinery, trucks, automobiles, race cars, and bicycles.

9. Domecq. Its activity is the wine industry, producing wines and brandies.

10. Bayer AG. It is one of the great pharmaceutical industries of the world. Its most famous product is Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid). It has developed antibiotics, analgesics and specific drugs for some diseases. It also produces insecticides and fertilizers.