The NACE Code 33.20 is described as
Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, checking, testing, navigating and other purposes, except industrial process control equipment
Description
This class includes:
· manufacture of laboratory-type sensitive balances
· manufacture of drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments:
· measuring rods and tapes, micrometers, callipers and gauges, etc.
· manufacture of microscopes other than optical microscopes and diffraction apparatus
· manufacture of apparatus for measuring and checking electrical quantities:
· oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers, crosstalk meters, instruments for checking current, voltage, resistance, etc.
· manufacture of apparatus for measuring or checking non-electrical quantities:
· radiation detectors and counters, apparatus for testing and regulating vehicle motors, etc.
· manufacture of navigational, meteorological, geophysical and related instruments and apparatus:
· surveying instruments, oceanographic or hydrological instruments, seismometers, range-finders, automatic pilots, sextants, ultrasonic sounding instruments,
· manufacture of electricity supply meters and supply meters for water, gas, petrol, etc.
· manufacture of machines and appliances for testing the mechanical properties of materials
· manufacture of instruments and apparatus for carrying out physical or chemical analyses:
· polarimeters, photometers, refractometers, colorimeters, spectrometers, p H-meters, viscometers, surface tension instruments, etc.
· manufacture of instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases:
· flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters, etc.
· manufacture of diverse measuring, checking or testing instruments, apparatus or machines:
· hydrometers, thermometers, barometers, revolution counters, taximeters, pedometers, tachometers, balancing machines, test benches, comparators, etc.
This class also includes:
· manufacture of optical type measuring and checking appliances and instruments
· air navigation instruments and systems, radar apparatus, radio remote control apparatus and radio navigational aid apparatus
This class excludes:
· manufacture of pumps incorporating measuring devices, see 29.12· manufacture of medical and surgical instruments, see 33.10· manufacture of industrial process control equipment, see 33.30· manufacture of binoculars, monoculars and similar optical devices, see 33.40· manufacture of optical microscopes, see 33.40(2019-08-02)
It belongs to the code group
NACE Code 33.2 Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, checking, testing, navigating and other purposes, except industrial process control equipment
To this Code "33.20" belongs the sub codes
(No direct sub codes available)
The equivalent ISIC Code (Rev. 3.1) is
| 3312: |  Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, checking, testing, navigating and other purposes, except industrial process control equipment |
| |  Fabrication d'instruments et appareils pour la mesure, la vérification, le contrô |
The equivalent NAICS Code (Rev. 2002) is
| 332212: | Hand and Edge Tool Manufacturing |
The Nearest HS Code (Harmonized System) (Rev. 2002) is
Translation of the Code description
| 33.20: |  Herstellung von Mess-, Kontroll-, Navigations- u. ä. Instrumenten und Vorrichtungen |
| 33.20: | Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, checking, testing, navigating and other purposes, except industrial process control equipment |
(2019-08-02)
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