25 – Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment

This class includes: - manufacture of metal frameworks or skeletons for construction and parts thereof (towers, lattice masts, trusses, bridges, bridge sections, etc.) - manufacture of equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or pit-propping - manufacture of industrial frameworks in metal (frameworks for blast furnaces, lifting and handling equipment, etc.) - manufacture of prefabricated buildings mainly of metal: • site huts, modular exhibition elements, etc. · This class also includes: - manufacture of supporting structures of metal (e.g. for lights or loudspeakers) · This class excludes: - manufacture of parts for marine or power boilers, see 25.21 - manufacture of assembled railway track fixtures, see 25.99 - manufacture of coachwork, see 29.20 - manufacture of sections of ships, see 30.11, 30.13

This class includes: - manufacture of metal doors, windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, shutters and gates - metal room partitions for floor attachment - manufacture of metal blinds, metal sunblinds and insect screens · This class also includes: - manufacture of temporary spatial extensions made of metal

This class includes: - manufacture of radiators for central heating, non-electrically heated - manufacture of steam or other vapour generating boilers - manufacture of auxiliary plant for use with steam or other vapour generating boilers (e.g. economisers, super heaters, steam collectors and accumulators) - manufacture of condensers for steam or other vapour power units - manufacture of nuclear reactors, except isotope separators - manufacture of marine or power boilers · This class excludes: - manufacture of electrical ovens and water heaters, see 27.51 - manufacture of boiler turbine sets, see 28.11 - manufacture of household heating equipment, see 28.21 - manufacture of isotope separators, see 28.99

This class includes: - manufacture of reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers of metal of a capacity exceeding 300 litres, whether or not lined or heat-insulated - manufacture of metal containers for compressed or liquefied gas · This class excludes: - manufacture of metal casks, drums, cans, pails, boxes, etc., of a kind normally used for carrying and packing of goods, of a capacity not exceeding 300 litres, see 25.91, 25.92 - manufacture of transport containers, see 29.20 - manufacture of tanks (armoured military vehicles), see 30.40

This class includes: - manufacture of military weapons (e.g. artillery weapons, rocket launchers, flame-throwers, grenade launchers, torpedo tubes and similar projectors, machine guns) - manufacture of pistols, shotguns and rifles - manufacture of spring, air or gas guns and pistols, etc. - manufacture of war ammunition - manufacture of cartridges for shotguns, revolvers and pistols - manufacture of bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war · This class also includes: - manufacture of hunting, sporting or protective firearms and ammunition · This class excludes: - manufacture of percussion caps, detonators or signalling flares, see 20.59 - manufacture of cutlasses, swords, bayonets, etc., see 25.61 - manufacture of optical gun-sighting equipment, see 26.70 - manufacture of bodies for armoured vehicles, see 29.20 - building of military ships and vessels, see 30.13 - manufacture of military air and spacecraft, see 30.32 - manufacture of tanks and other armoured and motorised fighting vehicles, see 30.40

This class includes general activities for the forming of metal. · This class includes: - forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal - production of metal objects directly from metal powders by heat treatment (sintering) or under pressure, i.e. powder metallurgy · This class also includes: - subsequent trimming or descaling of the metal, without any further processing · This class excludes: - production of metal powder, see 24.10, 24.4

This class includes: - galvanising, including general (batch) hot-dip galvanising - phosphate or chromate conversion coating - cladding, electroplating, anodising, etc., of metals - colouring of metals - non-metallic coating of metals, e.g.: • powder or plastic coating, enamelling, lacquering · This class excludes: - activities of farriers, see 01.62 - printing onto metals, see 18.12 - metal coating of plastics, see 22.25 - cladding of base metals with a covering of silver, gold or platinum, see 24.41 - heat treatment of metals, see 25.52 - hardening of metals, see 25.52 - painting of metals on buildings and civil engineering structures, see 43.34 - ‘while-you-wait’ engraving services, see 95.29

This class includes: - general activities for the heat treatment of metals - thermomechanical heat treatment of metals (e.g. preheating, annealing, hardening, tempering, quenching, deep freezing of metal) - thermochemical heat treatment of metals (e.g. carburising, carbonitriding, nitrocarburising, nitriding, oxidising, sulphidising, boriding)

This class includes: - boring, turning, milling, eroding, planing, lapping, broaching, levelling, sawing, grinding, sharpening, deburring, sandblasting, tumbling, polishing, buffing, welding, splicing, etc., of metalwork pieces - cutting of and engraving or writing on metals by means of laser beams · This class excludes: - activities of farriers, see 01.62

This class includes: - manufacture of domestic cutlery (e.g. knives, forks, spoons) - manufacture of other articles of cutlery, e.g.: • cleavers and choppers • razors and razor blades • scissors and hair clippers - manufacture of cutlasses, swords, bayonets, etc. · This class excludes: - manufacture of knives and cutting blades for industrial machines, see 25.63 - manufacture of hollowware (pots, kettles, etc.), dinnerware (bowls, platters, etc.), or flatware (plates, saucers, etc.), see 25.99 - manufacture of cutlery of precious metal, see 32.12

This class includes: - manufacture of hardware, such as padlocks, locks, keys, hinges (e.g. base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles for buildings, furniture, vehicles) · This class excludes: - lock repair and provision of key duplication services, see 95.29

This class includes: - manufacture of knives and cutting blades for machines or for mechanical appliances - manufacture of hand tools (e.g. pliers, screwdrivers) - manufacture of non-power-driven agricultural hand tools - manufacture of saws and saw blades, including circular saw blades and chainsaw blades - manufacture of interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine tools (e.g. drills, punches, milling cutters) - manufacture of press tools - manufacture of blacksmiths’ tools (e.g. forges, anvils) - manufacture of moulding boxes and moulds (except ingot moulds) - manufacture of vices, clamps · This class excludes: - manufacture of power-driven hand tools, see 28.24 - manufacture of ingot moulds, see 28.91

This class includes: - manufacture of iron or steel tanks, cans, drums, buckets, boxes and similar containers, of a capacity not exceeding 300 litres · This class excludes: - manufacture of containers of metal, for compressed or liquefied gas, of a capacity exceeding 300 litres, see 25.22

This class includes: - manufacture of iron or steel cans which are to be closed by soldering or crimping, of a capacity of less than 50 litres - manufacture of aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, of a capacity not exceeding 300 litres - manufacture of tins and cans for food products, collapsible tubes and boxes - manufacture of metallic closures · This class excludes: - manufacture of containers of metal, for compressed or liquefied gas, of a capacity exceeding 300 litres, see 25.22

This class includes: - manufacture of metal cable, plaited bands and similar articles - manufacture of uninsulated metal cable or insulated cable not capable of being used as a conductor of electricity - manufacture of coated or cored wire - manufacture of articles made of wire (e.g. barbed wire, wire fencing, grill, netting, cloth) - coated electrodes for electric arc welding - manufacture of nails and pins - manufacture of springs (except watch springs), e.g.: • leaf springs, helical springs, torsion bar springs • leaves for springs - manufacture of chain, except power transmission chain · This class excludes: - manufacture of clock or watch springs, see 26.52 - manufacture of wire and cable for electricity transmission, see 27.32 - manufacture of power transmission chain, see 28.15

This class includes: - manufacture of rivets, washers and similar non-threaded products - manufacture of screw machine products - manufacture of bolts, screws, nuts and similar threaded products