325001 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies


This type includes:

  • manufacture of surgical drapes and sterile string and tissue
  • manufacture of dental fillings and cements (except denture adhesive or cement), dental wax and other dental plaster preparations
  • manufacture of bone reconstruction cements
  • manufacture of dental laboratory furnaces
  • manufacture of laboratory ultrasonic cleaning machinery
  • manufacture of laboratory sterilisers
  • manufacture of laboratory type distilling apparatus, laboratory centrifuges
  • manufacture of medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture, such as:
  • operating tables
  • examination tables
  • hospital beds with mechanical fittings
  • dentists' chairs
  • manufacture of bone plates and screws, syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae, etc.
  • manufacture of dental instruments (including dentist's chairs incorporating dental equipment)
  • manufacture of medical thermometers

This type excludes:

  • manufacture of medical impregnated wadding, dressings, etc. (see 212000)
  • manufacture of electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment (see 266000)

apparatuses for the anaesthesia; beds of hospital, E R; bone plates and screws; bone reconstruction cements; cannulae; catguts; catheters; dental blocking products; dental cements; dental drill engines; dental filling products; dental fillings; dental instruments; dental laboratory instruments and equipment; dentists' armchairs; electro-diagnostic apparatus; endoscopes; examination tables; gauzes with medical usage; hospital beds with mechanical fittings; hygienic articles made of rubber; laboratory centrifuges; laboratory sterilisers; laboratory type distilling apparatus; laboratory ultrasonic cleaning machinery; medical apparatuses and instruments; medical thermometers; needles; operating tables; ophthalmic instruments; oxygen therapy apparatus; psychology testing apparatus; reflectors; respiratory apparatuses; sterile string; sterile tissue; sterilizers; surgical drapes; surgical instruments and apparatuses; surgical needles; surgical stings; ultrasonic diagnostic equipment; ultrasonic sounders; veterinary instruments and equipment; X-ray tubes, X-ray equipment

Codification rules

Priority in case of multiple activities

If production, repair and sales activities are carried out, the priority is as follows :

- if production and sale: production takes priority
- if production and repair: production takes priority
- if repair and sale: repair takes priority

Outsourced activities (outsourcing)

There are several types of outsourcing, the enterprise may outsource::
• Part of a production process, classification: production
• All of a production process
o & owner of commodities, classification: production
o & non-owner of commodities, classification: section G, M or N :

For a construction enterprise:
• Part of the construction activities, classification: construction - section F

Further information:
- Introduction to NOGA 2008