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This type includes:

  • manufacture of hand-operated or power-driven lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery:
  • pulley tackle and hoists, winches, capstans and jacks
  • derricks, cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers, etc.
  • works trucks, whether or not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, whether or not self-propelled, of the type used in factories (including hand trucks and wheelbarrows)
  • mechanical manipulators and industrial robots specifically designed for lifting, handling, loading or unloading
  • manufacture of conveyors, cable cars, etc.
  • manufacture of lifts, escalators and moving walkways
  • manufacture of parts specialised for lifting and handling equipment

This type excludes:

  • manufacture of industrial robots for multiple uses (see 289902)
  • manufacture of continuous-action elevators and conveyors for underground use (see 289200)
  • manufacture of mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders (see 289200)
  • manufacture of floating cranes, railway cranes, crane-lorries (see 301100, 302000)
  • installation of lifts and elevators (see 432902)