289300 Manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing

This type includes:

• manufacture of agricultural dryers
• manufacture of machinery for the dairy industry:
• cream separators
• milk processing machinery (e.g. homogenisers)
• milk converting machinery (e.g. butter chums, butter workers and moulding machines)
• cheese-making machines (e.g. homogenizers, moulders, presses), etc.
• manufacture of machinery for the grain milling industry:
• machinery to clean, sort or grade seeds, grain or dried leguminous vegetables (winnowers, sieving belts, separators, grain brushing machines, etc.)
• machinery to produce flour and meal, etc. (grinding mills, feeders, sifters, bran cleaners, blenders, rice hullers, pea splitters)
• manufacture of presses, crushers, etc. used to make wine, cider, fruit juices, etc.
• manufacture of machinery for the bakery industry or for making macaroni, spaghetti or similar products:
• bakery ovens, dough mixers, dough-dividers, moulders, slicers, cake depositing machines, etc.
• manufacture of machines and equipment to process diverse foods:
• machinery to make confectionery, cocoa or chocolate; to manufacture sugar; for breweries; to process meat or poultry, to prepare fruit, nuts or vegetables; to prepare fish, shellfish or other seafood
• machinery for filtering and purifying
• other machinery for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink
• manufacture of machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or vegetable fats or oils
• manufacture of machinery for the preparation of tobacco and for the making of cigarettes or cigars, or for pipe or chewing tobacco or snuff
• manufacture of machinery for the preparation of food in hotels and restaurants

This type excludes:

• manufacture of food and milk irradiation equipment (see 266000)
• manufacture of packing, wrapping and weighing machinery (see 282900)
• manufacture of cleaning, sorting or grading machinery for eggs, fruit or other crops (except seeds, grains and dried leguminous vegetables) (see 283000)