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231500 Manufacture and processing of other glass, including technical glassware


This type includes:

  • manufacture of laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware
  • manufacture of clock or watch glass, optical glass and optical elements not optically worked
  • manufacture of glassware used in imitation jewellery
  • manufacture of glass insulators and glass insulating fittings
  • manufacture of glass envelopes for lamps
  • manufacture of glass figurines
  • manufacture of glass blocks and bricks, slabs, squares and tiles, of a kind used for building or construction purposes, and multicellular or foam glass in blocks, panels, plates, shells or similar forms
  • manufacture of glass in rods or tubes

This type also includes:

  • manufacture of glass doors, walls, etc.
  • finishing of other glass, including technical glass (e.g. cutting or mechanically polishing glassware)

This type excludes:

  • manufacture of optical elements optically worked, see 267000

  • manufacture of syringes and other medical laboratory equipment, see 325009