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This type includes:

  • manufacture of hand-operated or power-driven lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery, e.g.:
  • pulley tackle and hoists, winches, capstans and jacks
  • derricks, cranes, mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers
  • works trucks, whether or not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, whether or not self-propelled, of the type used in factories (including handcarts and wheelbarrows)
  • mechanical manipulators and industrial robots specifically designed for lifting, handling, loading or unloading
  • unmanned and robotic forklifts and pallet loaders/unloaders
  • manufacture of conveyors, teleferics, etc.
  • manufacture of lifts, escalators and moving walkways
  • manufacture of parts suitable for use solely or principally with lifting and handling equipment

This type also includes:

  • manufacture of automatic lifting and handling equipment for warehouses

This type excludes:

  • manufacture of machinery for vertical farming, see 283000
  • manufacture of continuous-action elevators and conveyors for underground use, see 289200
  • manufacture of mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, see 289200
  • manufacture of industrial robots for multiple uses, see 289900
  • manufacture of crane lorries, floating cranes and railway cranes, see 291000, 301100, 302000
  • installation of lifts and elevators, see 432409