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289400 Manufacture of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production


This type includes:

  • manufacture of textile machinery, e.g.:
  • machines for preparing, producing, extruding, drawing, texturing or cutting man-made textile fibres, materials or yarns
  • machines for preparing textile fibres (e.g. cotton gins, bale breakers, garnetters, cotton spreaders, wool scourers, wool carbonisers, combs, carders, roving frames)
  • spinning machines
  • machines for preparing textile yarns (e.g. reelers, warpers and related machines)
  • weaving machines (looms), including handlooms
  • knitting machines
  • machines for making knotted net, tulle, lace, braid, etc.
  • manufacture of auxiliary machines or equipment for textile machinery:
  • dobbies, jacquards, automatic stop motions, shuttle changing mechanisms, spindles and spindle flyers, etc.
  • manufacture of textile printing machinery
  • manufacture of machinery for fabric processing:
  • machinery for washing, bleaching, dyeing, dressing, finishing, coating or impregnating textile fabrics
  • machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics
  • manufacture of laundry machinery:
  • ironing machines, including fusing presses
  • commercial washing and drying machines
  • dry-cleaning machines
  • manufacture of sewing machines, sewing machine heads and sewing machine needles (whether or not for household use)
  • manufacture of machines for producing or finishing felt or non-wovens
  • manufacture of leather machines:
  • machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather
  • machinery for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skins, leather or fur skins

This type excludes:

  • manufacture of paper or paperboard cards for use on jacquard machines, see 172500
  • manufacture of domestic washing and drying machines, see 275100
  • manufacture of calendering machines, see 282900
  • manufacture of machines used in bookbinding, see 289900