2007-04-24 09:08:30 · 2 answers · asked by Xura 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Industrial has to do more with how many than with what the commodity is. Nearly anything made or acquired can be produced in a small quantity or in a very large quantity. Here are two examples
If you fish for a living and you catch enough to feed your family and save a little money, you are in the fishing business. If you own a fleet of tuna boats with on-board processing, refrigeration and packaging and your catch pays the wages of 200 people, you are in the fishing industry.
If you dig coal and sell it door to door. You are an independent miner. If you furnish coal to operate the power plants of a large city, you are in the coal industry.
2007-04-24 13:50:26 · answer #1 · answered by Bomba 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Things produced on an industrial scale and sold as finished products (not components, sub-assemblies and spare parts). For example, pumps, compressors, motors, lathes, boilers...all are industrial products.
2007-04-24 16:17:35 · answer #2 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋