Manufacturing is the transformation of raw materials into finished goods for sale by means of tools and a processing medium, and including all intermediate processes involving the production or finishing of component parts ("semi-manufactures").

It is a large branch of industry and of secondary production. Some industries, like semiconductor and steel manufacturers use the term "fabrication".

While it remains a huge part of the modern world economy—perhaps a quarter of aggregate world production of goods and services—many of the world's wealthier nations devote an ever smaller proportion of their workforce to manufacturing activity owing to relocation of enterprises to lower-wage countries and the rising proportion of economic activity devoted to service activity.

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House GOP repeatedly warned of impact to refineries & farmers. What about actual chem manufacturers??? #cfa
William_Allmond (William Allmond) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:17:32 -0000
House GOP repeatedly warned of impact to refineries & farmers. What about actual chem manufacturers??? #cfa
Reading: Oversupply Issues Plague Solar Manufacturers http://seekingalpha.com/a/3on7
jerry2665 (Gerald Gambino) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:12:07 -0000
Reading: Oversupply Issues Plague Solar Manufacturers http://seekingalpha.com/a/3on7
Horner: Don't rely on manufacturers: Christian Horner believes Toyota's demise epitomises the fact Formula One .. http://bit.ly/4C8pCq
ess_F1 (ESPN-Star F1) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:07:29 -0000
Horner: Don't rely on manufacturers: Christian Horner believes Toyota's demise epitomises the fact Formula One .. http://bit.ly/4C8pCq
@DarrellIssa Lets ask Pepsico & all the junk food company manufacturers 2 chip in.Frito lay spends $ on campaign lobbying they can afford?
ocdgirl2000 (Lynne Siegel) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:04:13 -0000
@DarrellIssa Lets ask Pepsico & all the junk food company manufacturers 2 chip in.Frito lay spends $ on campaign lobbying they can afford?
RT @motogpmatters: The 800s are dead. MotoGP is going back to 1000s from 2012. Even the manufacturers agree! http://tinyurl.com/ylcv3a6
rumblestrip (Rumblestrip) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:57:50 -0000
RT @motogpmatters: The 800s are dead. MotoGP is going back to 1000s from 2012. Even the manufacturers agree! http://tinyurl.com/ylcv3a6
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