SIC 3011 Tires and Inner Tubes - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing pneumatic casings, inner tubes, and solid and cushion tires for all types of vehicles, airplanes, farm equipment, and children's vehicles; tiring; camelback; and tire repair and retreading materials. Establishments primarily engaged in retreading tires are classified in SIC 7534: Tire Retreading and Repair Shops.

SIC 3021 Rubber and Plastics Footwear - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing fabric-upper footwear having rubber or plastic soles vulcanized, injection molded, or cemented to the uppers, as well as rubber and plastics protective footwear. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing rubber, composition, and fiber heels, soles, soling strips, and related shoe making and repairing materials are classified in SIC 3069: Fabricated Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere Classified; those manufacturing plastic soles and soling strips are classified in SIC 3089: Plastics Products, Not Elsewhere Classified; and those manufacturing other footwear of rubber or plastics are classified in SIC 3140: Footwear, Except Rubber.

SIC 3052 Rubber and Plastics Hose and Belting - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing rubber and plastics hose and belting, including garden hoses. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing rubber tubing are classified in SIC 3061: Molded, Extruded, and Lathe-Cut Mechanical Rubber Goods and SIC: 3069: Fabricated Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere Classified.

SIC 3053 Gaskets, Packing, and Sealing Devices - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing gaskets, gasketing materials, compression packings, mold packings, oil seals, and mechanical seals. It includes gaskets, packing, and sealing devices made of rubber leather, metal, asbestos, and plastics.

SIC 3061 Molded, Extruded, and Lathe-Cut Mechanical Rubber Goods - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing molded, extruded, and lathe-cut mechanical rubber goods. The products are generally parts for machinery and equipment.

SIC 3069 Fabricated Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere Classified - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial rubber goods, rubberized fabrics and vulcanized rubber clothing, and miscellaneous rubber specialties and sundries, not elsewhere classified. Included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in reclaiming rubber and rubber articles.

SIC 3081 Unsupported Plastics Film and Sheet - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing unsupported plastics film and sheet from purchased resins or from resins produced in the same plant are classified in this industry. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing plastics film and sheet for blister and bubble formed packaging are classified in SIC 3089: Plastics Products, Not Elsewhere Classified.

SIC 3082 Unsupported Plastics Profile Shapes - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History

This industry covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing unsupported plastics profiles, rods, tubes, and other shapes. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing plastics hose are classified in SIC 3052: Rubber and Plastics Hose and Belting.

SIC 3083 Laminated Plastics Plate, Sheet, and Profile Shapes - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing laminated plastics plate, sheet, profiles, rods, and tubes. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing laminated flexible packaging are classified in industry group 267 (Converted Paper and Paperboard Products, Except Containers and Boxes).

SIC 3084 Plastics Pipe - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing plastics pipe. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing plastics pipe fittings are classified in SIC 3089: Plastics Products, Not Elsewhere Classified.

SIC 3085 Plastics Bottles - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History

Included in this category are establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing plastic bottles.

SIC 3086 Plastics Foam Products - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History

This industry covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing plastics foam products.

SIC 3087 Custom Compounding of Purchased Plastics Resins - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in custom compounding of purchased plastics resins. For more information related to this industry, see the SIC 2821: Plastic Materials, Synthetic Resins, and Nonvulcanizable Elastomers.

SIC 3088 Plastics Plumbing Fixtures - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History

This category includes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing plastics plumbing fixtures. Establishments primarily engaged in assembling plastics plumbing fixture fittings are classified in SIC 3432: Plumbing Fixture Fittings and Trim.

SIC 3089 Plastics Products, Not Elsewhere Classified - Description, Market Prospects, Industry History

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing plastics products not classified elsewhere. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing artificial leather are classified in SIC 2295: Coated Fabrics, Not Rubberized.