SIC 3433 Heating Equipment, Except Electric and Warm Air Furnaces

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SIC 3433
HEATING EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT ELECTRIC AND WARM AIR FURNACES

This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing heating equipment, except electric and warm air furnaces, including gas, oil, and stoker coal-fired equipment for the automatic utilization of gaseous, liquid, and solid fuels. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing warm air furnaces are classified in SIC 3585: Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment; cooking stoves and ranges are classified in SIC 3631: Household Cooking Equipment; boiler shops primarily engaged in the production of industrial, power, and marine boilers are classified in SIC 3443: Fabricated Plate Work (Boiler Shops); and those manufacturing industrial process furnaces and ovens are classified in SIC 3567: Industrial Process Furnaces and Ovens.

NAICS Code(s)

333414 (Heating Equipment (except Electric and Warm Air Furnaces) Manufacturing)

Industry Snapshot

The heating equipment industry is comprised of firms primarily engaged in manufacturing heating devices other than electric equipment and warm air furnaces. Residential and low-pressure boilers are included in this classification, as are steam and hot water furnaces, fireplaces, room heaters, heating stoves, and other mechanisms. Making fire and building devices to utilize the resultant heat were among the earliest and most noteworthy human achievements. Some stove, furnace, and other equipment designs implemented as early as 600 B.C. were still in use throughout the world in the twentieth century.

In 2000, the U.S. heating equipment industry was shipping about $4.3 billion worth of products each year. The industry was characterized by maturity, consolidation, and increasing foreign competition. To remain competitive, industry participants in the 1990s had reduced employment, increased productivity, and moved manufacturing facilities abroad.

Organization and Structure

The heating equipment industry generally encompasses all non-electric devices used to heat spaces in homes, buildings, and industrial structures. Such heaters are powered by coal, oil, gas, wood, or solar power. In addition to their different energy sources, industry offerings can be categorized as fireplaces and wood-burning stoves; supplemental heaters; or low-pressure steam and hot water boilers and furnaces. Warm-air furnaces and high-pressure steam and hot water systems, which are often used as central heating systems for larger structures, are included in SIC 3585: Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial...

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