Introduction - Concepts - Chapter 6 Class 10 Geography - Manufacturing Industries - Geography

Introduction:

• Manufacturing refers to the production of finished goods into more valuable products from raw materials with the help of labour, machines etc.
• For Example,
  • Paper is manufactured from wood , here paper is a finished good and wood is a raw material.
  • Sugar is manufactured from sugarcane , here sugar is a finished good and sugarcane is a raw material.
• People employed in secondary activities manufacture the primary materials into finished goods.  
• For Example,
  • The workers who are employed in steel factories, cars, breweries, textile industries, bakeries etc.
• The development of manufacturing industries is used to measure the economic strength of a country.