Definition
Industrial Gas Manufacturing (NAICS 32512)

Under this topic you will find the North American Industry Classification System definition of the Industrial Gas Manufacturing (NAICS 32512) industry. You can use this definition to properly identify the segment of the industry you wish to study further in other sections of Canadian Industry Statistics.

Definition of the Industry

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial organic and inorganic gases in compressed, liquid and solid forms.

Example Activities:

• Acetylene, manufacturing
• Air, liquid, manufacturing
• Argon, manufacturing
• Carbon dioxide, manufacturing
• Dry ice (i.e., solid carbon dioxide), manufacturing
• Fluorocarbon gases, manufacturing
• Gases, industrial (i.e., compressed, liquefied, solid), manufacturing
• Helium, manufacturing
• Hydrogen, manufacturing
• Ice, dry (i.e., solid carbon dioxide), manufacturing
• Neon, manufacturing
• Nitrogen, manufacturing
• Nitrous oxide, manufacturing
• Oxygen, manufacturing

Exclusions

No exclusions are specified in the 2007 NAICS Canada manual.