SIC Industry: 2796 Platemaking and Related Services

Industry: 2796—Platemaking and Related Services

Establishments primarily engaged in making plates for printing purposes and in related services. Also included are establishments primarily engaged in making positives or negatives from which offset lithographic plates are made. These establishments do not print from the plates which they make, but prepare them for use by others. Engraving for purposes other than printing is classified in Industry 3479.

Color separations for printing	Letterpress plates, preparation of
Electrotype plates	Linecuts
Electrotyping for the trade	Lithographic plates, positives or negatives: preparation of
Embossing plates for printing	Offset plates, positives or negatives: preparation of
Engraving on copper, steel, wood, or rubber plates for printing	Photoengraving for the trade
Engraving on textile printing plates and cylinders	Plates and cylinders, rotogravure printing: preparation of
Engraving, steel line: for printing purposes	Plates, printing: preparation of
Etching on copper, steel, wood, or rubber plates for printing purposes	Stereotype plates
Flexographic plates, preparation of	Stereotyping for the trade
Gravure plates and cylinders, preparation of

Codes	Titles	Total Marketable US Businesses
2796	Platemaking Services	358
279600	Platemaking services	131
27960000	Platemaking services	131
279601	Gravure platemaking services	8
27960100	Gravure platemaking services	1
27960101	Gravure printing plates or cylinders, preparation of	5
27960102	Plates and cylinders for rotogravure printing	2
279602	Engraving platemaking services	122
27960200	Engraving platemaking services	32
27960201	Engraving on copper, steel, wood, or rubber: printing plates	50
27960202	Photoengraving plates, linecuts or halftones	30
27960203	Steel line engraving, for the printing trade	10
279699	Platemaking services, nec	97
27969901	Color separations, for printing	53
27969902	Electrotype plates	7
27969903	Embossing plates, for printing	3
27969904	Etching on copper, steel, wood, or rubber: printing plates	6
27969905	Letterpress plates, preparation of	5
27969906	Lithographic plates, positives or negatives	23
27969907	Stereotype plates	0