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Establishments in the Wood Product Manufacturing industry manufacture wood products, such as lumber, plywood, veneers, wood containers, wood flooring, wood trusses, manufactured homes (i.e., mobile home), and prefabricated wood buildings. The production processes of the Wood Product Manufacturing industry include sawing, planing, shaping, laminating, and assembling of wood products starting from logs that are cut into bolts, or lumber that then may be further cut, or shaped by lathes or other shaping tools. The lumber or other transformed wood shapes may also be subsequently planed or smoothed, and assembled into finished products, such as wood containers. The Wood Product Manufacturing industry includes establishments that make wood products from logs and bolts that are sawed and shaped, and establishments that purchase sawed lumber and make wood products. With the exception of sawmills and wood preservation establishments, the establishments are grouped into subsectors mainly based on the specific products manufactured.
Establishments in the Paper Manufacturing industry make pulp, paper, or converted paper products. The manufacturing of these products is grouped together because they constitute a series of vertically connected processes. More than one is often carried out in a single establishment. There are essentially three activities. The manufacturing of pulp involves separating the cellulose fibers from other impurities in wood or used paper. The manufacturing of paper involves matting these fibers into a sheet. Converted paper products are made from paper and other materials by various cutting and shaping techniques and includes coating and laminating activities.
The Paper Manufacturing industry is subdivided into two groups, the first for the manufacturing of pulp and paper and the second for the manufacturing of converted paper products. Paper making is treated as the core activity of the industry group. Therefore, any establishment that makes paper (including paperboard), either alone or in combination with pulp manufacturing or paper converting, is classified as a paper or paperboard mill. Establishments that make pulp without making paper are classified as pulp mills. Pulp mills, paper mills and paperboard mills comprise the first industry group.
Establishments that make products from purchased paper and other materials make up the second industry group, Converted Paper Product Manufacturing. This general activity is then subdivided based, for the most part, on process distinctions. Paperboard container manufacturing uses corrugating, cutting, and shaping machinery to form paperboard into containers. Paper bag and coated and treated paper manufacturing establishments cut and coat paper and foil. Stationery product manufacturing establishments make a variety of paper products used for writing, filing, and similar applications. Other converted paper product manufacturing includes, in particular, the conversion of sanitary paper stock into such things as tissue paper and disposable diapers. |
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U.S. National Figures. |
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| Wood & Paper Manufacturing |
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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84,110 |
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
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51,300 |
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
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39,370 |
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
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38,790 |
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
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29,880 |
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
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29,370 |
Helpers--Production Workers
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27,330 |
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
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17,640 |
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
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17,500 |
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
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16,100 |
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