NACE Class 20.11 - Manufacture of industrial gases

Definition

Manufacture of industrial gases class

Description

This class includes:

• manufacture of liquefied or compressed inorganic industrial or medical gases:
  • elemental gases
  • liquid or compressed air
  • refrigerant gases
  • mixed industrial gases
  • inert gases such as carbon dioxide
  • isolating gases

This class excludes:

• extraction of methane, ethane, butane or propane, see 06.20
• manufacture of fuel gases such as ethane, butane or propane in a petroleum refinery, see 19.20
• manufacture of gaseous fuels from coal, waste etc., see 35.21

Higher Level

• NACE Group 20.1 - Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilisers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms