Manufacturing

Sub-headings:

Apparel & Accessories

The production of apparel, shoes, leather goods, and related accessories.

Electronics

The production of electronic materials, software, and information technologies.

Food & Beverages

Resources in this category:

Finishing.com: the home page of the finishing industry
http://www.finishing.com/

Finishing.com is the home page for the metal finishing industry. The contents of the site include three interactive forums: an active Hotline-Letters site where technical questions can be posted for peer discussion and evalution, and two commercial RFQs - one to post for a jobshop to do plating, coating, and finishing, and another to post for products and services. Companies and individuals may post through the Help Wanted and Situation Wanted lists. Consultants, software and training, and other related links of interest to the finishing industry are grouped in this one location for easy access.

How Products Are Made
http://www.madehow.com/

Ever wonder how products are made? Come to this site and learn about the manufacture of things as diverse as chewing gum, blue jeans, vacuum cleaners, paint, fireworks, refrigerators, and artificial snow. This online encyclopedia contains 7 volumes of different items.

MatWeb: The Online Materials Information Resource
http://www.matweb.com/

"MatWeb's database includes thermoplastic and thermoset polymers such as ABS, nylon, polycarbonate, polyester, and polyolefins; metals such as aluminum, cobalt, copper, lead, magnesium, nickel, steel, superalloys, titanium and zinc alloys; ceramics; plus a growing list of semiconductors, fibers, and other engineering materials."