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Sector of economy

manufacturing
What is the secondary sector?
The secondary sector or industrial sector is known as the
economic sector that deals with the transformation of the
raw material into consumer products or equipment goods,
constituting the second step in the production chain after
the extraction of the raw material.
The secondary sector is, today, one of the most important in
the development of the economy of nations, since the
procedures applied to the raw material to obtain a finished
product
Crafts: This was the basic industrial sector in Europe until
the Industrial Revolution and mass production. It includes
the making of consumer objects in workshops or domestic
spaces, usually belonging to the family, local, and slow
production, which does not seek so much to satisfy the
demands of the market as to provide subsistence to the
artisan.
Industry: The Industrial Revolution of the 18th century
brought with it a series of changes in the ability to
manipulate materials on a large scale and turn them into
manufactured products, being able to satisfy a growing
market with a fast and constant production rate. This sector
is key to sustaining capitalism and is one of the great
beneficiaries and drivers of scientific-technological
development.
Obtaining energy: The generation of electricity through
different means and mechanisms, some safer, cleaner and
more reliable than others, is an essential activity to sustain
the production of a country, in all its possible sectors. Every
type of industry requires energy to operate, which is why
this subsector has become one of the fundamentals in the
contemporary world
Chemical and petrochemical industries: Taking
various chemical materials such as oil, these industries
obtain a wide range of scientific inputs that are used in
numerous industries, such as preservatives, disinfectants,
plastics, etc.
Factories of personal articles:

As industries of shoes, textiles and other elements of


personal consumption, produced in mass thanks to large
highly mechanized facilities. .

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