332  Iron and Steel Foundries

This industry group includes establishments primarily engaged in
manufacturing iron and steel castings. These establishments generally
operate on a job or order basis, manufacturing castings for sale to others
or for interplant transfer. Establishments which produce iron and steel
castings and which are also engaged in fabricating operations, such as
machining and assembling, in manufacturing a specified product are
classified in the industry of the specified product. Iron and steel
castings are made, to a considerable extent, by establishments that are
classified in other industries and that operate foundry departments for the
production of castings for incorporation, in the same establishment, into
such products as stoves, furnaces, plumbing fixtures, and motor vehicles.
Establishments primarily engaged in the manufacture and rolling of steel
and also making steel castings are classified in industry 3312.
Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing nonferrous castings are
classified in industry group 336.