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SNI 32.501—Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and other supplies

Detailed Group · Svensk näringsgrensindelning (2025)

Where 32.501 sits

  1. C Manufacturing
  2. 32 Other manufacturing
  3. 32.5 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
  4. 32.50 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
  5. 32.501 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and other supplies

What 32.501 includes

  • Manufacture of laboratory apparatus, surgical and medical instruments, surgical apparatus and equipment, dental equipment, orthodontic appliances, dentures, false teeth and orthodontic appliances. Manufacture of medical, dental and similar furniture for which the additional specific functions determine the product's field of use, e.g. dentist's chairs with built-in hydraulic functions.
  • Manufacturing of surgical drapes as well as sterile thread/tissue
  • Manufacture of dental fillings and dental fillings (except denture fixatives), dental wax and other preparations based on plaster intended for dental use
  • Production of bone cement
  • Manufacturing of dental laboratory ovens
  • Manufacturing of dental ultrasonic cleaners for laboratory use
  • Manufacture of medical, surgical or laboratory sterilization equipment
  • Manufacture of laboratory centrifuges
  • Manufacture of furniture for medical, surgical, dental and veterinary use, e.g.: • operating table • examination table • hospital beds with mechanical details • dental chairs
  • Manufacture of articles specially designed for use exclusively in medical, dental or veterinary implants, such as bone plates, which are permanently left in the body to replace, for example, part of a bone or an entire bone
  • Manufacture of syringes, needles, catheters, cannulas, etc.
  • Manufacturing of dental instruments and appliances
  • Manufacturing of orthopedic and prosthetic devices
  • Manufacturing of glass eyes
  • Manufacture of thermometers for medical use
  • Manufacture of ophthalmic articles, eyeglasses, sunglasses, prescription lenses, contact lenses, safety glasses
  • Manufacturing of custom-made orthopedic footwear and special inserts for the correction of orthopedic conditions
  • Manufacturing of personal protective masks, e.g. FFP2, FFP3, surgical masks
  • Medical laboratory equipment such as distillation apparatus, centrifuges and ultrasonic cleaning machines, manufacturing

What 32.501 excludes

  • Manufacture of special mass-produced shoes for supporting the arch of the foot, see 15.200
  • Manufacture of denture adhesives, see 20.420
  • Manufacture of cotton wool, gauze, dressings etc. impregnated with pharmaceutical substances, e.g. bandages, adhesive plasters, medical wraps, see 21.200
  • Manufacture of electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment, see 26.600
  • Manufacture of hearing aids, see 26.600
  • Manufacture of wheelchairs, see 30.920
  • Retail sale of eyeglasses, contact lenses and sunglasses, see 47.742

Example activities

  • dental chairs, manufacturing
  • operating table, manufacturing
  • medical bone plates and bone screws, manufacturing
  • glass eye prostheses, manufacturing
  • surgical drapes, manufacturing
  • suture material, sterile, manufacturing
  • suction tubes and suction syringes for medical or surgical use
  • syringes, with or without needle, for medical use, manufacturing
  • tables, surgical, manufacturing
  • tables, medical use, manufacturing
  • tables, veterinary, manufacturing
  • drills, for dental use, repair of self-made ones
  • drills, dental, manufacturing
  • drills, surgical, repair of self-made
  • drills, surgical, manufacturing
  • drills, for medical use, repair of self-made ones
  • drills, medical use, manufacturing
  • drills, for veterinary use, repair of self-made ones
  • drills, veterinary, manufacturing
  • breast prostheses (leg prostheses, etc.), plastic, manufacturing
  • breast prostheses, manufacturing
  • centrifuges, medical laboratory equipment, self-made, installation
  • centrifuges, medical laboratory equipment, self-made, repair
  • centrifuges, medical laboratory equipment, manufacturing

32.501 in other systems

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