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Fibres are used in multiple industries to manufacture a number of different products. The primary resources for the FP&M sector are fibres, skins & forestry. These resources are processed to form the secondary resource that is used to manufacture the various products listed above. The primary resources are manufactured from natural fibres (cotton, wool, etc), forestry (woodlands, natural forest, plantation, forest, nurseries and man-made fibres (produced from chemicals extracted from oil, coal or trees). Many of these processes involve ancient techniques and skills that are thousands of years old. The technology within this industry is advancing rapidly, introducing new innovations in the manufacturing of fibres.
FP&M SETA SUB-SECTORS
Clothing Manufacturing and Fashion Design
Clothing Manufacturing and Fashion Design
Design is the beginning of any manufacturing process, whether it is the manufacture of textiles, clothing, footwear, or leather goods. Fashion design is geared for the creative person who has a flair for fashion, style and an interest in prevailing trends, cultural influences and production.
Footwear Manufacturing
Footwear Manufacturing
Footwear use different types of material with widely varying characteristics and properties that dictate the type of manufacturing process to be used. The various component pieces of the footwear are first manufactured individually and then assembled into what we see on the retailer’s shelves.
Furniture Manufacturing
Furniture Manufacturing
This sub-sector is made up of employers in the upholstery, bedding and curtaining (textiles) in addition to timber. Companies that manufacture wood furniture dominate this sub-sector.
Wood Manufacturing
Wood Manufacturing
Wood products are diverse in their very nature. These products are used in a number of industries, including the home industry. Wood is also used as a source of energy, i.e. wood pellets are one form of a wood product used to generate fuel.
General Goods Manufacturing
General Goods Manufacturing
This sub-sector is responsible for the manufacture of general goods, luggage and handbags from leather or other products. These companies make use of a number of textile, leather and other products to generate items used to compliment apparel, for use in households and the corporate environment.
Print media
Print media
Publishing is defined as “The business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution.” Increasingly publishing is about the distribution of content and information, whether the distribution is done physically or electronically
Leather Manufacturing
Leather Manufacturing
Leather and leather goods such as handbags, luggage and saddlery, is manufactured from hides and skins, a natural resource obtained from animals, reptiles and birds (ostrich). The process of leather manufacture involves primarily a sequence of chemical operations.
Pulp and Paper Manufacturing
Pulp and Paper Manufacturing
It is difficult to imagine a world without pulp, paper and tissue products. Think about the cereal box on your breakfast table, the tissue products throughout your home, the posters you pass in the streets, the tickets issued when you go to the movies. Then there are the newspapers, books and magazines that are so much a part of our daily lives.
Printing
Printing
The Printing sub sector is responsible for the printing of newspapers, books, magazines, packaging, labels and other related materials.
Publishing
Publishing
Publishing of books, company brochures, musical books and many other publications and the publishing of recorded media and other publishing activities.
Forestry – Providing Raw Materials
Forestry – Providing Raw Materials
This sub-sector is made up of employers who grow trees on a commercial basis. There are four activities that dominate this sub-sector, transport, forestry and tree nurseries, harvesting and maintenance. The value chain is also versatile as it feeds into a number of other sectors of the FP&M environment.
Textile Manufacturing
Textile Manufacturing
Textile manufacturing is the process of converting fibre (man-made or natural fibres) into yarn through a variety of processes, which typically involve a cleaning stage to remove any impurities, followed by spinning and twisting of the fibres.
Packaging
Packaging
Packaging includes the manufacture of paper and paper-board, containers of paper and paper-board (including cardboard boxes) and the manufacture of metal containers such as cans and tins. Packaging is the medium through which products are branded.