2491 Lifting and Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing
This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing forklift trucks, cranes, winches, hoists or hoisting equipment, conveyors or conveying systems, materials handling equipment not elsewhere classified, or specialised parts for such equipment. This class also includes units mainly engaged in manufacturing elevators, escalators or lifts, or in manufacturing tractors not elsewhere classified.
- Division
- C Manufacturing
- Parent group
- 249 Other Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing
- Edition
- 2006 Revision 2.0
- Status
- Active
What this code includes
This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing forklift trucks, cranes, winches, hoists or hoisting equipment, conveyors or conveying systems, materials handling equipment not elsewhere classified, or specialised parts for such equipment. This class also includes units mainly engaged in manufacturing elevators, escalators or lifts, or in manufacturing tractors not elsewhere classified.
Activities and examples
- Capstan manufacturing (except for lathes)
- Conveyor or conveying system manufacturing
- Crane manufacturing
- Derrick manufacturing
- Elevator manufacturing
- Escalator or escalator parts manufacturing
- Forklift truck manufacturing
- Hoist or hoisting equipment manufacturing (except clothes hoists)
- Hydraulic lifting equipment and parts manufacturing
- Jacking equipment manufacturing
- Pneumatic conveyor system manufacturing
- Robotic material handling equipment manufacturing
- Staking machinery manufacturing
- Tractor manufacturing n.e.c.
- Winch manufacturing
Exclusions and references
- repairing lifting and material handling equipment - see ANZSIC 9429 (Other Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance)
- manufacturing agricultural tractors - see ANZSIC 2461 (Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing)
- manufacturing crawler tractors - see ANZSIC 2462 (Mining and Construction Machinery Manufacturing)
- the erection or installation (including on-site fabrication) of structural steel components for overhead cranes, conveyor systems or similar structures are included in Division E Construction
- installing elevators, escalators or lifts are included in Division E Construction
Classification hierarchy
- ANZSIC
- C Manufacturing
- 24 Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing
- 249 Other Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing
- 2491 Lifting and Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing
Correspondence mappings
Related ATO BIC codes
Other classes in this group
- 9429 Other Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance repairing lifting and material handling equipment is classified there.
- 2461 Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing manufacturing agricultural tractors is classified there.
- 2462 Mining and Construction Machinery Manufacturing manufacturing crawler tractors is classified there.
- 2499 Other Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing n.e.c. Sibling class in the same ANZSIC group.
In this section
- 2491Lifting and Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing
- 2499Other Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing n.e.c.
Official source
- Official source
- ABS detailed classification page
- Last reviewed
- 2026-04-17
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