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TYPES OF INDUSTRIES  Light Industry Vs Heavy Industry Light Industry Heavy Industry Lightweight Raw Materials Large Quantities of Raw Materi...

TYPES OF INDUSTRIES  Light Industry Vs Heavy Industry Light Industry Heavy Industry Lightweight Raw Materials Large Quantities of Raw Materials AGENDA Light Machinery Heavy Machinery Small end product Bulky end product No need for rail transport Direct access to road, rail and harbour facilities Examples; Jewellery making, clothing factories and Examples; Iron and Steel Works, manufacture of wineries tractors, fuel refineries RAW-MATERIAL-ORIENTATED INDUSTRY Found close to the source of the raw materials The raw material could be bulky or difficult to transport, example, a paper mill is found close to the supply of trees because it is easier to transport the finished product (paper) than the raw material (Trees) MARKET ORIENTATED INDUSTRY A MARKET ORIENTATED INDUSTRY IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE MARKET THE FINISHED PRODUCT COULD BE PERISHABLE , FOR EXAMPLE BAKED GOODS, OR IT COULD BE BULKY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE LIKE LARGE MACHINERY  FOOTLOOSE INDUSTRY A Footloose Industry may be located either close to the supply of raw materials or close to the market. Improvements in transport have made it easier to transport both the raw materials and the processed product. The development of advanced IT has enabled factories to be located in diverse areas. UBIQUITOUS INDUSTRY AN UBIQUITOUS INDUSTRY MAY BE FOUND ANYWHERE WITHIN A REGION UBIQUITOUS INDUSTRIES ARE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE INSEPARABLE FROM THE IMMEDIATE MARKETS THAT THEY SERVE AND ARE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED/FOUND EVERYWHERE. EXAMPLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS (TELKOM) BRIDGE INDUSTRIES Bridge industries are located between the raw material and the market; for example, an oil refinery is located at a harbour-the raw material of crude oil is transported by an oil tanker to the harbour but once refined goes via a pipeline to the market. Bridge industries are also referred to as break- of-bulk industries.