This class includes: - manufacture of hand-operated or power-driven lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery: + pulley tackle and hoists, winches, capstans and jacks. + derricks, cranes, mobile lifting frames etc. + works trucks, whether or not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, whether or not self-propelled, of the type used in factories, + mechanical manipulators and industrial robots specifically designed for lifting, handling, loading or unloading. - manufacture of conveyors, etc. - manufacture of lifts, escalators and moving walkways; - manufacture of parts specialized for lifting and handling equipment.
This class excludes: - manufacture of continuous-action elevators and conveyors for underground use, see 28240 (Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction); - manufacture of mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, see 28240 (Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction); - manufacture of industrial robots for multiple uses, see 2829 (Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery); - manufacture of crane-lorries, floating cranes, railway cranes, see 30110 (Building of ships and floating structures, 30200 (Manufacture of railway or tramway locomotives and rolling stock); - installation of lifts and elevators, see 43290 (Other construction installation).