The metalworking industry is a supplier to other links in the production chain such as custom-made machinery, consumer goods, and metal tools. Metalworks encompasses manufacturing activities that produce industrial machines and tools that supply parts to other related industries, with metal and iron alloys being their basic input for use in productive capital goods.
Metalworks provides critical machinery to many other industrial segments including manufacturing, construction, automotive, mining, and agriculture. The metalworking industry transforms raw materials from metals into sheets, wires, plates, etc. These are ultimately used to create parts, tools, radio receivers, nuts, bolts, equipment, and more.
Metalworks is distinguished by the high complexity of its processes which require precision craftsmen. Among the expert tradesmen in the metalworking industry are turners, rectifiers, milling machine operators, die makers, casters, computerized numerical control operators (CNC), welders, forgers, among others.