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sub-industry
noun[ C ]
(alsosubindustry)uk /ˈsʌbˌɪn.də.stri/ us /ˈsʌbˌɪn.də.stri/
an industry that is part of a larger industry:
The publishing industry includes a sub-industry of literary agencies and book festivals.
Making plastic more environmentally friendly has become an important sub-industry of the plastics industry.
Designing and installing insulation solutions is now a growing subindustry of the construction business.
Papermaking is one of many sub-industries of the manufacturing sector that has come under pressure.
Eco-fashion has spawned a marketing subindustry of its own, with firms helping manufacturers and retailers sell environmentally-friendly clothes.
The self-catering accommodation sub-industry has helped to sustain the country's tourism sector.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Industry & industrial processes
additive manufacturing
biomanufacturing
carding
cleantech
compression moulding
injection moulding
inter-industry
just-in-time
light industry
machine carding
prebuilt
prefabricated
prefabrication
quality assurance
quality control
synthetically
unindustrialized
vitrification
vulcanization
vulcanized
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