18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media
A division of NOGA 2025, in section C, Manufacturing.
341
companies coded so far
6
six-digit codes
Where it sits
- Section
- C Manufacturing
- Division
- 18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media
Its name in four languages
- Deutsch
- Herstellung von Druckerzeugnissen; Vervielfältigung von bespielten Ton-, Bild- und Datenträgern
- Français
- Imprimerie et reproduction d’enregistrements
- Italiano
- Stampa e riproduzione di supporti registrati
- English
- Printing and reproduction of recorded media
What it includes
- This division includes printing of products (for example, newspapers, books, periodicals, business forms and greeting cards), printing on T-shirts and other types of material, and associated support activities (for example, bookbinding, plate-making services, data imaging). The support activities included here are an integral part of the printing industry, and a product (a printing plate, a bound book, or a computer disk or file) that is an integral part of the printing industry is almost always provided by these operations.
- The ownership of the input material is irrelevant to the classification of printing and reproduction of recorded media activities. Division 18 covers explicitly the processing activities.
- Processes used in printing include a variety of methods for transferring an image from a plate, screen or computer file to a medium (for example, paper, plastics, metal, textile articles, wood. The most prominent of these methods entails the transfer of the image from a plate or screen to the medium through lithographic, gravure, screen or flexographic printing. Often a computer file is used to directly drive the printing mechanism to create the image or electrostatic and other types of equipment (digital or non-impact printing).
- Though printing and publishing can be carried out by the same unit (for example, a newspaper), it is less and less the case that these distinct activities are carried out in the same physical location.
It also includes
- the reproduction of recorded media (for example, compact discs, video recordings, software on discs or tapes, records)
What it excludes
- publishing activities, see section J
- manufacture of products with a 3D printer, which are classified according to the product and material used
The codes in this division
| Code | Activity | Companies coded |
|---|---|---|
| 181 | Printing and service activities related to printing | 332 |
| 181100 | Printing of newspapers | 7 |
| 1812 | Other printing | 288 |
| 181201 | Offset printing | 86 |
| 181209 | Other printing n.e.c. | 133 |
| 181300 | Pre-press and pre-media services | 15 |
| 181400 | Binding and related services | 13 |
| 182000 | Reproduction of recorded media | 4 |
What a NOGA code is, and how to find a company's code
Company counts cover the 145,068 of 782,904 active companies in the commercial register that Prospex has coded so far, from their registered purpose and website, so they are a floor. Geneva is 93% coded, because its cantonal register publishes a code per company; the other cantons 11% so far. They are Prospex's codes, not the code the BFS assigns in its business register (BUR). Codes, labels and notes: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS), NOGA 2025, through the I14Y interoperability platform and the KUBB coding tool.