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Heavy industry does not have a single fixed meaning as compared to light industry. Light industry is usually less Capital intensive than Heavy industry, and is more Consumer -oriented than Business -oriented (i In general, it is a popular term used within the name of many Japanese and Korean firms, meaning 'construction' for big projects. Example projects include the construction of large buildings, chemical plants, the H-IIA rocket and also includes the production of construction equipment such as cranes and bulldozers. Alternatively, heavy industry projects can be generalized as more capital intensive or as requiring greater or more advanced resources, facilities or management.

Heavy industry in law and government

Heavy industry is often defined by governments and planners in terms of its impacts on the environment. These definitions concentrate on the seriousness of any capital investment required to begin production or of the ecological effect of its associated resource gathering practices and by-products. Ecology (from Greek grc οἶκος oikos, "house(hold" and grc -λογία -logia) is the scientific study of In these senses, the semiconductor industry is regarded as "heavier" than the consumer electronics industry even though microchips are much more expensive by weight than the products they control. Semiconductor device fabrication is the process used to create chips the Integrated circuits that are present in everyday Electrical and electronic Consumer electronics include electronic equipment intended for everyday use Microchipsjpg|right|thumb|200px|Microchips ( EPROM memory with a transparent window showing the integrated circuit inside

Heavy industry is also sometimes a special designation in local zoning laws. Zoning is a term used in Urban planning for a system of land-use Regulation in various parts of the world including North America the United Kingdom

Many pollution control laws are based on heavy industry, since heavy industry is usually blamed for pollution more than any other economic activity, rightly or not. Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability disorder harm or discomfort to the physical systems or living organisms they are in

Heavy industry in firm names

Many conglomerates in Japan (keiretsu) and South Korea (chaebol), call divisions or companies responsible for capital-intensive manufacturing (shipbuilding, mining, industrial machinery) their "heavy industry" group. A conglomerate is a large Company that consists of seemingly unrelated Business sections For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. A is a set of companies with interlocking Business relationships and shareholdings. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Chaebol (alternatively Jaebol, Jaebeol) refers to a South Korean form of business conglomerate.

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heavy industry

-noun

  1. production of products which are either heavy in weight or in the processes leading to their production
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