growth industries
wachsende Industrien (spez. Computerteile, Equipment für Telekommunikation)
Industry (uncountable)
is the production of materials and goods (related adjective: industrial)
An industry (countable)
particular type of business activity --> not necessarily production
Services or service industries
catering -> restaurants, bars computer software -> programs for computers financial services -> banking, insurance health care -> medical care leisure -> sport, theme parks media -> books, newspaper, film , television property (BE), real estate (AE) -> buying, selling and managing buildings retail -> shops telecommunications -> phone, internet services tourism -> travel and holidays
Manufacturing industries
"Herstellende Industrien" aerospace -> planes, space vehicles cars (BE), automobiles (AE) -> cars computer hardware -> computer printers construction -> buildings defence (BE), defense (AE) --> arms, weapons food processing -> canned, frozen foods household goods -> washing machine, refrigerators pharmaceuticals -> medicines steel -> a stronger, more useful metal than iron textiles -> cloth, clothes