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The distinguishing characteristic of an industrial directory is that it lists products, services and suppliers needed by industries, rather than by final consumers. These would be mainly such intermediate products as automation equipment, CNC machining, transformers, advertising novelties, engineering services, leak detectors and a large variety of others. These intermediate products are used in making consumer products, or major projects such as space and ocean going ships, public utilities, defense requirements and so on.

While a few consumer products or dual use products might be listed, the emphasis in the industrial directories is on industrial products and services needed by other industries.

The range of such products and services is huge and varied, and good industrial directories tend to be substantial repositories.

Sample Categories in an Industrial Directory

The list below, taken from a reputed industrial directory, illustrates the wide range of industrial products and industrial services.

Adhesives & Sealants: Adhesives, Pressure Sensitive Tapes, Adhesive Dispensing Equipment,…
Automation & Electronics: Automation Equipment, Printed Circuit Boards, Clean rooms,…
Chemicals: Desiccants, Corrosion Resistant Coatings, Teflon Coatings,…
Custom Manufacturing & Fabricating: Metal Fabrication, CNC Machining, Metal Stampings,…
Electrical and Power Generation: Transformers, Batteries, Magnets,…
Services: Advertising Novelties, Machinery Rebuilders, Pump Repair Services,…
Engineering & Consulting: Engineering Services, Prototypes, Exporters, Importers,…
Hardware: Fasteners, Gaskets, Bolts,…
Instruments & Controls: Laboratory Equipment & Supplies, Flow Meters, Sensors,…
Machinery, Tools & Supplies: Special & Custom Machinery, Bearings, Gears,…
Materials Handling: Material Handling Equipment, Labels, Plastic Bags,…
Metals & Metal Products: Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Wire Forms,…
Plant & Facility Equipment: Electric Heaters, Nameplates, Noise Control,…
Plastics & Rubber: Injection Molded Plastics, Extruded Plastics, Molded Rubber Goods,…
Process Equipment: Heat Exchangers, Pressure Vessels, Mixers,…
Pumps, Valves & Accessories: Ball Valves, Plastic Tubing, Pumps,…
Other: Signs, Point Of Purchase Displays, Banners,…

(Source: Thomas Register)

Other industrial directories might adopt a different scheme of categorization. With the huge range of products and services, different ways of arranging them might meet the preference of different users using them with different orientations.

Global and Regional Directories

Global industrial directories list industrial products and suppliers from all over the world. Considering that countries have different resources and cost structures, such a register could help industries find the best products suited to their requirements, and also the best bargains. For example, some countries might be rich in certain minerals and metals, and these might give them an advantage to produce certain kinds of industrial supplies. Other countries might have low labor costs enabling them to make the same products made by developed countries at lower costs.

Regional industrial directories seek to promote local industries by listing only the suppliers located in particular regions. The major objectives in these cases is industrial promotion rather than helping buyers find the best bargains.

Conclusion

An industrial directory focuses on products and services needed by industries. The range of such industrial products is huge and varied. We looked at a sample of industrial products and services in this article.

Industrial products are typically intermediate products that help produce consumer products or products such as space ships, ocean-going ships, and such non-consumer final products.

There are some reputed industrial directories that list industrial products, services and suppliers from all over the world, and other directories that focus on industries in a particular region.

If internet made the world a global village, then we might as well say that notebooks made it a global colony. With desktops, things were a click away from us; notebook shorted the distance. Now we can carry the global colony on our shoulder. High-end technology at your lap, perhaps, we need nothing to conquer the world of convergence.

The great advantage of notebooks is that it gives us a sense of portability and mobility. Looking critically, portability is the only feature, a notebook has over desktops then why do we choose to go for a notebook? Notebooks can let you carry your work conveniently and you do not have to worry about all the wires, hardware and space required to keep a desktop. Also it’s a matter of choice between work and home. You may want to work from home, when your baby or wife is ill. A notebook comes in handy then.

A notebook has a different role to play for different people, but it gives an incredible sense of freedom. Gone are the days when people walked around with pen and paper. All you need to do today to make notes it to buy a notebook. You may want to quickly write a email to a radio station, which is making noise in the name of music. You may want to sit in your neighborhood coffee shop and write a book or letter. But if you want to carry your notebook everywhere you go, you have to consider the weight of the machine too. A notebook weighs between 5 to 10 pounds; an ultralight model is even lighter. Whereas, a desktop computer, with its standalone CPU, monitor, and keyboard, weighs in at about 70 pounds. A notebook takes much lesser space too and is very convenient.

Some of the most famous notebooks are Sony Vaio, Apple MacBook, Dell Latitude, Toshiba, HP. Also there are many affordable versions of notebooks marketed by companies like Fujitsu, Panasonic, IBM, Asus and etc.

Let’s look at a scenario where at a school, students are quietly seated at their desks and working on a class assignment with no teachers to guide them. It’s real, and is happening in many schools around us. Now, we don’t have to mourn looking at our tiny ones carrying pounds of baggage in their backs. Notebook has it all, from their books to assignment copies.

When we look at the productive side of the picture, we would promptly realize that a notebook is always a wise choice for an employer too. It makes his or her employees to achieve more productivity at work. It saves critical office space. At any crucial moment, a notebook can help you to do the work, even when you are not physically present in the office. When the traffic is high, and your boss is waiting for presentation in a conference room, a notebook comes to the rescue. A desktop PC does not give all this freedom for a good worker.

A research says that employees with notebooks work more than those companies with desktop PCs. A notebook enables you to work from anywhere, while traveling, from a beauty parlor, or while waiting for someone at a shopping mall. And the only disadvantage a notebook has is its safety, unless you doubly assure it from theft. It’s easy to pick and elope for anyone at a busy commercial place. So, ensure the safety of your costly gadget that makes you feel the world is at your feet and enjoy the power of technology.