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  The Metalworking Industry, excluding artisan enterprises, consists of 60,000 companies which employ 1,600,000 people. On average each industry employs 27 people, demonstrating a strong presence of small-medium enterprises.    
       
  98.3% of companies in the industry have less than 200 employees, and employ 58.9% of the total work force.    
   
       
COMPANIES AND EMPLOYEES IN THE METALWORKING INDUSTRY
Size of
Companies
Companies
number    %
Employees
number    %
Up to 10 34.411 57,4 112.496 7,0
10 - 19 10.977 18,3 151.763 9,4
20 - 49 8.942 14,9 276.465 17,0
50 - 99 3.143 5,3 216.616 13,3
100 - 199 1.456 2,4 198.893 12,2
200 - 249 225 0,4 49.981 3,1
250 - 499 450 0,8 152.995 9,4
500 - 1.000 168 0,3 114.502 7,0
1.000 or more 122 0,2 350.950 21,6
TOTAL 59.894 100,0 1.624.661 100,0
Source: ISTAT
     

   
  More than 37% of companies in the metalworking industry belong to the "manufacture and processing of metal products" sector which employs 23.5% of the total number of workers. The largest sector with 31%, in terms of employment, is the "mechanical machinery and equipment manufacture", which is, at the same time, the second one in terms of companies.    
       
  Employment in the metalworking industry represents 9% of overall employment of the economy and 40% of employment in the manufacturing industry.    
       
  60% of metalworking employees are factory workers, 40% are office workers    
       
  Women make up 19% of the total workforce in the industry.    
   
     
COMPANIES AND EMPLOYEES IN THE METALWORKING INDUSTRY
Sectors Companies
number    %
Employees
number    %
Basic metals 2.017 3,3 128.850 7,9
Metal products 22.195 37,1 382.033 23,5
Mechanical equipment 17.717 29,6 503.674 31,0
Machinary and computers 983 1,6 16.455 1,0
Electrical equipment 6.881 11,5 159.821 9,9
Radio, tv and communications equipment 2.256 3,8 91.480 5,6
Medical, precision and optical instruments, watches and clocks 4.248 7,1 83.085 5,1
Motor vehicles 1.750 2,9 174.008 10,7
Other transport equipment 1.847 3,1 85.255 5,3
  59.894 100,0 1.624.661 100,0
Artisanal enterprises are not included
Source: ISTAT
     
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