Statistical Classification of Economic Activities NACE Rev. 2.0

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.
This division also includes:
- the reproduction of recorded media (e.g. compact discs, video recordings, software on discs or tapes, records)
This division excludes:
- publishing activities, see section J
- manufacture of products with a 3D printer, which are classified according to the product and material used

This division includes the provision of professional, scientific and technical services (except legal and accounting activities; architecture and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis; management and management consultancy activities; research and development; and advertising activities).

This division includes security-related services:
- investigation services in private, commercial, corporate, insurance and criminal law for the exercise of rights in court
- guard and patrol services
- picking up and delivering money, receipts or other valuable items, with personnel and equipment to protect such properties while in transit
- security system services and the operation of electronic security alarm systems (e.g. burglar and fire alarms), as well as remote monitoring and video surveillance systems services, where the activity focuses on remote monitoring these systems, but often also involves sale, installation and repair services
This division also includes:
- security services related to the prevention and safety of people at public events and premises open to the public
- security services providing armoured car services
This division excludes:
- information technology security activities, see division 62