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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
light industry
noun
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▪ About 80 per-cent of farmworkers were women, he said, and over 90 percent of workers in light industry.
▪ Chester, in particular, is making loud noises about converting some of its greenbelt for housing and light industry.
▪ Now it is a prosperous place, making its living from light industry and the visitors who come to tour the battlefields.
▪ Out of this there soon came the normal development of light industry.
▪ These communities have an average population of between 200 and 700 and an economic base of agriculture plus some light industry.
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light industry

n. Any industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery

Wikipedia
Light industry

Light industry is industry that is usually less capital-intensive than heavy industry, and is more consumer-oriented than business-oriented (i.e., most light industry products are produced for end users rather than as intermediates for use by other industries). Light industry facilities typically have less environmental impact than those associated with heavy industry, and zoning laws are more likely to permit light industry near residential areas. It is the production of small consumer goods.

One economic definition states that light industry is a " manufacturing activity that uses moderate amounts of partially processed materials to produce items of relatively high value per unit weight".

Examples of light industries include the manufacturing of clothes, shoes, furniture, consumer electronics and home appliances. Conversely, industries such as shipbuilding would fall under heavy industry.

Usage examples of "light industry".

It was one of twelve identical workshops in a two-story block designed to accommodate light industry.

He reaffirmed the appointment and minutes later drove into an area of new light industry.

You do the interior refurbishment and start the cycle of light industry up here which can make the shipments to and from the planet profitable.

Now the emphasis had shifted to light industry-electronics and robotics, computer generation and the like.

Chiddy mentioned that there were also three other occupied planets in the system, one very warm and fertile farm planet in the next orbit toward the sun, one completely domed laboratory and light industry planet so far from the sun the atmosphere was frozen, and one dead rock planet, even farther out, on which all system heavy industry and asteroid smelters were located.

The city ended quickly, commerce giving way to light industry giving way to a few wealthy houses on large lots, to scattered farms, to a quick rise in elevation.