Industrial directory is a directory for targeted buyers of industrial manufacturers and suppliers. It consists of an elaborate list of industrial suppliers and manufacturers of products and services. This list is of goods and services are the requirement of the industries rather than the final consumers. These products such as batteries, bearings, gasket, power transmission, steel, electronics, castings, and rods are all examples of intermediated goods used by different manufacturers to produce finished goods for consumers.

Industrial directory enables manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers to easily register their company and advertise on this site appropriate to their products and services. It is more industrial oriented rather than customers based as it does not cater to the consumer market.

An industrial directory can be organized in several ways but the content is what makes it distinguishable from any other directory. Some basic categories found in an industrial directory are given below:

• Acrylic-acrylic fabricators
  
• Assembly- assembly benches, assembly line conveyors, assembly racks
  
• Batteries- lead acid batteries
  
• Bottles- plastic bottle manufacturer
  
• Castings- steel alloy castings
  
• Clips- writing clips
  
• Drilling-micro hole drilling
  
• Electronics- printed circuit board
  
• Filters-industrial water filters
  
• Gears-cluster gears, cut gears
  
• Hoppers-steel hoppers
  
• Molds-plastic forming molds
  
• Pallet handling- pallet conveyors
  
• Rods- plastic rods, nickel rods, threaded rods
  
• Valves- air compressor valves

• Up-to-date information about a wide range of suppliers from across the globe is available.
  
• Access current news on industrial product releases ranging from adhesives through waste handling equipment.
  
• Buyers can get competitive quotes on items, access to attractive equipment financing options, discounts on industry reference books, and much more.
  
• E-news letter for industrial marketers.


Global and Regional Directories

Global industrial directories list industrial products and suppliers from all across the world. As we know about the fact that different 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 a comparative advantage to produce certain kinds of industrial supplies over other countries. On the other hand, there are countries that have cheap labor enabling them to make the same products made by developed countries at lower costs. These can enable the manufactures to reap the benefits of the directory which will serve its purpose.

Conclusion

An industrial directory focuses on products and services required for industrial purpose and the range of such industrial products is extensive and diversified. Industrial products are usually intermediate products that are used for further production of consumer goods such as cars, microwave, and non-consumer final products such as trains, and cargo ships. It is vital for the manufacturers and suppliers to register in an industrial directory whether global or regional to make a stand for the company and the products.