heavy industry
noun
: the production of goods (such as coal or steel) that are used to make other goods
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San Diego’s innovation economy is a uniquely powerful engine — one driven not by heavy industry or low-cost labor, but by something much harder to replicate: talent, innovation and global collaboration.
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Kevin Carroll, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
The Realpolitik driving the Trump administration’s trade and tariff posturing is informed by a containment doctrine to mitigate the propensity for Chinese manufacturing and exports to undercut U.S. and North American heavy industry.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
As these stresses multiply, they’ll be layered onto a landscape already dotted with sites where heavy industry and major traffic create concentrations of emissions.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
The firm, which manages about $4 billion, sits at the intersection of digital transformation and heavy industry—think transportation, manufacturing, and logistics and supply chain.
—Nick Rockel, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
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Kevin Carroll, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
The Realpolitik driving the Trump administration’s trade and tariff posturing is informed by a containment doctrine to mitigate the propensity for Chinese manufacturing and exports to undercut U.S. and North American heavy industry.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
As these stresses multiply, they’ll be layered onto a landscape already dotted with sites where heavy industry and major traffic create concentrations of emissions.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
The firm, which manages about $4 billion, sits at the intersection of digital transformation and heavy industry—think transportation, manufacturing, and logistics and supply chain.
—Nick Rockel, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Heavy industry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20industry. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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