heavy industry

Integrated steel mill in the Netherlands. The two massive towers are blast furnaces. U. S. Steel Košice (in Slovakia) – a typical example of a heavy industry factory

Heavy industry is an industry that involves one or more characteristics such as large and heavy products; large and heavy equipment and facilities (such as heavy equipment, large machine tools, huge buildings and large-scale infrastructure); or complex or numerous processes. Because of those factors, heavy industry involves higher capital intensity than light industry does, and is also often more heavily cyclical in investment and employment.