{
    "code": "2796",
    "title": "Platemaking and Related Services",
    "sic_manual": "OSHA SIC Manual",
    "level": "Industry",
    "major_group_code": "27",
    "parent_code": "279",
    "parent_title": "Service Industries for the Printing Trade",
    "plain_english_definition": "",
    "summary_plain": "",
    "official_definition": "Establishments primarily engaged in making plates for printing purposes and in related services. Also included are establishments primarily engaged in making positives or negatives from which offset lithographic plates are made. These establishments do not print from the plates which they make, but prepare them for use by others.",
    "official_source": "https://www.osha.gov/sic-manual/2796",
    "classification_note": "",
    "included_activities": [
        "Color separations for printing",
        "Electrotype plates",
        "Electrotyping for the trade",
        "Embossing plates for printing",
        "Engraving on copper, steel, wood, or rubber plates for printing"
    ],
    "excluded_activities": [
        {
            "label": "Coating, Engraving, and Allied Services, Not Elsewhere Classified",
            "code": "3479",
            "title": "Coating, Engraving, and Allied Services, Not Elsewhere Classified",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/3479/coating-engraving-allied-services"
        }
    ],
    "confused_codes": [],
    "official_siblings": [
        {
            "code": "2791",
            "title": "Typesetting",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/2791/typesetting",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "2796",
            "title": "Platemaking and Related Services",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/2796/platemaking-services",
            "label": "Industry"
        }
    ],
    "official_children": [],
    "related_naics_codes": [
        {
            "code": "323120",
            "title": "Support Activities for Printing",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/323120/support-activities-printing"
        }
    ],
    "example_companies": [
        {
            "name": "Rexnord Industries Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/rexnord-industries-inc",
            "city": "Auburn",
            "state": "AL",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Werner Electric Engraving",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/werner-electric-engraving",
            "city": "Appleton",
            "state": "WI",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "TPI",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/tpi",
            "city": "Des Moines",
            "state": "IA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "MacDermid Printing Solutions",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/macdermid-printing-solutions-1",
            "city": "San Marcos",
            "state": "CA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Matthews International",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/matthews-international",
            "city": "Pittsburgh",
            "state": "PA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Sun Chemical Corp",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/sun-chemical-corp",
            "city": "Parsippany",
            "state": "NJ",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Schawk Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/schawk-inc-6",
            "city": "Chicago",
            "state": "IL",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Flint Ink",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/flint-ink-1",
            "city": "Erlanger",
            "state": "KY",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Digital Printing And Imaging Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/digital-printing-and-imaging-inc",
            "city": "Kennesaw",
            "state": "GA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Color Tek Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/color-tek-inc",
            "city": "Saint Louis",
            "state": "MO",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Laser Dynamics Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/laser-dynamics-inc",
            "city": "Auburn Hills",
            "state": "MI",
            "reviewed": false
        }
    ],
    "company_count": 388,
    "email_contact_count": 161,
    "phone_count": 373,
    "website_count": 377,
    "database_as_of": "Nov 13, 2026",
    "count_type": "commercial",
    "count_disclaimer": "These are SICCODE.com commercial database counts, not official government establishment totals. Website-Reviewed & Enriched is a separate review of company websites for products, services, markets, and fit.",
    "canonical_url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/2796/platemaking-services",
    "json_url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/2796.json",
    "reviewed_by": "Industry Classification Review Team",
    "last_updated": "October 2026"
}