Different Types of IndustryHeavy Industry – In these types of industries the resource

materials and the products being made are big and heavy. Iron and steel making is an example of a heavy industry.

Light Industry – In these types of industries the products being made are small and light. Electronic products and healthcare products are examples.

Multi-national Corporations (MNC’s) – These types of companies make their products in many different countries. Examples include Coca Cola, Microsoft and Nike.

Heavy and Light Industries in Ireland

Heavy Light

Irish Cement Limited

Location: Platin, Co. Louth

It is an example of a MNC

PC Pro

Location: Togher, Co. Cork

It is located in an industrial estate

Study Note!

At this point you should be able to describe the difference between a heavy and a light industry.

You should also be able to give an Irish example of each type of industry

Where should I build my Factory?

NearbyNearbyMarketsMarkets

Labour SupplyLabour Supply

EnergyEnergySourcesSources

LocationLocationFactorsFactors

RawRawMaterialMaterial

AvailableAvailableLandLand

GovernmentGovernmentMoneyMoney

Factors affecting the location of Industry

ResourceMaterials

Markets

TransportFacilities

Labour

Services

Capital

Government/EU Policy

Preferred placeOf theOwner

LocationFactors

How do these things influence where factories are built?

Resource Materials: Theseare the raw materials or

semifinished products that thefactory needs to make

things.

If the resource materials arebig and heavy, the factory

willneed to be built close to theresource materials.

If not it would be too difficultand expensive to move theresource materials to thefactory.

How do these things influence where factories are built?

2. Markets: Access to markets means being close to the places whereyou are going to sell your products and the customers who are going

tobuy them. The closer you are the less transport costs you will have topay to distribute your goods. Therefore you can do it faster andcheaper.

3. Transport Facilities: All factories need to transport their finishedproducts to their customers. If the products are to be sold in the

samecountry then good road or rail transport is required. If the company isexporting their products they will need to be close to the airport or aport.

Can you think of the different ways goods are transported?

How are Goods Transported?

How do these things influence where factories are built?

4. Labour: Labour meansthe workforce.

All factories need workers and so

the factory must be built wherethere are enough workers.

Some factories require lowskilled workers.

Other companies may requirehighly skilled universitygraduates to work in theirfactories. For example, Intel.

How do these things influence where factories are built?

5. Services: Services means having things like electricity, water, sewagetreatment, telephone, and broadband internet access. Most companies

need good quality services and so they set up only were these things are available.

How do these things influence where factories are built?

6. Capital: Capital means the money the company needs to set uptheir factory. They may need to get investment from banks to help

withthese costs.

How do these things influence where factories are built?7. Government/EU Policy:Governments do many things toencourage companies to set up intheir country.

The Irish government gives grants to

companies who set up here. We also

have a low corporate tax rate. They

may also build factories for thecompanies and pay money towardstraining workers.

Q. How has membership of the EU helped Ireland attract companies to set up here.

How do these things influence where factories are built?

8. Preferences of Business person/local communities:

Some people may set up a factory in an area where they like or were

they come from.

Local people often are happy when companies set up in their areabecause it provides jobs.

However, other people may not want factories because it increases the

traffic and the number of trucks on the road. It may also cause noise,

visual, and air pollution.

Have you ever heard the word before?

Can you take a guess??

Footloose Industry

In the past industries could only set up in places where there was lots of coal available. This is because coal was the main source of energy at the time.

Coal was used in the production of Iron and Steel, and it was also used to create steam to power the spinning machines to make textiles.

These days many manufacturing industries can set up in many different locations. They are not tied to one place and so they are called Footloose Industries.

Footloose Industries usually locate in industrial estates or business parks close to large cities. Examples include Citywest, Park West, and Grange Castle.

Footloose Industry

Footloose Industries usually locate in industrial estates or business parks.

Industrial InertiaThis is when an industry does not move to a

new location even when changing locational factors suggest that it should do so.

Study Note!At this point you should be able to describe some features that affect the location of material

You should also be familiar with some of the features that affected the location of PC Pro and Irish Cement Limited (the information for this is in your books on pg. 308/309 and also on the handout I gave you in class).

You should also be able to describe what a footloose industry and industrial inertia mean