The Ministry of Industry ( my, ) is a

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in the

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that produces consumer products such as

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and

foodstuff Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is inge ...

textiles Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the ...

ceramics A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelain ...

paper Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses or other vegetable sources in water, draining the water through fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distributed ...

and chemical products, home utilities and

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, assorted types of

vehicles A vehicle (from la, vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo. Vehicles include wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles (motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses, mobility scooters for disabled people), railed vehicles (trains, trams), wate ...

, earth-moving equipment,

diesel engines The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is a so-calle ...

automotive parts This is a list of auto parts, mostly for vehicles using internal combustion engines which are manufactured components of automobiles: Car body and main parts Body components, including trim Doors Windows Low voltage/auxiliary ele ...

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and generators, CNC machines,

transformer A transformer is a passive component that transfers electrical energy from one electrical circuit to another circuit, or multiple circuits. A varying current in any coil of the transformer produces a varying magnetic flux in the transformer' ...

s, agricultural machines,

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and

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, etc.

History

With the aim to strengthen the organisations and effective managements of the Ministry of Industry No. 1 and Ministry of Industry No. 2, the Ministry of Industry was reorganised with the combination of those Ministries since 2 December 2011.

Policy

* Establishment of an industrialised state based on modernised agriculture, with wide development of value-added agricultural products and agro-based industries. Emphasis is also to be given to development of small and medium enterprise leading to establishment of heavy industries. * Production of import substitution products and export products promotion shall be attempted by development of small and medium enterprise leading to setting up of heavy industries. * Promotion of private sector and development of public-private partnership are prioritised and invitation for co-operation in technology transfer, production methods and investment promotion for development of industrial sector. * Efficient utilisation of available natural resources and promotion of value-added products based on locally available natural resources.

Departmental bodies

The Ministry of Industry is organised with two directorates, six enterprises and one central research and development centre as follows: * Union Ministerial Office * Directorate of Industry (DI) * Directorate of Industrial Supervision and Inspection (DISI) * No. 1 Heavy Industries Enterprise (HIE-1) * No. 2 Heavy Industries Enterprise (HIE-2) * No. 3 Heavy Industries Enterprise (HIE-3) * Textile Industries (TI) * Pharmaceutical and Foodstuff Industries (PFI) * Paper and Home Utility Industries (PHUI) * Central Research and Development Centre (CR&DC)

Directorate of Industry

The Directorate of Industry coordinates the activities of the enterprises under the ministry in accordance with the directions and guidelines of the ministry. It also negotiates with foreign and local organisations for new projects, acts as representative of ministry in the activities related to

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and international organisations. Besides, it undertakes the drafting and compilation of projects, policy and plans, financial and budget requirements, legal and personnel matters and other affairs concerning the enterprises.

Departments

The Directorate of Industry is headed by the Director General and organised with seven departments as mentioned below: * Planning Department * Law Department * International Relation Department * Finance Department * Supervision Department * Human Resource Department * Administrative Department There are six industrial training centres under the supervision of the Directorate of Industry. They are: * No. 1 Industrial Training Centre (Sinde) * No. 2 Industrial Training Centre (

Mandalay Mandalay ( or ; ) is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631km (392 miles) (Road Distance) north of Yangon, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census). Mandalay was fo ...

) * No. 3 Industrial Training Centre (Thagaya) * No. 4 Industrial Training Centre (

Pakokku Pakokku ( my, ပခုက္ကူမြို့, ) is the largest city in the Magway Region of Myanmar. It is situated about 30 km north-east of Bagan on the Irrawaddy River. It is the administration seat of Pakokku Township , Pakokku Distric ...

) * No. 5 Industrial Training Centre ( Magway) * No. 6 Industrial Training Centre (

Myingyan Myingyan (, ) is a city and district in the Mandalay Division of central Myanmar, previously, it was a district in the Meiktila Division of Upper Burma. It is currently the capital of Myingyan Township and lies along the National Highway 2. , th ...

)

No.1 Heavy Industries Enterprise

No. 1 Heavy Industries Enterprise had produced various kinds of light and heavy motor vehicles, passenger cars, truck, automotive parts, multipurpose and heavy diesel engines, earth moving equipment, construction equipment, steel billets and pig irons. On 25 January 2011, Myanmar Automobile and Diesel Engine Industries (MADI) and Myanmar Agricultural and Manufacturing Industries (MAMI) were reorganised as No. 1 General Heavy Industries Enterprise. On 4 April 2012, the name was changed to No. 1 Heavy Industries Enterprise. On 1 April 2014, No. 1 Heavy Industries Enterprise was newly reorganised with seven heavy industries as mentioned below: * No. 11 Heavy Industry (

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

) * No. 12 Heavy Industry ( Htonbo) * No. 13 Heavy Industry (Magway) * No. 14 Heavy Industry (Thagaya) * No. 15 Heavy Industry (Thagaya) * No. 1 Steel Mill (Myingyan) * No. 2 Steel Mill (Pangpet)

No. 2 Heavy Industries Enterprise

No. 2 Heavy Industries Enterprise is responsible for producing household electrical and electric goods, machine tools with CNC control such as lathe machines, milling machines, grinding machines and drilling machines, PVC wire,

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, transformers, turbines and generators, low-power

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s, high-power LEDs, solar, maintenance-free batteries, different kinds of tires for transportation vehicles, passenger cars, agricultural tractors and power tillers. In January 2011, Myanmar Machine Tools and Electrical Industries and Myanmar Tyre and Rubber Industries were reorganised as No. 2 General Heavy Industries Enterprise and the name was changed to No. 2 Heavy Industries Enterprise on 4 April 2012. The following industries are under the supervision of No. 2 Heavy Industries Enterprise: * No. 21 Heavy Industry (

Thaton Thaton (; mnw, သဓီု ) is a town in Mon State, in southern Myanmar on the Tenasserim plains. Thaton lies along the National Highway 8 and is also connected by the National Road 85. It is 230 km south east of Yangon and 70 km n ...

) * No. 22 Heavy Industry ( Belin) * No. 23 Heavy Industry (Nyang Chay Htauk) * No. 24 Heavy Industry (

Dagon Dagon ( he, דָּגוֹן, ''Dāgōn'') or Dagan ( sux, 2= dda-gan, ; phn, 𐤃𐤂𐤍, Dāgān) was a god worshipped in ancient Syria across the middle of the Euphrates, with primary temples located in Tuttul and Terqa, though many attes ...

) * No. 25 Heavy Industry (

Myaing Myaing ( ) is a town and seat of Myaing Township in the Magway Region of central Myanmar. Transport It was connected to the Myanmar Railway network in 1998. See also * Transport in Myanmar The government of Myanmar (earlier known a ...

) * No. 26 Heavy Industry (Thagaya) * No. 27 Industrial Raw Material Department ( Kyaikhto)

No. 3 Heavy Industries Enterprise

No. 3 Heavy Industries Enterprise is one of the leading manufacturers of ordinary Portland cement, refractory brick, ceramic wares, high tension ceramic insulator, float glass, agricultural machinery and equipment in Myanmar. In 1964, it was founded as the Administration of Ceramic Corporation. The name of the corporation was changed to Ceramic Industries Corporation in 1972 and Myanma Ceramic Industries in 1988. On 4 April 2012, the name was changed to No. 3 Heavy Industries Enterprise. The following industries are under the supervision of No. 3 Heavy Industries Enterprise: * No. 31 Heavy Industry (

Thayet Thayet (; pronounced ) is a capital city in Thayet District of Magway Region in central Myanmar. It is a port on the right (western) bank of the Irrawaddy River, across and just south of Allanmyo, between Pyay (Prome) and Magway. Thayet is the ...

) * No. 32 Heavy Industry (Kyangin) * No. 33 Heavy Industry (

Kyaukse Kyaukse ( my, ကျောက်ဆည် မြို့, ) is town and capital of Kyaukse District in Mandalay Region, Myanmar. Lying on the Zawgyi River, 25 miles (40 km) south of Mandalay, it is served by the Mandalay-Yangon (Rangoon) railway ...

) * No. 34 Heavy Industry ( Thayarwaddy) * No. 35 Heavy Industry (

Chauk Chauk ( my, ချောက်) is a town and river port in Magway Region, north-central Myanmar (Burma), on the Irrawaddy River. It is located across the river from Seikphyu (ဆိပ်ဖြူ) and is connected by a bridge. History In 1902, ...

) * No. 36 Heavy Industry (Kyaukse) * No. 37 Heavy Industry (Sinde) * No. 38 Heavy Industry (Malun) * No. 39 Heavy Industry (Inngone)

Textile Industries

Textile Industries (TI) has been in continuous operation since 1972, when it was established as Textile Industries Corporation. It was renamed Myanma Textile Industries (MTI) in 1989. The current name, Textile Industries, was adopted on 4 April 2012. Today, it is called Textile Industries (TI) and is operated as a manufacturer of textile products by eleven main textile factories and seven branch textile factories. TI is a leading manufacturer of textile, clothing and apparel solely for the domestic market.

Pharmaceutical and Foodstuff Industries

Myanmar Pharmaceutical Industries and Myanmar Foodstuff Industries were combined as the Pharmaceutical and Foodstuff Industries (PFI) on 1 August 2010. Head office and state-owned factories are as follows; * Head office of the Pharmaceutical and Foodstuff Industries * No. 1 Pharmaceutical Factory (Yangon) ** Hepatitis 'B' Vaccine Factory (Ywa Tha Gyi Branch) * No. 2 Pharmaceutical Factory (Inyaung) * No. 2 Plastic Factory (Kyaukse) * Horse and Sheep Breeding Farm (Yanpe)

Paper & Home Utility Industries

Paper and Home Utilities Industries is producing high grade

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(BKP), high grade paper (cultural paper,

coated paper Coated paper (also known as enamel paper, gloss paper, and thin paper) is paper that has been coated by a mixture of materials or a polymer to impart certain qualities to the paper, including weight, surface gloss, smoothness, or reduced ink absor ...

), writing and printing paper,

kraft paper Kraft paper or kraft is paper or paperboard (cardboard) produced from chemical pulp produced in the kraft process. Sack kraft paper (or just sack paper) is a porous kraft paper with high elasticity and high tear resistance, designed for packag ...

, cardboard paper, chemithermomechanical pulp (CTMP), news-print paper and

hydrogen peroxide Hydrogen peroxide is a chemical compound with the formula . In its pure form, it is a very pale blue liquid that is slightly more viscous than water. It is used as an oxidizer, bleaching agent, and antiseptic, usually as a dilute solution (3%� ...

, footwear products, plastic products, household stainless steel wares, household enamel wares, hospital used steel furniture and hospital used stainless steel wares. On 4 April 2012, Myanma Paper and Chemical Industries and Myanma Home Utility Industries were reorganised as Paper and Home Utilities Industries. The following industries are under the supervision of Paper and Home Utilities Industries: * High-grade Paper Mills (Thapaung) * Paper Mill (Yae Ni) * Bicycle Factory (Kyaukse) * Wear House Factory (Minsu) * Sewing Machine Factory (Kyaukse)

Central Research and Development Centre

The Central Research and Development Centre is involved in research and development of foods and drugs, raw materials, machinery and component parts for use by local industries. The following divisions are under the supervision of the Central Research and Development Centre: * Foods and Drugs Research Division (Yangon) * Engineering Research Division (Thagaya)

References

External links

Ministry of Industry

Directorate of Industrial Supervision and Inspection

Industrial Laws

Central Department of Small and Medium Enterprises Development
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