Class · NACE Rev. 2.1

32.50 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies

active

Includes

manufacture of surgical drapes and sterile yarns/tissue
manufacture of dental fillings and cements (except denture adhesives), dental wax and other dental plaster preparations
manufacture of bone reconstruction cements
manufacture of dental laboratory furnaces
manufacture of laboratory ultrasonic cleaning machinery
manufacture of medical, surgical or laboratory sterilisers
manufacture of laboratory-type centrifuges
manufacture of medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture, e.g.:
- operating tables
- examination tables
- hospital beds with mechanical fittings
- dentist chairs
manufacture of articles specially designed for use exclusively in implants in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences (e.g. plates which remain permanently in the body (e.g. to replace part or the whole of a bone))
manufacture of syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae, etc.
manufacture of dental instruments and appliances
manufacture of artificial teeth and dental fittings
manufacture of orthopaedic and prosthetic devices
manufacture of glass eyes
manufacture of medical thermometers
manufacture of ophthalmic goods, eyeglasses, sunglasses, lenses ground to prescription, contact lenses, safety goggles
manufacture of made-to-measure orthopaedic footwear and special insoles for correcting orthopaedic conditions
manufacture of individual protective masks (e.g. FFP2, FFP3, surgical masks)

manufacture of special series-produced shoes supporting the arch of the foot, see 15.20
manufacture of denture fixative pastes and powders, see 20.42
manufacture of wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances), see 21.20
manufacture of electromedical and electrotherapeutic apparatus, see 26.60
manufacture of hearing aids, see 26.60
manufacture of wheelchairs, see 30.92
retail sale of corrective glasses, lenses and sunglasses, see 47.74

Per the official Eurostat correspondence table (NACE Rev. 2 → NACE Rev. 2.1):

NACE Rev. 2 origin	Heading (Rev. 2)	Mapping	Type
32.50	Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies	NACE Rev. 2 class 32.50 is mapped to NACE Rev. 2.1 classes 26.60, 32.50	11:11
32.99	Other manufacturing n.e.c.	NACE Rev. 2 class 32.99 is mapped to NACE Rev. 2.1 classes 32.50, 32.99	11:11

Content moved from 32.50 includes:

manufacture of dental fillings and cements (except denture adhesives), dental wax and other dental plaster preparations
manufacture of bone reconstruction cements
manufacture of dental laboratory furnaces
manufacture of laboratory ultrasonic cleaning machinery
manufacture of medical, surgical or laboratory sterilisers
manufacture of laboratory type centrifuges
manufacture of medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture, e.g.: â€¢ operating tables â€¢ examination tables â€¢ hospital beds with mechanical fittings â€¢ dentist chairs
manufacture of articles specially designed for use exclusively in implants in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, e.g. plates, which remain permanently in the body, for example, to replace part or the whole of a bone
manufacture of syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae, etc.
manufacture of dental instruments and appliances
manufacture of artificial teeth and dental fittings
manufacture of orthopaedic and prosthetic devices
manufacture of glass eyes
manufacture of medical thermometers
manufacture of ophthalmic goods, eyeglasses, sunglasses, lenses ground to prescription, contact lenses, safety goggles
manufacture of measure orthopaedic footwear and special insoles for correcting orthopaedic conditions

Content moved from 32.99 includes:

Code	32.50
Level	Class
Parent	32.5
Classification	NACE Rev. 2.1
Legal basis	Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/137
Source	Eurostat (ShowVoc dissemination platform)
Data checked	2026-07-20