
Manufacturing
Companies that take one or more products and create new products from them are part of the manufacturing industry. These companies may smelt ore into iron or use that iron to make machinery. Manufacturers refine petroleum, process beets into sugar, or make dog food. Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, a national trade and industry association, reported that in 2016, Alberta's major manufacturing sectors were food products (21.7%), chemical products (21.1%), and petroleum and coal products (20.3%).