"industry base" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You could use it when referring to the foundation of a specific industry, for example: "The city has a strong aviation industry base."
It's about creating a dynamic and broad industry base.
Sustaining a naval shipbuilding industry would require "a continuous build strategy" and matching the industry base structure to demand.
"What's happened in this business cycle is very similar to what happened on Long Island in the late 1980's and early 1990's, when we lost much of our defense industry base," Dr. Kamer said.
In 1936 the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society building at Market Street and 12th Street became the first modern office tower, anchoring the center of Philadelphia around North Broad Street and 15th Street as the city's economy shifted from a manufacturing base to a service industry base.
After 30 years of development, Pu Town has developed into an important textile industry base in the Yangtze River Delta.
City 8 has a relatively high capital stock and low population and its textile industry base does not yield very high expected urban income, nevertheless it attracts immigration.
Today Gori has an important food-preserving industry, based on locally grown fruit and vegetables, and an important textile industry, based largely on cotton from Azerbaijan.
"Bollywood" is the term for the film industry based in Mumbai.
The government is almost creating a whole new industry based on businesses appealing valuations," he says.
In the hedge fund industry based in London's Mayfair, that prospect has profit potential.
One outlet for all this power is industry, based round its huge natural gas reserves.
