Factory
This article is about manufacturing plants. For Andy Warhol's 1960s studio, see The Factory. For the 1980s British record label, see Factory Records. A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is a large industrial building where workers manufacture goods. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production. Archetypally, factories gather and concentrate resources -- workers, capital and plant.
Word usageBefore becoming associated with large-scale manufacturing, the term factory might refer to:
a foreign-based trading station. Proto-colonies in West Africa and India often featured such factories. China also had factories, or warehouses, run by factors. These were restricted to a special area in Canton from 1760 until 1842 under the Canton System. the activity of factors (mercantile agents). The Oxford English Dictionary traces the use of factory as a manufacturing site, plant or works back as far as 1618.
This article is about manufacturing plants. For Andy Warhol's 1960s studio, see The Factory. For the 1980s British record label, see Factory Records. A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is a large industrial building where workers manufacture goods. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production. Archetypally, factories gather and concentrate resources -- workers, capital and plant.
Word usageBefore becoming associated with large-scale manufacturing, the term factory might refer to:
a foreign-based trading station. Proto-colonies in West Africa and India often featured such factories. China also had factories, or warehouses, run by factors. These were restricted to a special area in Canton from 1760 until 1842 under the Canton System. the activity of factors (mercantile agents). The Oxford English Dictionary traces the use of factory as a manufacturing site, plant or works back as far as 1618.
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