as in mills
a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods
the new factory will create hundreds of much-needed jobs
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Recent Examples of factories
The company plans to use Rainbow Robotics’ collaborative robots in its own factories.
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2025
After the United States put hefty tariffs on Chinese solar panels, for example, many Chinese companies opened solar factories in Southeast Asia.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
In Myanmar’s borderlands, criminal networks that unite Chinese kingpins with ethnic warlords are kidnapping people from all over the globe to toil in factories that scam people online.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Chinese bicycle factories moved their final manufacturing and assembly operations out of China, setting up new facilities in Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia and India.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Its server chips lag far behind Nvidia’s, and the company has also lost market share to longtime rival Advanced Micro Devices while spending heavily on new factories.
—Ari Levy,kif Leswing, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
His administration said the measures would force companies to set up factories in the United States.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Automation and advanced technologies will play a critical role in bridging these gaps, enabling factories to operate more efficiently and with higher productivity.
—Steven Dudash, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
These profits spurred an arms race in AI infrastructure, with companies constructing enormous factories and data centers—which in turn drew criticism from environmentalists about their energy consumption.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 30 Dec. 2024
Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2025
After the United States put hefty tariffs on Chinese solar panels, for example, many Chinese companies opened solar factories in Southeast Asia.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
In Myanmar’s borderlands, criminal networks that unite Chinese kingpins with ethnic warlords are kidnapping people from all over the globe to toil in factories that scam people online.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Chinese bicycle factories moved their final manufacturing and assembly operations out of China, setting up new facilities in Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia and India.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Its server chips lag far behind Nvidia’s, and the company has also lost market share to longtime rival Advanced Micro Devices while spending heavily on new factories.
—Ari Levy,kif Leswing, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
His administration said the measures would force companies to set up factories in the United States.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Automation and advanced technologies will play a critical role in bridging these gaps, enabling factories to operate more efficiently and with higher productivity.
—Steven Dudash, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
These profits spurred an arms race in AI infrastructure, with companies constructing enormous factories and data centers—which in turn drew criticism from environmentalists about their energy consumption.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Factories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factories. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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