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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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General Motors has had to cancel production at its factories that make its highly profitable and popular heavy-duty pickups and large SUVs as a result of Hurricane Helene, the Detroit Free Press learned late Thursday.
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Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
The work stoppage had threatened to disrupt supply chains, causing shortages of some consumer goods and supplies needed to keep US factories running.
—Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Toray, which produces everything from yarns to finished products, is also working to streamline its production facilities for more flexible factories and shorten lead time throughout its supply chain.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 3 Oct. 2024
The Southern Taiwan Science Park, home to one of chipmaker TSMC’s main factories, said operations were continuing as normal.
—Reuters, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
That’s because the vast majority of US toilet paper comes from domestic factories.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
The overwhelming majority — more than 90% by some estimates — of US toilet paper consumption comes from domestic factories.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
In factories, automation and robotics are most often used to take over dark, dirty, dangerous, and repetitive work—freeing up humans to be retrained and upskilled for better, higher paying jobs.
—Ethan Karp, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Between 1970 and 2019, the Clean Air Act reduced air pollution from vehicles, factories, and other sources by 77%.
—Margo T. Oge, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
The work stoppage had threatened to disrupt supply chains, causing shortages of some consumer goods and supplies needed to keep US factories running.
—Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Toray, which produces everything from yarns to finished products, is also working to streamline its production facilities for more flexible factories and shorten lead time throughout its supply chain.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 3 Oct. 2024
The Southern Taiwan Science Park, home to one of chipmaker TSMC’s main factories, said operations were continuing as normal.
—Reuters, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
That’s because the vast majority of US toilet paper comes from domestic factories.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
The overwhelming majority — more than 90% by some estimates — of US toilet paper consumption comes from domestic factories.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
In factories, automation and robotics are most often used to take over dark, dirty, dangerous, and repetitive work—freeing up humans to be retrained and upskilled for better, higher paying jobs.
—Ethan Karp, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Between 1970 and 2019, the Clean Air Act reduced air pollution from vehicles, factories, and other sources by 77%.
—Margo T. Oge, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Factories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factories. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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