0 a building or set of buildings where large amounts of goods are made using machines:
1 a building or buildings where people use machines to produce goods:
She worked in a factory that produced air conditioners.
2 a building or set of buildings in which machines are used to produce large amounts of manufactured goods:
The factory supplies electrical components for cars.
The report is highly critical of safety standards at the factory.
The closure of the Manchester printing factory is the company's biggest single cutback so far.
People who work with furnaces in a steel factory need to wear protective clothing.
The company plans to shut down four factories and cut 10 000 jobs.
The pollbooks provide an essential perspective for this and all other aspects of factory politics.
In fact, although the discipline he imposed in his factory was a severe one, it was born of a desire to improve his workmen's lot.
However, it's possible to develop embedded intelligence and control for the smallest factory floor devices.
