capital to set up a ceramics factory
They had to close the factory down in the recession.
The factory closed down ten years ago.
a worker on the factory floor
the factory farming of beef, pork and chicken
He works in a shoe factory.
• The owner wouldn't comment on the factory's future.
• the textile factories of Catalonia
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She works in a car factory.
a cigarette/clothing/textile, etc.factory »The textile factory used to be the biggest employer in town.
»Factory workers staged a walk-out last week in a dispute over pay.
»You can order your goods direct from the factory.
factory workers - промышленные рабочие
factory committee - фабрично-заводской комитет
factory overhead - эк. общезаводские накладные расходы
factory test - заводское испытание
factory waste - промышленные отходы
on the factory floor - на производстве, непосредственно на предприятии
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a boiler factory - амер. шумное сборище, галдёж, гвалтhome-run factory - амер. спорт. жарг. бейсбольная команда, одерживающая одну победу за другой
factory and shop lumber — столярный пиломатериал
fishing factory ship — рыбопромысловая плавучая база
floating whale factory — китобойная база
powered factory truck — <industr.> автокар, автотележка
shore-based fish factory — береговой завод по обработке рыбы
whaling factory ship — китобойная плавучая база
to open [close\] a factory — открыть [закрыть\] фабрику
to manage a factory — управлять фабрикой
clothing [furniture\] factory — швейная [мебельная\] фабрика