facility where goods are industrially made, or processed


A factory in the Netherlands

People who work in factories are losing their jobs because machines can do their work more easily. (Automation) Now some factories are lights-out, which means they can run without any workers.[1]

Factories during the Industrial Revolution had horrible working conditions.[2]


  1. "Lights-Out Manufacturing: Factory & Machining Automation". Redshift EN. 2015-12-03. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  2. "Working Conditions in Factories (Issue) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-05-20.

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