factory shutdown
Manufacturing facility closing
A factory shutdown is the temporary or permanent closure of a manufacturing facility.
Shutdowns may result from economic downturns, labor disputes, equipment failures, or scheduled maintenance.
The factory shutdown left hundreds without work.
A temporary shutdown for retooling differs significantly from a permanent closure that eliminates jobs entirely.
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- plant closingPermanent factory cessation
- layoffTermination without cause
- mass layoffLarge-scale employee termination
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
out of work · idle · mothballed · downsizing · workers · picket · severance · machinery · assembly · production · halt · ceased · lockout · skeleton crew · recession · outsourcing · bankruptcy · automation
- business failurebankruptcy court, insolvency, liquidation, closure, collapse
- cutbackscutback, cutbacks, decrease, layoff, reduction
- economic downturnsrecession, deflation, economic collapse, market decline, depression
- economic eventsjob loss, layoffs, inflation, recession, boom
- restructuringrestructuring, reorganization, consolidation, turnaround, Chapter 11