industrial complexes
Large production facilities
Industrial complexes are large clusters of related industries, facilities, and infrastructure concentrated in a geographic area or unified by shared purpose.
A steel mill, its suppliers, and supporting operations form an industrial complex.
The term often carries political weight: the military-industrial complex describes the entanglement of defense contractors, armed forces, and government—suggesting mutual interests that perpetuate military spending.
Similar formations name other powerful institutional alliances: prison-industrial complex, pharmaceutical-industrial complex.
- worksFunctions or labors
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
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