manufacturing plants

Industrial production buildings

Manufacturing plants are facilities where raw materials are processed or assembled into finished goods on a large scale.

The term covers everything from automobile factories to food processing centers to semiconductor fabrication facilities.

The company operates manufacturing plants in three countries.

The old manufacturing plant was converted into luxury lofts.

Opposites
economic function in supply chain

manufacturing plantsretail stores

Consumer-facing sales establishments

retail outlets · shopping centers · points of sale · showrooms · marketplaces

economic sector

manufacturing plantscorporate headquarters

Firm's primary administrative location

call centers · consulting firms · financial institutions · hospitals · office buildings

resource extraction vs. transformation

manufacturing plantsmines

Ore extraction sites

quarries · oil wells · logging operations · farms · drilling platforms

Family

plant, factory, manufacture, manufactory

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G