assembly plant - a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product

auto factory, automobile factory, car factory - a factory where automobiles are manufactured

cannery - a factory where food is canned

chemical plant - an industrial plant where chemicals are produced

closed-circuit television - a television system that is not used for broadcasting but is connected by cables to designated monitors (as in a factory or theater)

conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyor, conveyer, transporter - a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory)

foundry, metalworks - factory where metal castings are produced

lumbermill, sawmill - a mill for dressing logs and lumber

paper mill - a mill where paper is manufactured

industrial plant, plant, works - buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"

assembly line, production line, line - mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it

shop floor - workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines; "the productive work is done on the shop floor"

stamp mill, stamping mill - a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps

steel factory, steel mill, steel plant, steelworks - a factory where steel is made

sweatshop - factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry

textile mill - a factory for making textiles

uptime - a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use