Activists blame the high levels of toxic smog on clusters of factories and coal-fired power plants near the city, with Greenpeace Indonesia saying there were 10 such power plants within a 100-kilometer (62 miles) radius.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-08-indonesia-capital-pollution-spike-due.html

After years of viral restrictions and a recent wave of infections disrupted business, owners and managers of China’s factories, which produce nearly a third of the world’s manufactured goods, aim to restore normalcy.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news-asia/china-reports-spike-in-critical-covid-cases-during-the-holiday-season/

And check out the labour conditions in the Chinese factories where US companies produce your cellphones and similar gadgets.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/russia-shows-north-korea%27s-kim-hypersonic-missiles-and-strategic-bombers

A Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) covering the euro zone as a whole showed manufacturing activity contracted in July at the fastest pace since COVID was cementing its grip on the world as demand slumped despite factories cutting their prices sharply.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/asias-factory-activity-shrinks-as-chinas-slump-global-slowdown-weigh/article_60474980-dc85-52b4-ad89-ece555e2d5bc.html

As all factories in Russia were owned by the government, it was their policy that set the standard for matzah production.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/judaism/jewish-columns/the-yahrzeit-of-the-rebbes-father/2023/07/28/

A similar failure occurred in the backup function, which led to a halt of operations at its factories, it said.

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/09/06/toyota-production-malfunctions/

A strike at one of the factories was always front page news as it impacted so many Oxfordshire families.

Source: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23610454.car-workers-cowley-plant-went-strike-pay/?ref=rss

At their centre is the proposal Starmer outlined in September 2021 to borrow £28 billion a year till 2030 to help pay for measures to decarbonise the economy—subsidising wind farms, home insulation, battery factories, but also nuclear power.

Source: https://socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callinicos/labour-sells-out-before-its-in-office/

“At the macro level, the government is supposed to be deriving a lot of benefits in the area of trade and we should be moving towards a CKD arrangement but we are going back to where we started; many factories have shut down.

Source: https://newtelegraphng.com/analysts-why-investors-wont-take-new-auto-policy-seriously/

At the turn of the twentieth century, there were more than a dozen macaroni factories, several Italian bakeries, and a multitude of importers and small grocers in the neighborhood.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2023/03/31/in-praise-of-the-muffuletta-a-classic-new-orleans-sandwich.html

'Barilla Australia imports the majority of its pasta and pasta sauces directly from its Italian factories.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11724603/Coles-Woolworths-food-shortages-Warning-issued-Aussies.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

"Both our pig factories have functioned at reduced capacity and probably the biggest effect has been in the red meat sector.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-67308446?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

But such projects would face an additional hurdle without Buy America waivers, veterans of the transportation industry say — because no domestic factories are capable of building specialized rail cars that can travel at those kinds of speeds.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/28/buy-america-high-speed-trains-00097776

But watching, I remember Dambo saying he could drive down any interstate and find mountains of old and rotting pallets behind all the factories because we are geniuses at producing new materials but disasters at reusing them.

Source: https://observer.com/2023/09/danish-recycling-activist-thomas-dambos-surprising-forest-art/

Coventry was decimated by bombing during the Second World War, mainly due to the large numbers of factories near the city and its proximity to the coast.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11825575/Buried-Blitz-Grandparents-discover-hidden-time-capsule-WW2-bunker.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Demand fell sharply even though sinking input costs – which fell at the fastest pace since mid-2009 due to increased competition among suppliers – allowed factories to slash their charges.

Source: https://business.inquirer.net/413479/euro-zone-factory-july-activity-fell-at-fastest-pace-since-onset-of-covid-pmi

Detective Constable Jon Edwards said: “We work hard to shut down cannabis factories, but we can’t be everywhere and rely on people in our communities to be our eyes and ears and report any suspicious activity.

Source: https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/crime/suspended-sentence-for-man-found-with-ps90000-of-cannabis-in-cambridgeshire-home-4068318

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit’s three automakers have laid off roughly 4,800 workers at factories that are not among the plants that have been hit by the United Auto Workers strikes, which have lasted for nearly four weeks.

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5543657/detroit-automakers-and-union-leaders-spar-over-4800-layoffs-at-non-striking-factories/

For the final product to meet industry standards, factories usually add freshly mined materials to each batch to turn it into an alloy.

Source: https://qz.com/fero-labs-ai-steel-recycling-carbon-emissions-1850961339

Foxconn already has multiple factories in both India and Vietnam, but none of those can start producing iPhones on a large scale right away.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4588945-apple-fundamentally-still-strong?source=feed_all_articles