| Vocabulary |
Explanation |
Example |
| A factory / a plant |
A place where large amounts of goods are manufactured. |
My father has a car factory last 20 years. |
| A manufacturer |
Someone who produces goods in large numbers, usually with the help of machines. |
The company was a major manufacturer for all kinds of goods. |
| An industrialist |
A person heading a large industrial setup or an employee holding a prominent position in an industry. |
The industrialist owned all the steel mills in town. |
| Automation |
The use of machines that enables to eliminate manual work and reduce headcount. |
The factory’s automation of producing electronics has reduced the need for employees. |
| A company / a firm / a business |
An organization that sells goods or services in order to make money / revenue. |
He works for a software company. / A business that makes software. |
| Corporate life |
People working in an organization aiming towards achieving professional growth and success. |
The corporate life in this massive company keeps its employees happy enabling the company to be the earth’s most customer centric company. |
| Consumer goods |
Products that people buy for their own use. |
Prices of consumer goods rose by 2.5% last year. |
| Efficiency |
The good use of time and energy in a way that increases productivity of workers. |
What is so impressive about their country is the efficiency of the public services. |
| The output |
An amount of something produced by a person, machine, factory, country… |
Last year manufacturing output fell by 14%. |
| Smokestack industry |
A traditional industry that produces large machines or materials used in other industries and creates pollution in doing so. |
There’s been a steady decline in smokestack industries such as shipbuilding and steel. |
| A smokestack |
A tall, vertical pipe that takes smoke or steam into the air from an engine driven by steam or from a factory. |
The old factory’s smokestacks are crumbling, and many of the windows are shattered. |
| Handling |
The art of holding or managing things. |
The vase was subjected to rough handling by the removal men and suffered a few defects. |
| Tooling |
A set of equipment used for a particular purpose. |
The factory needs to invest in expensive new tooling to produce the new design. |
| Maintenance |
The work needed to keep objects or materials such as roads, buildings or machines in good condition. |
Old houses need a lot of maintenance. |
| A nuclear power plant |
Is a facility for the production of electricity using nuclear energy. |
A nuclear power plant consists of nuclear reactor fuel, control rods, moderators, pressure vessels, coolant and containment. |
| Raw material |
Any material, such as oil, cotton, or sugar in its natural condition, before it has been processed for use. |
The cost of raw materials was going up because of their growing lack. |
| A release |
In the context of a factory, a release is normally referred to the ouster of waste products from the machines. |
The area around the factory is also polluted due to the excessive waste released by the machines. |
| A skilled worker |
Someone who possesses the required abilities to finish a task. |
A company is obliged to keep all the skilled workers if it wants to succeed. |
| Spare parts |
An extra piece that can be used to replace a piece that breaks, especially in a machine. |
Hopefully they kept spare parts of the machine and now they can fix it faster. |
| A store floor / a workshop |
A place where people work on machines or the space in a retail establishment where goods are sold to consumers. |
The impact of the energy saving has been somewhat reduced by the increase in store floor area dedicated to fresh product. |
| A supplier / a provider |
A company, person or a group of people that provides things that people want or need, especially over a long period of time. |
They used to be a leading supplier of military equipment. |
| The construction industry |
An industry responsible for building up a city for example, houses, apartments, bridges, etc. |
The construction industry increases a lot the revenues of the country. |
| The motor industry |
An industry responsible for manufacturing vehicles for example cars. |
The Japanese motor industry is one of the most prominent and largest industries in the world. |
| The oil industry |
An industry that produces and delivers oil and oil products. |
The oil industries in Italy and other southern countries are the biggest in Europe. |
| The shipping industry |
An industry which is responsible for the transport of cargo as a business, especially on ships. |
Since the financial crisis, the shipping industry has been squeezed on both the supply and demand sides. |
