Meaning & use
production facilities
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“production facilities” is a form of “production facility”. See that entry for the full set of meanings.
Meaning
nounplural
The buildings, machines and equipment that a company uses to make goods or create products in large quantities.
Grammar: Plural form of production facility; takes a plural verb: the production facilities are modern.
Patterns
- production facilities for something
- expand production facilities
The company plans to double its production facilities in Poland next year.
Our production facilities run around the clock during the holiday season.
Inspectors visited the production facilities to check hygiene standards.
Common combinations
- expand production facilities
- The brewery borrowed money to expand its production facilities.
- modern production facilities
- Modern production facilities allowed them to cut waste by a third.
- relocate production facilities
- Several firms relocated their production facilities to cheaper regions.
- shut down production facilities
- A fire forced the firm to shut down its production facilities for a month.
- overseas production facilities
- Its overseas production facilities supply most of the European market.
Synonyms and how they differ
- factories
- Factories are buildings for manufacturing only, while production facilities can also include labs, plants, studios or workshops.
- plants
- Plants usually suggests large industrial sites such as chemical or power plants, whereas production facilities is a broader, more formal business phrase.
- manufacturing sites
- This stresses location and the making of physical goods, while production facilities may also cover food, media or software output.
Word family
- production noun
- the process of making goods
- produce verb
- to make or create something
- productive adjective
- achieving a lot
- facility noun
- a place or equipment for a purpose
Commonly confused: production facilities or productivity?
production facilities vs productivity
Productivity is how efficiently output is made; production facilities are the physical sites and equipment.
Practice
The firm announced that it would invest in new ______ to meet rising demand.
Choose one answer.
Production is the noun used as a modifier before facilities. The other options use the wrong word class or break agreement.
Make it your own
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