The laborious work of the skilled gunsmith was replaced by factory processes.

She rose quickly to executive director of manufacturing engineering, developing factory processes and machinery.

In the first season, the factory processed 18,900 tons of sugar beets into 1523 tons of sugar.

In the 1906 season, the three factories processed 200,000 tons of sugar beets into 23,500 tons of sugar, with $300,000 in net profits.

Moreover, many of the industrial corporations are themselves major energy producers as in a number of factories process wastes are used as fuels.