!!!Fabrik Factory, industrial production site. Factories were built in Austria from the 18%%sup th/% century. Unlike small manufacturing factories producing hand-made articles, industrial factories were equipped with machinery and generally employed a large number of workers all working in one enterprise. The use of specialised workers, both skilled and unskilled, large-quantity output and relatively large capital investment were also characteristic of factories. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Fabrik|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]