1.   He lost his job when they shut the factory.

2.   They plan to shut the factory by the end of the year.

3.   Beijing authorities recently shut a factory that flourished on a military installation.

4.   Besides job reductions, Hasbro plans to shut some factories and discontinue some European toy lines.

5.   Because of a shortage of raw materials and spare parts, factories are shut down or on reduced shifts.

6.   Chrysler blamed its poor results partly on a monthlong strike that shut factories producing some of its most popular Jeeps and pickup trucks.

7.   Companies stung by the global downturn are cutting jobs and shutting factories.

8.   In Germany, Volkswagen, which in the past shut its factories for four weeks every summer, is likewise keeping them open for the first time.

9.   Moulinex, best known in the United States for its food processors and Krups coffee makers, said in April that it would shut factories and lay off workers.

10.   Schools were closed, prime cattle were slaughtered by the ton, huge factories were shut without a second thought.