A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.
The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding.
A plant that produces chips out of semiconductors in the microelectronics industry.
The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.