The next phase was to bring the factory under control, so that it could be switched on at will, and thus act only where and when needed.

ECONOMIST: Drug delivery

Once it leaves the factory the company has no control over how it's used.

BBC: News Online

Last year, Mr Smith managed to retain control of the factory under an arrangement he reached with a group of creditors, who were suing him in a multi-million dollar fraud case.

BBC: Unions not told of job losses

If it's cheaper to control methane by fixing a pig farm than by squeezing the last gram of pollution out of a German chemical factory, let the factory pay the pig farmer to control methane.

FORBES: When Pigs Fly

Mr Szeles was given control of the management of the factory in 1997, a year before he bought it.

ECONOMIST: Falling to earth

Police and soldiers were deployed to keep the situation under control as thousands of anxious relatives of factory employees gathered at the scene.

BBC: Dhaka Bangladesh clothes factory fire kills more than 100

It was not immediately clear what caused the fire, which began soon after the factory workers went home for the day and took three hours to bring under control.

NPR: Bangladesh Fire Kills 8 As Collapse Toll Hits 930

Cadbury had planned to close the factory and shift production to Poland, but Kraft said it would be saved under their control.

BBC: Cadbury grandson's sadness over Kraft takeover

Since Mercedes took back control of the Sprinter division, these vehicles have been flying out of the factory here in Ladson, South Carolina.

NPR: More Bumps In The Road For GM, Chrysler And Ford

Worldwide, Dell has five control centers to answer distress signals, including one in Xiamen where Dell built its first Chinese factory in 1998.

FORBES: The Second Coming