Foundry (disambiguation)

A foundry is an industrial plant for producing certain kinds of product. The term originally referred to a metal works where metal casting operations are performed (see: foundry), but has been extended by association to various other kinds of large scale or heavy duty manufacturing facility.

Manufacturing:

• Type foundry, a type of company that produces and/or distributes typefaces
  • The Foundry (type foundry), a type foundry called The Foundry
• Semiconductor fabrication plant, where semiconductors are made based upon designs of other companies

Other:

• Technology Foundry, an emerging model of creating and funding technology companies that focuses on developing idea and entrepreneurs internally and then funding these companies.
• The Foundry (United States region), the industrial core of North America as identified by Joel Garreau
• The Foundry Visionmongers, a London-based VFX software house known for developing high-end visual effects applications and plug-ins such as the NUKE video compositor
• the Foundry, a bar in Shoreditch
• Foundry Networks, a U.S. ethernet switch and router manufacturer
• Foundry Miniatures
• Foundry, a fictional planet in the Star Wars franchise
• WorldPress Foundry, a website production solution in the UK that makes low cost sites using WordPress as the initial mold, then publishes a small html site as the final product