Foundry (disambiguation)
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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, 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
- Semiconductor fabrication plant, where semiconductors are made based upon designs of other companies
Other
- 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
- Foundry (bar), a bar in Shoreditch
- Foundry Networks, a U.S. Ethernet switch and router manufacturer
- Wargames Foundry, a games company created by Bryan Ansell
- Foundry, a fictional planet in the Star Wars franchise
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