What does 🏭 Factory mean?
An industrial building with smokestacks. It stands for factories, manufacturing, production lines and industrial jobs, and also for pollution and emissions in climate discussions. People use it humorously for anything churning out lots of output, like a meme factory or a Sunday meal prep marathon. Workers sometimes send it to say they are heading to the plant for a shift.
🏭 Factory is an emoji from the Travel & Places category (buildings), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Example messages
🏭 Factory on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Factory looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Factory emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🏭 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :factory:.
When was the Factory emoji added?
🏭 Factory was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🏭 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Factory. The underlying code (U+1F3ED) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.