But it is also local and fragmented, with most auctions taking place either at the factory itself or in an auctioneer's warehouse.

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That includes the dingy two-story building on the edge of town that houses headquarters, factory and warehouse under one roof.

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That includes the dingy two- story building on the edge of town that has headquarters, factory and warehouse all under one roof.

FORBES: Indestructible

There, youngsters traveled hundreds of kilometers to dance all night in a field, an abandoned warehouse or a disused factory -- anywhere unlikely to attract the attention of the law.

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It also means that spare pallets take the most economical route from a retailer's loading dock back to a warehouse or factory that is shipping out goods.

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Interiors were characterized by the economical and innovative use of standard industrial products like aluminum pipe, factory lighting, and warehouse shelving with chemical and pharmaceutical glass and ceramic accessories. (You wouldn't want what your parents liked anyway.) The machine aesthetic of modernism was remade into an industrial arte povera of "found" components for the look that became known and celebrated as High Tech.

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It is still sitting in a warehouse, awaiting resolution of a land-planning dispute with the authorities over the factory location.

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Lights in the warehouse are now green fluorescents, scraps and rainwater runoff are reused, and the LEED-certified factory is aiming for zero waste.

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