By 2005 all manufacturing of VAX computers had ceased, but old systems remain in widespread use.
Heavy manufacturing ceased there more than 20 years ago, but Somerset Development has managed to fully lease the space for warehouse and office use.
Its manufacturing ceased in France during the late 1960s.
Finally, the transition from an industrial to an information society does not mean manufacturing will cease to exist or become unimportant.
In 2006 manufacturing of trucks ceased completely.
Times changed, and manufacturing at the 55-acre mill ceased in 1989.
However, its resources were expended quickly, and by the end of the last century, most manufacturing and refining on the planet had ceased.
When manufacturing of a piece never ceases, the new versions by the original manufacturer may be referred to as "continuous production."
Because of its long decline, manufacturing has ceased to be thought of as a reliable underpinning.
Post-consumerism can also be viewed as moving beyond the current model of addictive consumerism, rather than suggesting that all manufacturing should cease.