EPZ

British

abbreviation

export processing zone: an industrial area containing many foreign-owned factories

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Factories like Shona EPZ have become important sources of employment, especially for young people who have struggled to find stable work in a tough economy.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

Shona EPZ does not require new employees to be skilled – the company is committed to training those it gives a job to.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

Now she lives temporarily on another man’s land and works at a factory in the EPZ.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2022

Before its closure, the EPZ refinery recycled car batteries, using chemicals to extract the lead.

From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2018

The second EPZ, called the ingestion exposure pathway zone, includes residents within a 50-mile-radius from the nuclear reactor.

From Forbes • Feb. 25, 2013

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