Definition of "capacity utilization" []

• The percentage of the capacity of a device or system that is being used productively. (noun)

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• "At a time when 90% of Peruvian industry was working at 40% capacity utilization and underemployment and unemployment were rife, Indemsa was working around the clock."
• "As a means of assuring sufficient raw milk supplies to allow for high capacity utilization at the Milkpak plant, agricultural extension services were provided to local dairy farmers by a specialized Danish concern that had also made a small investment 2.9% in the new company."