manufacturer

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

manufacturer
    n 1: a business engaged in manufacturing some product [syn:
         {manufacturer}, {maker}, {manufacturing business}]
    2: someone who manufactures something [syn: {manufacturer},
       {producer}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Manufacturer \Man`u*fac"tur*er\, n.
   One who manufactures.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

51 Moby Thesaurus words for "manufacturer":
      ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, author,
      begetter, beginner, builder, conceiver, constructor, craftsman,
      creator, designer, deviser, discoverer, effector, engenderer,
      engineer, executor, executrix, fabricator, father, founder,
      generator, grower, inaugurator, industrialist, initiator,
      instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, maker,
      master, master craftsman, mother, organizer, originator,
      past master, planner, precursor, prime mover, producer, raiser,
      realizer, shaper, sire, smith, wright