After the change of regime in 1990, the industry nearly collapsed and many people lost their jobs.

The industry that held most of America's home mortgages on its books was collapsing.

Communism has gone in eastern Germany and the industries it built have collapsed.

The whole industry collapsed during the panic on the stock exchange in 1893.

The industry finally collapsed in 1920 due to a wide variety of financial and agriculture problems.

I f you cut it to 10 or 12 as suggested the whole industry could collapse.

The economy of the area was fragile, and most industry in the area had collapsed by 1900.

Today, the industry has collapsed and has just 880 workers.

The industry had effectively collapsed by the early 1960s.

Some herds were set free when the industry collapsed in the 1920s.