Labour-intensive future

Labour-intensive future Article Type: Editorial From: Assembly Automation, Volume 31, Issue 2 Our theme for this issue is the rather all encompassing “advanced manufacturing processes” and it is interesting to consider both how manufacturing has changed in the last few decades and how it may change...

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Main Author: Loughlin, Clive
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