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 | Assembly in Action: Automation Improves Efficiency, Ergonomics
A little over 300 years ago—in 1689 to be precise—King Charles XI of Sweden decreed that a weapons factory be built in the town of Huskvarna. A few decades later, some of the artisans work-ing there switched from crafting firearms to making a peaceful precision product—sewing machines.
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Editorial: At a Crossroad?
At press time, American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. (Detroit) remains locked in a month—plus long strike with the United Auto Workers union over proposed pay cuts.
by Don Hegland
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