Contents
Benefiting from
engineering
professionalism
NEWS
Four
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N
ot all electronic products away
are created equal. At one the unnecessary global trade that
end of the scale are high was only ever there due to a
volume, low value, short life seemingly endless pit of ‘false’
goods, often driven by fashion. money and millions of people
The other end of the scale is the lacking the financial skills required
complete reverse, one-off to stop them spending it.
PRINTING AND
products costing thousands and Rising from this mess will be a
DISPENSING
designed to last for decades. It is new generation of consumers that
products from the latter category I treat money with respect and
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tend to see as I walk UK spend it wisely on products and
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production lines. services that represents best value
In a horrific example of ‘what for money. There is that word
goes around, comes around’ I’m again: value. I believe UK
rather glad UK manufacturing manufacturing industry is well
industry has spend the last 20-years positioned to weather this storm
replacing lines of low skilled labour and prosper in the calm. I just feel
SOLDERING assembling cheap toys, with
sorry for the sectors that lack our
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robots and skilled manufacturing engineering professionalism.
engineers producing power
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station control circuits and flight
computers. Why, because life is
about adding maximum value via
minimum people.
The new world economy won’t
TEST AND
take any prisoners. It will strip JON BARRETT - EDITOR
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