Contract manufacturers, aka job shops, are the heart and soul of US manufacturing. Their survival and success are imperative.
With a shortage of young workers willing and able to do today’s factory jobs, manufacturers are taking steps to retain the older workforce already punching in.
In the 1955 short story “Autofac,” Philip K. Dick envisioned a world dominated by self-replicating robots that work incessantly, eventually depleting the planet’s resources.
Despite the availability of spindle rebuilders nationwide, not every firm provides the same level of quality.
