Floor Planning

Author Alan Richter

Published

March 01, 2006 - 11:00am

A flexible and reconfigurable machine tool is used during assembly of aerospace parts.

Author

Alan Richter

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Alan holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Including his 20 years at CTE, Alan has more than 30 years of trade journalism experience.

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