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Since the re-unification in 1991, small and medium enterprises in the New Bundeslaender in Germany have undergone a painful process of organisational restructuring to find a position on the German and European market. The government has understood the importance of preserving traditional regional structures and has implemented funding programs to support an economic and technological re-organisation.
The paper describes a case study of introducing robot-based arc welding and cutting equipment to a small metal-working factory and discusses some methodological aspects of upgrading from handcraft manufacturing to high level automation for small enterprises.
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Schreck, G., Landvogt, W. (1996). Introduction of Robot Technology into a small Enterprise. In: Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Afsarmanesh, H. (eds) Balanced Automation Systems II. BASYS 1996. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35065-3_30
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