He says his company can compete because of speed of delivery, superior engineering skills making tailor-made products and high precision equipment.

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Last year he approached Safreno, whose company, Trust Automation, builds high-precision robotic equipment.

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Deutschmarks, yen and dollars spent to procure sophisticated equipment like high precision machine tools is hard currency not available to buy technology appropriate to meeting the highest economic priority satisfying domestic consumer demands.

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