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Three‐year payback makes installing robots all worthwhile

John Hartley (Tokyo‐based Associate Editor of The Industrial Robot)

Industrial Robot

ISSN: 0143-991x

Article publication date: 1 March 1981

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Abstract

One small Japanese company decided to make its own components instead of putting them out to subcontract using a new investment which includes 11 robots. The investment saves £1 million a year giving a payback within three years.

Citation

Hartley, J. (1981), "Three‐year payback makes installing robots all worthwhile", Industrial Robot, Vol. 8 No. 3, pp. 188-189. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb004805

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1981, MCB UP Limited

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