It could also help with the design and assembly of exotic new materials and of molecular-scale machines.
It comes after US authorities started a joint review with Boeing of the plane's manufacturing, design and assembly.
The North Wales factory that makes Airbus wings is rated as the firm's best site, and will retain wing design and final assembly.
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Japan had pushed product design and the assembly-line genius of Henry Ford to new heights, which let it scale up volume and push down the price of Old Economy products.
In addition to the continuing review of the aircraft's design, manufacture and assembly, the agency also will validate that 787 batteries and the battery system on the aircraft are in compliance with the special condition the agency issued as part of the aircraft's certification.
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The Federal Aviation Administration, which is responsible for air safety, launched a comprehensive examination on Friday of the Dreamliner's design as well as its manufacture and assembly.
Marks realized that tech companies would pay for design, logistics and distribution as well as assembly, so over the years he acquired companies in those areas.
He realized tech firms would pay for design, logistics and distribution, as well as assembly, so he acquired companies in those businesses.
Favoured firms will be invited to follow the car makers as they expand into new markets, such as China, India or Brazil, setting up parts plants in the shadow of the new assembly lines, and taking over design work too.
Keynote scores for the ease of its drag-and-drop assembly and its context-sensitive Inspector tool, which will be familiar to users of design products from Adobe (nasdaq: ADBE - news - people ) for controlling the attributes of each element.
Advances in the life sciences means it is now possible to design DNA on a computer screen and send the DNA code to a "bio printer" for assembly.
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