The second industrial revolution was driven by Ford, and others, who created mass production and moving assembly lines.

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Both councils say there is no appetite for the cities to merge, but the notion of a south east Wales city region, driven by Cardiff but including Newport, was proposed by an expert panel reporting to the assembly last July.

BBC: Cardiff

Both councils say there is no appetite to merge, but the notion of a south east Wales city region, driven by Cardiff but including Newport, was recently proposed by an expert panel reporting to the assembly.

BBC: Sir Terry Matthews

Because computer-driven machines cut most of the standardized parts and joints, "we're free to be inefficient in assembly and finishing work, where the craft is most obviously expressed, " says Moser, who spends most of his time designing at the workbench.

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