As MA Ford in Davenport automates, workers like CNC technician Terry Osbourne are still critical to the company, company officials say. During the 1980s, Dave La Frenz saw his entire career shift with automation.
La Frenz, now owner of LaFrenz Pattern Company, was working in manufacturing when the introduction of machines changed how goods were produced.
“I’ve kind of grown with it,” La Frenz said. “When I was learning, we were all learning.”Although the machines increased output by three times more than manual labor, according to La Frenz, it reduced the number of employees by around 50%. When La Frenz started […]
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