During an Amada-sponsored tour, we found both in abundance. The Japanese word "monozukuri" loosely translates into English as "production." In fact, a closer approximation to its meaning is "craftsmanship." We heard "monozukuri" more than once during a September technology and cultural trip to Japan, hosted by Amada Co., Ltd. Begun as a machine-repair business in 1946 (see Amada Museum sidebar for more), the company has grown to provide sheetmetal-processing systems worldwide through manufacturing locations in its home base of Japan as well as the United States, France, China, Germany and Taiwan.
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