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Article: Made-to-measure: CogniTens has developed an effective method for automated measurement but the breakthrough only came when it decided to focus on the automobile industry.
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- Globes
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- October 25, 2006
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Byline: Gali Weinreb
Oct. 25--In recent years, the automobile industry has gone into a tailspin. The market demands a never-ending stream of new models and the competition is phenomenal. A new model in this industry usually records 80 percent of its revenue in the first eighteen months on the market, after which it already looks outdated. This situation creates tremendous pressure on vehicle manufacturers to shorten the process from drawing board design to presentation to three years, while adhering to ever stricter standards of safety, reliability and pollution control. It is no wonder, therefore, that the pressure on vehicle designers, assembly line builders and workers ...