subassembly
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The workforce at Orion, a subassembly manufacturer that laid off half its workforce in 2020, grew by 17% in 2022 and it plans to expand by another 33% in 2023, CEO Jerry Chase said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 13, 2023
“But each subassembly is a complex project, it takes five years.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2013
First to move will be Borgward's body factory, subassembly and assembly plants.
From Time Magazine Archive
In San Diego a young war widow strings numbered wires of an electrical subassembly, attaching the end of each to its proper terminal.
From Time Magazine Archive
The speed of assembly and subassembly lines is not that pictured by Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times.
From Time Magazine Archive
The early Dreamliner delays in the late 2000s had myriad causes, especially complicated subassemblies of parts from many countries — a historic first and risk.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
Tesla is still testing various elements of the system, including the use of large front and rear subassemblies built on single-piece underbody castings, which are then joined to a central structural battery pack.
From Reuters ● May 15, 2023
“There’s ammunition, subassemblies, critical licenses, all of which would run out, and it wouldn’t be in the U.S. interest to see an Indo-Pacific partner be crippled or alienated by sanctions,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2022
Japanese and Taiwanese companies began assembling televisions in the U.S. using imported subassemblies, which weren’t restricted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2016
Work was already well along on the electronic subassemblies and the strange-looking "body" was taking shape.
From Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
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