During the 19th and early 20th centuries, Springfield was known worldwide for its precision manufacturing and as "a beehive of diversified production."

The precision manufacturing adds to the unit's cost, which is higher than other dowelling jigs.

Major industries include food processing, electronics and precision manufacturing.

DRC responded with new lines of business and expertise, including software development, logistics, and precision manufacturing.

It requires high precision manufacturing of the bearing surfaces to prevent binding, and the bearings may jam if exposed to lunar dust.

The Energy Department has identified 39 technological innovations applicable to precision manufacturing that have been kept out of private hands, Mr. Miller said.

Leading sectors of the university in generating external support are advanced materials, marine sciences, climate change, environmental studies, forestry, precision manufacturing, and aquaculture.

These were already relics of an earlier age but did not require high precision manufacturing as did turbines.

The city's economy is built upon precision manufacturing, a field in which the German and other immigrants brought skills as well as Mitteleuropean work habits with them.

The Cadillac's biggest selling point was precision manufacturing, and therefore, reliability; it was simply a better-made vehicle than its competitors.