INDUSTRY ON PARADE RECOVERY FROM FLOODING SYNTHETICS COMPUTERS & AUTOMATION 65504a

This is a black and white video produced by the National Association of Manufacturers. It is about how the manufacturing industry survives crisis. Opens with an aerial view of a factory that has been flooded, :43. The flood affects all industry. Trains underwater and transportation bought to a standstill, :58. Natural disasters are only one of the many crises industry must deal with to stay in business, 1:38. Another crises industry must face are the ups and downs of government contracts, 1:53. Airline parts factories offset risk by producing cans for the civilian market in downtimes, 2:40. Diversification is another way to protect your business, shipbuilders who make freezers and ship parts can also make kitchen cabinets and other appliances, 3:41. Another challenge is a change of management or ownership, 4:00. While smooth ownership transition can happen, sometimes business faces huge estate taxes after the death of an owner and the business must be sold. The march of technological progress can also bring problems, 4:36. In this case, innovation may be the best answer, 5:12. The synthetics industry was able to innovate saving jobs, 5:41. Treating wool products to hold a crease through intense experimentation, 6:40. Experiments in wool led them to be able to be washed and treated at home, 3:20. Factory with workers experimenting with automation and computers, 7:25. Automation shortens hours and increases productivity, 8:26. Management plans to meet the heavy demands of labor, 9:25. Factory that made hems for ladies skirts innovated to make weather stripping for cars, 10:00. Obsolescence of old products must be met with innovation of new products, 10:24. Hog bristles cut off by China in making paintbrushes for one firm they now use synthetics, 10:42. Taconite is being refined to extract the valuable iron it contains, 11:18. Rocky mountain mine protects us against losing our resources for steel and refines Molybdenum, 12:24. Planning and innovation will let industry forge ahead, 12:22. Builder of a better tomorrow, 13:10.

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