One Man’s Insider View Of Machine Tool History
"The American Machine Tool Industry—Its History, Growth & Decline" is Albert B. Albrecht's personal interpretation of how machine tool building has faired as an industry in the last half of the 20th century and early years of the 21st.
"The American Machine Tool Industry—Its History, Growth & Decline" is Albert B. Albrecht's personal interpretation of how machine tool building has faired as an industry in the last half of the 20th century and early years of the 21st. Mr. Albrecht's association with the industry as an engineer, business manager and company owner covers almost 60 years. Much of this career was spent in a period that he calls the "Golden Years," which he dates from 1948 to 1998.
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