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His view of British subcontracting is that the prospects are bright provided that firms do not try to compete for orders involving large batches of simple parts, such as those traditionally made on cam auto's or conventional multi's.

An advantage that UK subcontractors have over foreign competitors is the trend towards ever smaller batches, whereas having parts made in India or China requires large runs for them to be economical.

While Qualiturn typically produces batches in the region of 15,000-off, orders for 50-off are not infrequent; quantities that are far too small to have machined overseas.

Other work that is relatively safe is the production of components to tight tolerances; for example, a recent order for 5,000-off components stipulated that + 6 microns, - 0, be held on a 5mm turned diameter.

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