Microelectronics and the Engineering Industry The Need for Skills

Monograph on the impact of microelectronics on the engineering industrial sector in the UK, with particular reference to labour demand and skill requirements - considers development of automatic control devices and of industrial robots in the machinery industry and in metalworking industry (welding), and examines competitiveness and microelectronics application trends in the motor vehicle industry, agricultural equipment, telecommunications, office automation and word processing, etc. References and statistical tables.