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I would imagine there will still be a sizable number of jobs outside of Voestalpine group from contractors/companies maintaining machinery and transport compani

I would imagine there will still be a sizable number of jobs outside of Voestalpine group from contractors/companies maintaining machinery and transport companies. Will be interesting the long term impacts as well on the local communities in a country like Austria.

ramy_d 9y ago
Don't know about that, 3 of the 14 employees monitor the plant, the rest: The other employees maintain equipment or retool the plant for various wire gauges—hundreds of variations ranging from 4.5 millimeters to 60 millimeters.
- mpalmes 9y ago
  Good point, that takes care of maintenance. Definitely a small/efficient workforce for the amount of output.
  - ramy_d 9y ago
    I mean, to what extent of maintenance are they talking about? At some point, someone has to fix the machines that fix the machines, right?
    - joss82 9y ago
      And who said maintenance can't be automated?
      - ramy_d 9y ago
        and why not! it's just another thing we think we're uniquely good at :p