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Light industryPost war England was seen as the heyday of mass production in England. Light industry assemblers fit components and parts together to make products in a range of industries, including furniture making, automotive supplies and textiles.Typical duties include:working on an assembly line, for example?fixing microchips, connectors?and other parts onto printed circuit boards (PCBs) for electronic consumer goods following set instructions, putting together parts in the right sequence reporting problems in the?assembly process?to line managers keeping administrative records up to date carrying out simple quality checks. Assemblers use a range of tools in their work, which vary depending on their sector. These can include screwdrivers, pliers, tweezers, drills and soldering irons. They sometimes use magnifiers for very detailed work.ExamplesAfter the Second World War Ford’s UK operation set the pace for the UK auto-industry and Dagenham products included models such as the Zephyr, Cortina and (until production of Ford’s smaller saloons transferred to Halewood), the Anglia. The 1950s was a decade of expansion: a ?75 million plant redevelopment completed in 1959 increased floor space by 50% and doubled production capacity. This went hand in hand with the concentration in-house of car body assembly, following the acquisition in 1953 of the company's principal UK body supplier, Briggs Motor Bodies. This plant employed many women to stitch the car interiors at a nearby location. In October 1948 the American-owned Hoover Company opened a large washing machine factory and depot in Merthyr Tydfil, a few miles south of the town. The factory was purpose-built to manufacture the Hoover Electric Washing Machine, and at one point Hoover was the largest employer in the borough. This factory provided many working opportunities to women including motor assembly and rotor assembly. ................
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