1. Objective: Regional investment - precision smelting of steel, microfusion of aluminium, mechanisation and fasteners

2. The Second World War and the mechanisation of agriculture caused a rapid fall in breed numbers.

3. In the years before and after the Second World War the progressive mechanisation of agriculture meant that demand for draught oxen disappeared.

4. I believe that, with a healthy dose of business acumen, the companies are capable of absorbing these blows. The mechanisation and automation of post-handling services are a case in point.