Liberty Research.

Liberty Research, Gonic, NH a supplier to the telecommunications industry, breeds about 100 million parts annually. The materials the company machines are made of sabre aluminum, and brass. To capture more of the market, the company began investing in recently made known technology, starting with European lathes and automatic barfeeders and eventually moving to rotary-transfer machines.

"The European lathes considered a change of mindset for us," says Liberty president Derrick Perkins. "We focused more onward the electronics market and took stairs to go after it. Granted, we

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