New trend in the caramics industry: Market-oriented development partnerships between manufacturers and their suppliers

摘要

Munich, Germany-Increasingly, manufacturers, and tieir suppliers are working hand in hand in the development of new products. These development partnerships are aimed at meeting as closely as possible the tastes of the end consumer, and therefore successfully placing the resulting product on the market. In practice it is often the wishes of potential customers as regards design which determine the development of new machine systems of manufacturing processes.