当西部电气工程研究中心(ERO)建造在新泽西州普林斯顿郊外一所小农舍的时候,它就是世界上第一个专门致力于制造技术的实验室。该中心的研究人员一开始就从事对现有制造过程改进的研究和寻求最佳的产品制造技术。 When the Western Electric Engineering Research Center (ERO) built a small farmhouse on the outskirts of Princeton, New Jersey, it was the first laboratory in the world dedicated to manufacturing technology. Researchers at the center were initially engaged in research into the improvement of existing manufacturing processes and sought the best product manufacturing technology.