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PUBLICATIONS

Precision Engineering/Precision Optics in Japan:  Status, Technology and Culture

Published

Author(s)

Christopher J. Evans

Abstract

Precision engineering and precision optics are commercially and strategically important enabling technologies. The character of precision engineering research and development in Japan is different from that in the U.S. and Europe; these differences are the focus of this report.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 5491
Report Number
5491
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs
Manufacturing and Metrology

Citation

Evans, C. (1994), Precision Engineering/Precision Optics in Japan:  Status, Technology and Culture, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed November 3, 2025)

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Created January 1, 1994, Updated February 19, 2017
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