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AN IDEA FACTORY

lobex Engineering is an Auckland product-engineering consultancy that productionizes all kinds of gadgets. While the small workshop had the 3D printers, oscilloscopes, and the like for the smaller items it prototyped, when it came to the bigger stuff, such as a vandal-proof pedestal for outdoor digital screens, principal Craig Shannon had to cast about for workshops that could cut,

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