A robot machine is seen at ROLEC Gehause-Systeme in Rinteln, Germany on October 6, 2023. Courtesy of Matthias Rose/Handout via REUTERS
BERLIN (Reuters) - At machine parts producer S&D Blech, the head of the grinding unit is retiring. With Germany's acute labour shortage leaving few candidates to take on the skilled but dirty and hazardous manual work, the company will replace him with a robot.
Other small and medium-sized companies are also turning to automation as the gradual exit from the workplace of Germany's post-war "baby boom" generation tightens the labour squeeze.
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