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Rising costs of materials, skills shortages, economic uncertainty - in turbulent times manufacturers face challenges at every turn. John Murray Brown, Midlands correspondent, reports from Birmingham, the UK's manufacturing heartland, on what companies there are doing to mitigate risk.
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