Ibiden Company Ltd, Ogaki, Japan

The visit to the Ibiden Company in Ogaki gave me the opportunity to see at first hand a part of the industry which has participated in the technological and economic miracle of post‐war Japan. It was a chance, too, to see something of the far‐reaching differences in working attitudes and methods which have no doubt contributed to this spectacular success, which has placed Japanese technological exports in a leading position in virtually every part of the world.