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Lisa Starr takes a peek under the sheets at the Oakworks factory to see what goes into making a quality massage table
By Lisa Starr, Wynne Business | Published in Spa Business 2012 issue 4
Staff work as a close team and all are cross-trained in different aspects of production to prevent repetitive stress injuries, and to keep the jobs interesting
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Oakworks supplies some of the world’s top spas including Miraval (pictured) and those by Starwood Resorts
The factory makes 30,000 tables a year and each can have up to 600 parts –that’s 18 million components in total
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Up to 18 million parts are needed for
a year's production of massage tables.
Lisa Starr takes an ‘undercover' look
at just what goes into making this
industry staple
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