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There's a nice posting bunniestudios.com about how the city of Shenzhen is such a collective for electronics.

There are others. I live in an area with a lot of small companies that build complicated expensive products for small audiences. Want a croissant-baking machine? There's long institutional knowhow here.

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What would be specialized about baking a croissant? Or do you mean you put in flour and butter and croissants come out? I would pay handsomely for the second.

croissants (and any other delicate pastry) require precise humidity and temperature control for reliable results.

Think PID controllers which control the heat/humidity through the baking cycle, or, conveyer-based systems with zones of specific temperature/humidity.

In addition, very modern systems, they are using computer vision systems to dynamically analyze the baking to ensure perfect doneness.

More repeatable results with less skilled labor is less waste is more profits.

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