Economically, the Swedish approach is so much faster, and less labor intensive too; given enough volume it's advantages are self-evident if labor and electricity costs are roughly the same.
We know this because of what eventually happened to British ship building in the 60's to 80's; British ship building was very labor intensive and staunchly anti-automation because of the militant union movements in the UK at the time. Competition from Sweden, Korea and Japan wiped them out, after 150 years of global dominance.
We know this because of what eventually happened to British ship building in the 60's to 80's; British ship building was very labor intensive and staunchly anti-automation because of the militant union movements in the UK at the time. Competition from Sweden, Korea and Japan wiped them out, after 150 years of global dominance.