Sheet metal processing companies in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, used to be held back by cutting equipment that was imprecise and inefficient. This equipment greatly hindered the ability to take on orders. The introduction of this laser cutting machine, however, really helped out. The cutting machines were small enough to fit in workshops, and the built-in process libraries meant cutting parameters could be changed easily. Workers with zero cutting machine experience could operate the machines in no time. The cutting speed increased to over twice the previous levels, and the need for grinding and other post-processing was completely eliminated. The company even began to take on large scale, custom orders for agricultural machinery and hardware. Labor and material costs were even reduced. After a single year, the amount of orders the company received even doubled, and the production line was upgraded to a version that was digital at a very low cost.