That's where the culture shock came in. 
In the early seventies many of those companies were between 15 and 20 years behind the technology curve employed in that same field in Switzerland. There was also a distinct difference between those companies and e.g. Husky Injection Molding Systems, Linamar and Magna International (to name just three examples in alphabetical order).
Some consider me spoiled, I call it lucky because there are instances when the "Country of Origin" can make a big difference.