Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It's coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly.

In the digital age of "overnight" success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.

Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.

Emerging markets are hugely important.

Far too few designers put any thought into usability, ending up with a great product that's completely inaccessible.

I just think things should work properly.

Everybody recognizes that if you can make very efficient electric motors, you can make a quantum leap forward.