manufacturing
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Qantas launches Chongqing cargo service
Qantas Freight Enterprises’ first scheduled freighter service linking Australia to the Chinese electronics manufacturing hub of Chongqing.
25 April 2012
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China will be biggest manufacturer in 2011
The US is poised to lose its 110-year run as the world's largest manufacturing nation by output, in 2011 to China, according to IHS Global Insight figures released recently. The US created 19.9 per cent of world manufacturing output last year, comp…
30 June 2010
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Goodrich inks two JVs in China with Xi’an
Goodrich Corporation and Xi’an Aircraft International Corporation (XAIC) have signed agreements to form two 50-50 joint venture companies – between XAIC and each of Goodrich Landing Gear and Goodrich Aerostructures – to support landing gear an…
01 September 2009
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China's manufacturing gains strength
The China Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), seen as a bellwether of manufacturing activity in the country, rose to 53.5 in April from 52.4 in March, according to Reuters. This is the second straight month the index has finished in excess of 50, which…
04 May 2009
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AVIC launches commercial engine company
China moved closer to its stated ambition of manufacturing a large commercial passenger aircraft with Aviation Industries of China's (AVIC), launch of its commercial engine company in Shanghai recently. AVIC President Lin Zuoming said the new ventu…
22 January 2009
