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The batteries in question are manufactured by Japan's GS Yuasa, under a subcontract to France-based Thales, Boeing said.
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The batteries in question are lithium batteries manufactured by Japan's GS Yuasa, under a subcontract to France-based Thales, Boeing said.
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They don't fabricate the lights themselves but pass the designs to a smaller manufacturer who in turn may subcontract elements of the manufacture.
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They, in turn, subcontract work to builders and engineers, who subcontract further, down to small gangs of labourers recruited by a single boss.
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Similarly, a clothing firm near Bordeaux with sales of as little as FFr40m says that it will simply subcontract 75% of its manufacturing to Tunisia and Morocco if wage costs grow any more.
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