Gibbs grew up near Alvin, Tex. in Amoco company housing on the Hastings oilfield, where his dad was a production engineer.

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Peter Tothill, a former production engineer at the plant from 1950 to 1982, who died earlier this year, said he had seen big differences between the Mini he helped to develop and the modern Mini.

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It takes a certain amount of time for companies to make decisions and re-engineer a product, in this case auto catalysts, and put them into production.

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At the Rice Research Institute in Gilan, I met Mr Rezai, an irrigation engineer who believes it is essential to look at the wider picture if the rice farmers are to sustain production.

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"A leading engineer and manufacturer of high-quality, flexible pipeline products for oil and gas transportation in the susbsea production industry, " Wellstream's acquisition demonstrates a double interest by GE to both tap the deepwater drilling business and enter one of the world's most dynamic economies in the sector, Brazil.

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