In addition, Lockheed has also indicated that it will offer manufacture of major components, maintenance work and engine assembly of the F-35 to Japanese firms.

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These were followed, more recently, by technologies of prosperity like the steam engine, the assembly line, and complex systems of communication, power and finance.

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He also got a peek at the NASA engine shop, shuttle landing facility and control tower, vehicle assembly building, and mobile launch platforms, as well as several other difficult-to-remember locales.

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Folz says that he sees "perhaps better immediate opportunities" in Latin America (Argentina and Brazil in particular), Eastern Europe (Poland and Turkey) and China, where Peugeot has a joint venture with Dong Feng Motors (an auto assembly plant that can turn out 150, 000 vehicles a year plus an engine and gearbox factory).

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