Solar Frontier, a Japanese company that is part of oil company Showa Shell, built a 900-megawatt factory and began shipment from there in early 2011.

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The first factory is scheduled to be completed and start shipment within 12 months.

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He has not forgotten that in 2002 a port strike on the West Coast delayed the shipment of important tools needed at a factory in Ohio for the launch of the Honda Element.

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He announces the shipment of a 65-inch LC-TV model, alongside plans to open a second Kameyama factory capable of producing 8 45-inch screens out of a single piece of glass.

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