And it has considerable stocks of cars to plug any gap in production one potential upside of that overcapacity.
But without an additional order of five more C-17s for the American armed forces in 2011, there would be a gap in production.
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Car makers are betting that mass production will help them close the gap after 2004.
Mass production will eliminate some of that gap, but not all of it.
Currently, production does not meet the demand of the industry, and the projections for production versus demand indicate that this gap will continue to widen going into 2020.
This may result in a gap in transmission of knowledge regarding the production of costumes, instruments, interior decorations and particular dishes associated with the event - intangible heritage that may not outlast the present generation of residents.
Chinese production will fill much of any global aluminum output gap, but support nevertheless will come from a lack of cheap energy and environmental and political issues, including the time it takes to build a smelter in Western nations, Vazquez said.
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For example, when the B-1A program was restarted to produce the B-1B, the per unit cost of the B-1B was three-times higher than the B-1A. Importantly, the B-1B was a modification (albeit a significant one) of the A-model and a gap of just 18 months occurred in the production line.
Despite the usual cold sweats foreigners have about India (nightmarish red tape, a cultural gap), Chinese executives agree that more local production will take place.
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An ultimate peak in oil production is an inevitable consequence of a finite resource, and the gap will be sharply enlarged when it transpires.
That gap cannot be closed quickly, since the oil-production business has long lead times and any new oil will take a couple of years at least to come on stream.
Certain manufacturers such as GE, Emerson and NCR have said they will bring some outsourced production back to America, but that will do little to close the gap.
It is predicted that in 2012, Chinese domestic consumption of REs will match domestic production, and this year will see a peak in availability and a demand-supply gap emerging on the world markets.
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Together the two companies teamed up to create the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, inviting other major brands, such as Levi Strauss, Nike, Gap and Adidas to join them in crafting clear, quantifiable standards for environmentally responsible clothing production.
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