The companies are also struggling to obtain key components, like computer chips, from suppliers whose factories were also affected.

这些工厂还得依赖于那些同样受到地震影响的工厂那里获得一些关键零部件，比如电脑芯片。

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China has provided economic support key to keeping the dismal economy afloat, and has built roads, Bridges, airport facilities, power stations, factories and telecommunications networks.

中国为缅甸提供经济援助，使他们糟糕的经济不至于跌入深谷，中国帮助缅甸兴建公路、桥梁、飞机场设施，电站，工厂，电讯系统。

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He pays more than some other factories in the area, but he says the key is to keep his workers happy.

比起当地其他一些工厂，他给员工的薪水算多的。但是他说，关键是要保持员工的满意度。

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In addition, those subsidiaries are key players in the supply chain for factories in Japan.

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Many key electronic component factories and design centers serving the memory and digital storage industry are located near high risk area for earthquakes and other natural disasters.

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The realization that building more factories, a key strategy for First Solar and its competitors for over five years, had become a really bad idea prompted the company to decide roughly a year ago to spend more money on research, said CEO Jim Hughes during the analyst day.

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