The engineering skills of the men attracted manufacturers of parts for motor cars.

The islands used that tool mostly to attract manufacturers, hotel operators and tourism businesses.

The zones were set up in recent decades with tax breaks and other incentives to create jobs by attracting international manufacturers.

But water and sewage lines need upgrading, at an estimated cost of more than $10 million, before the town can attract new manufacturers.

He said the hope was to attract proven manufacturers to move things along quickly.

Hearst's gold mine, Cosmopolitan, is looking to attract manufacturers of things other than beauty and fashion products.

The biotechnology initiative has already attracted big-name manufacturers and research talent.

Japan will increasingly use its aid, he said, as seed money to attract Japanese manufacturers or other industrial concerns with an attractive investment environment.

The series becomes phenomenally popular, and attracts numerous domestic manufacturers.

The council wants to attract small manufacturers to the old industrial area that extends north from the harbor.