Multinational corporations are responding to the rapid growth of China's market by building big, state-of-the-art factories in China.

American manufacturers are increasingly putting state-of-the-art factories in other countries and expanding their sales abroad.

The company said that in the second quarter alone, strikes had cost it $490 million - enough to build a new, state-of-the-art factory.

With investment of 15 million Euros this manufacturing site has become one of the world's most state-of-the-art factories for premium class instruments.

A new state-of-the-art factory was constructed in Schweinfurt, bringing development and production facilities under one roof.

By 1956 the Bialetti company had managed to construct a state-of-the-art factory in Omegna.

Instead, each company in an industry would have expertise to build a state-of-the-art "generic" factory.

Both tractors were brought into production within the newly built "moving line" construction shop, which gave Scammell a modern state-of-the-art factory.

In mid-2007 Ginetta moved to a state-of-the-art factory near Leeds, with a target to sell 200 cars a year.

The combination has already prompted American companies, particularly auto manufacturers, to put state-of-the-art factories in Mexico.