How can Osborne reintroduce the manufacturing infrastructure, that Thatcher destroyed during the 1980s?

With the advanced manufacturing infrastructure and fast transportation link, Ma'anshan has received much investment in many industries.

The company designs liquid crystal displays (LCDs) that can be largely manufactured using the existing manufacturing infrastructure for conventional LCDs.

After the war the manufacturing infrastructure remained intact, so production could start up again for the new owners.

And Philips had a ready-made distribution system and manufacturing infrastructure.

Others worry about the enormous complexity of retrofitting the nation's 176,000 filling stations with hydrogen, not to mention tearing up the car industry's manufacturing infrastructure.

Mr. Cape said Chiroscience had the drug development and manufacturing infrastructure that Darwin lacked, but did not have the research capabilities of Darwin.

But China's current manufacturing infrastructure is well behind their ability to utilize these newest technologies.

What is different today, he said, is that a high-growth consumer market has emerged, supported by a global manufacturing infrastructure.

The Bush Administration remains oblivious to the devastation of our most important manufacturing infrastructure.