1.   Ministers will push the case for opening the plant.

2.   And Seagate, an American maker of hard-disk drives, is planning to open a plant here.

3.   Before Motorola could open a plant to make cellular phones and beepers in Tianjin, the American company needed approval of government officials in Beijing.

4.   Calvet also hinted the company would soon reach an agreement to open a plant in Brazil.

5.   Earlier this year, Eaton said it would open a plant near Seoul to build automotive components for Hyundai and Kia Motors.

6.   Eventually, Panda opened plants in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., and Brandywine, Md., selling power to nearby utilities.

7.   GM and Ford are building plants in Thailand, and Ford opened a plant in Vietnam yesterday.

8.   GM had stopped construction and said that it might have to delay opening the plant by as long as six months.

9.   However, next year it will open a plant in Spain that will produce a luxury mini-van.

10.   In addition to exporting cars, televisions, telephones and other consumer electronics, large South Korean companies are opening production plants in Latin America.