1.   As soon as the yen strengthens, large manufacturers, who have production bases offshore, will once again demand cheaper prices from their smaller suppliers.

2.   Boeing has a number of advantages over Airbus, including its production base in the relatively low-cost U.S.

3.   Boeing has a number of advantages over Airbus, not least its production base in the relatively low-cost U.S.

4.   Akai has moved most of its output to Malaysia and Indonesia and has only one production base in Japan.

5.   Carmakers are moving production to overseas plants because of the strong yen and to move production bases closer to foreign markets.

6.   Central Europe will also serve as the production base for bigger markets in western Europe and to the east.

7.   Fewer trade barriers would allow multinational companies to use Russia, where labor is cheap, as a production base for exporting to Europe.

8.   Foreign car manufacturers are rushing into India to make and sell cars and use the production base here to support exports because of cost advantage.

9.   Most companies try to crack the difficult China market by setting up local operations, often using those plants as export production bases as well.

10.   Some of the biggest car companies have set up production bases in India, either through joint ventures or wholly owned units, over the last three years.