41.   A shutdown could have disrupted production by the weekend because most GM assembly plants use the Warren products.

42.   A walkout at the plants would cause a shortage of transmissions that would force the automaker to shut down some assembly plants beginning next week, analysts said.

43.   A walkout could shut down the assembly plants.

44.   A welder working at a muffler assembly plant in Iowa lost a case last month, because he was in a male-dominated environment.

45.   A whole industry, the maquiladora assembly plants, has arisen to exploit that.

46.   A truck assembly plant in Flint ceased operations Tuesday.

47.   About the same time, GM workers went on strike at the Pontiac East truck assembly plant.

48.   Acer also has assembly plants in Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.

49.   Acer says its Singapore assembly plant, for instance, can fulfill a bulk order within three days.

50.   All Ford assembly plants are closed Sunday except a Michigan truck plant, and union members are expected to report to work there without a new contract.