1.   The original intention was to hive off assembly operations to sub-contractors.

2.   However, communications and diplomatic links were not cut, and US businesses with assembly operations in Haiti were allowed to continue operating.

3.   MANAGEMENT at the Leyland DAF truck plant in Lancashire plan to buy out the truck assembly operations at the factory.

4.   A preliminary report recommending the new assembly operations in California has been prepared but has not been given the go-ahead.

5.   But Chicago-based Fruit of the Loom, which has assembly operations in Central America, lobbied against it, saying it wanted to preserve U.S. jobs.

6.   Industry experts say the company is consolidating its assembly operations in Mexico to benefit from lower labor costs and looser environmental laws.

7.   NASA and the space agencies of Europe, Canada and Japan strenuously objected that Tito had not received sufficient safety training and that his presence would disrupt assembly operations.

8.   That leaves two factories, in Silao and Toluca, Mexico, as the only North American assembly operations still producing vehicles.

9.   That leaves two factories, in Silao, Mexico, and Toluca, Mexico, as the only North American assembly operations still producing vehicles.

10.   The rest of the assembly operation would also be quite simple.