1.   Additionally, falling prices for key commodities, like copper, are keeping a lid on most manufacturing costs.

2.   The polyester products maker attributed the forecast to weak world-wide demand that has lowered production volumes and increased manufacturing costs.

3.   This cuts testing time and reduces manufacturing costs.

4.   The Japanese are expert at lowering manufacturing costs.

5.   In the general case manufacturing costs are high compared with those of other functions so the function has a massive influence on company productivity.

6.   The large sums of money spent on the maltings have enabled manufacturing cost increases to be held well below inflation.

7.   In the various operations where we are making ourselves more efficient we ought to see margins -- the difference between selling price and manufacturing costs -- improve.

8.   Initially only the one colour combination would be offered due to manufacturing costs.

9.   Also, lower component and manufacturing costs helped ease pressure on the margin.

10.   And as manufacturing costs continue to come down, some energy experts expect solar power to show new signs of life even at home.