31.  In June, the company signed agreements with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. and Shanghai Yao Hua Glass Works to produce plastic automotive components and automotive safety glass.

32.  But a spokesman said one of its two lines in Hiroshima would later have to be turned off for about a week due to problems with procuring automotive components.

33.  Managing director Barry Jackson said the automotive components, plastics and construction products divisions all contributed to the result.