Much of the site's operation is automated and rails are set up to move rocket components quickly for final assembly and launch, Yonhap quoted the source as saying.
For years, completed muskets had been purchased from a variety of English, Irish, and Dutch gunmakers, who subcontracted for components and arranged for final assembly.
But any significant broadening could slow the Chinese economy in a hurry, and with it the economies of many Asian neighbors that increasingly send components to China for final assembly and reshipment to the United States.
CHICAGO — Plug and play — a concept that allows buyers of computers and electronic games to avoid frustrating assembly — is proving difficult for Boeing, which staked its 787 Dreamliner on a far-flung network of suppliers that would send what amounts to snap-on components to a plant for final assembly.
The new system, along with the creation of a data base and an improvement in component quality, allows Digital to ship most components directly to the customer site for final assembly, thereby eliminating the need for additional final assembly facilities.
Many Taiwanese laptop computer manufacturers already have factories in the area to make monitors, motherboards and other key components, which are shipped back to Taiwan for final assembly.
"We hope that the market will be big enough so that we will have to duplicate production tools, and if that happens we will open the debate about whether we do that in Europe or in the US, and whether it is just for final assembly or includes the components as well," explained Mr Charmeau.
In this particular case, the total landed cost of the manufactured good went up because many of the components were being shipped from the US to China for final assembly and then the final product was shipped back to the U.S. for sales and consumption.
JPL engineers will continue electrical component tests on the rover and coordinating components for several weeks before the segments are shipped to the Kennedy Space Center for final assembly in that facility's clean room.
The components are jointly manufactured in both countries and shipped to Egypt for final assembly.
Carmakers, for example, routinely manufacture the components of an automobile at different sites and then bring them together for final assembly.
