The Merlin Mark III engine, the type used by both hurricanes and Spitfires during the BoB, is being stripped and renovated by Eye Tech Engineering Ltd, located in Eye, Suffolk, one
of few companies worldwide who are able to renovate RR Merlins.
A survey
of 34 executives from leading US fashion
companies last year found that, for the first time,
fewer US brands were looking to China for products, even though the country remains the top sourcing destination for the industry
worldwide.
Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1)
worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the
Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations
of the
Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the
Company's credit ratings and its cost
of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance
of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost
of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact
of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating
fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation
of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the
Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the
Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).
Management Leadership Challenge Nearly two out
of three chief financial officers
worldwide aspire to become chief executives
of their
company, but relatively
few succeed in occupying the corner office.
As
of July 2015, the
company has sold more than 8 million hybrid vehicles
worldwide since 1995, and it estimates that the result has been 58 million
fewer tons
of C02 emissions, not to mention the savings
of 5.8 billion gallons
of gas.