There is relatively little threat of new competitors coming into the space because of the huge economies of scale the companies have built
through global production and distribution.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring
production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of
global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of
global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus»
production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables
through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience
production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher
production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of
production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in
global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including
through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.
But meat is a mainstay, as evidenced by
global data on its
production from 2001
through 2014:
But the livestock sector is responsible for about 14.5 percent of
global greenhouse gas emissions,
through cows producing methane and
production processes - comparable to all the direct emissions from cars, planes, ships and other transport.
The U.S.
Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners Index uses a robust, dynamic, rules - based smart - factor model to select precious minerals companies that earn over 50 % of their aggregate revenue from precious minerals
through active (mining or
production) or passive (royalties or streams) means.
Investment Objectives: The U.S.
Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners ETF (GOAU) is a passively - managed fund that provides investors access to companies engaged in the
production of precious metals either
through active (mining or
production) or passive (owning royalties or
production streams) means.
Our recently - launched U.S.
Global GO GOLD Precious Metal Miners ETF (GOAU), which tracks the U.S.
Global Go Gold and Precious Metal Miners Index (GOAUX), provides investors access to companies engaged in the
production of precious metals either
through active (mining or
production) or passive (owing royalties or
production streams) means.
Meet the U.S.
Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners ETF (NYSE Arca: GOAU)-- a smart factor ETF that provides investors access to companies engaged in the
production of precious metals either
through active (mining or
production) or passive (owning royalties or
production streams) means.
What the authorities admitted holding as of last summer was almost unbelievably small compared to what even the official figures streaming
through Hong Kong alone, plus domestic
production add to the total, and China is now the number one
global gold producer.
Using
global industrial
production growth as specified, annual total returns for 30 country, two regional and world stock indexes, currency spot and one - year forward exchange rates relative to the U.S. dollar, spot prices on 19 commodities, total annual returns for a
global government bond index and a U.S. corporate bond index, and country inflation rates as available during 1970
through 2013, they find that: Keep Reading
The
production of knowledge, decemination of information, and coqunication of the data are very much controlled by the TNCs, the industrialized states, and the
global news agencies of the West
through the highly sophiscated electronic means.
Global Seafoods can track every box of seafood
through its
production process back to the part of the ocean it was pulled from.
The issue of organic
production has attracted significant attention in Iran and positive measures have been taken in respect though further steps are required to catch up with the
global pace of organic
production mainly
through filling the existing information gap.
The 2014 program schedule included: culinary demonstrations centered around adventurous flavors and new menu trends; presentations and panel discussions focused on sustainable agricultural practices, the role of wheat in our diet vs. seekers of gluten - free options, and water issues affecting food
production; discussions on how American menus are often shaped by millennials, health and nutrition concerns, and
global cuisines; a Friday field trip to the CIA Farm in St. Helena and
through Marin and Sonoma Counties to visit Pozzi Ranch, Dutton Ranch (where Valley Ford Cheese Company joined), and Gourmet Mushrooms with tastings and presentations by the farmers as well as farm bureau and land trust experts; and the exciting and interactive Saturday Market Basket Exercise, where attendees were divided into six teams to develop menu concepts using sponsor products for the following categories:
Our factories operate according to the
global quality standard (ISO 9000) and the
global environmental standard (ISO14000) thereby ensuring we manufacture quality products that minimise waste
through the
production process.
SAN FRANCISCO - The International Wine Industry Greenhouse Gas Accounting Protocol, developed
through a partnership between the Wine Institute of California, New Zealand Winegrowers, South Africa's Integrated
Production of Wine program, and the Winemakers» Federation of Australia, will soon be released for use by the
global wine industry.
Nexba has had to utilise the
production capacity of a multi-national of a different kind in bottling its drinks,
through a
production agreement in Sydney with
global alcoholic drinks giant, Diageo, which owns Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff.
The International Wine Industry Greenhouse Gas Accounting Protocol, developed
through a partnership between the Wine Institute of California, New Zealand Winegrowers, South Africa's Integrated
Production of Wine program, and the Winemakers» Federation of Australia, will soon be released for use by the
global wine industry.
Through our partnership with
Global Water we are able to offer our clients the latest technology in the high rate anaerobic pre treatment of wastewaters which allows the important
production of biogas.
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI - M), Dr. Katharina Six, Dr. Silvia Kloster, Dr. Tatiana Ilyina, the late Dr. Ernst Maier - Reimer and two co-authors from the US, demonstrate that ocean acidification may amplify
global warming
through the biogenic
production of the marine sulfur component dimethylsulphide (DMS).
Such keystone actors among corporations, the authors say, can be defined by the following characteristics: a) they dominate
global production revenues and volumes within a particular sector, b) control globally relevant segments of
production, c) connect ecosystems globally
through subsidiaries, and d) influence
global governance processes and institutions.
This handful of corporations (representing 0.5 % of 2250 registered fishing and aquaculture companies worldwide) dominate all parts of seafood
production, operate
through an extensive
global network of subsidiaries and are profoundly involved in fisheries and aquaculture decision - making.
However, the research team also mapped the proportion of
global agricultural
production reinvested in environmental incentives, and compared it to the proportion gifted to the industry
through government subsidies.
Previous observations from Earth and from Mars orbit have detected a
global distribution of seasonally - fluctuating quantities of methane - a factor that is surprising as the gas is short - lived and only has two realistic
production mechanisms, one of which is
through metabolising microbes.
For example, farming accounts for almost 30 per cent of the globe's greenhouse gas emissions either directly (for example, rice
production has the same emission levels as the
global aviation industry) or indirectly
through deforestation.
Television has been given a pilot
production commitment from the network for an adaptation of Warren Ellis» sci - fi series
Global Frequency, which was published
through DC's Wildstorm imprint.
Singer returns here to nab producer and story credits, and his influence is felt all
through the
production, which welcomes a restart of the franchise by dialing back the clock to 1962, infusing the film with a Cold War feel and a retro vibe, illustrating the mutant reveal while world politics head to the brink of
global destruction.
As capital moves freely, investing in
production or in fictitious forms of capitalism, and as speculators, financier capitalists, stock and bond traders, investment bankers, hedge fund mangers, and others help to unleash the forces of capital accumulation globally, and as neo-liberalism with its aggressive pro-market state policies allows this finance capital to restructure itself, to diversify its forms, to expand its accumulation opportunities
through the growth of retail, financial and service industries, and enhance its
global reach, then it is safe to assume that our ecosystems have been harnessed exploitatively in a system of capitalist commodity
production such that we can not talk about capitalism at all without talking about capitalism as a world ecology.
8.4 improve progressively
through 2030
global resource efficiency in consumption and
production, and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation in accordance with the 10 - year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and
production with developed countries taking the lead
Originally commissioned by V - Day — a
global movement to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness
through benefit
productions — the show consists of a series of monologues that tell stories from many different perspectives around the issue of violence against women.
There will also, as we reported recently, be a JLR Classic Parts supply of genuine spares for JLR cars out of
production for more than a decade, with 30,000 individual parts available to order
through JLR's
global network.
Oct 30, 2017 — Civic Type R crate engine for sale
through Honda Performance Development (HPD) Honda Racing Line Program
Production - based race cars on display to include
Global Rallycross Civic Si, Team Honda Research West Endurance Civic Type R, Pirelli World...
An ever - expanding
global population will require an increase in food
production and crop yields, and that is only going to be possible
through higher fertilizer use in agriculture.
Moving beyond conventional ideas of the African continent and its «counterpart», «the Western hemisphere,» this year's Focus will provide a glimpse of international artistic
production from contemporary African viewpoints: emerging curators, artists, galleries and art spaces that connect scenes and markets
through global networks.
Through extreme control of time and space demonstrated by this
global production system, the natural body comes in tension with the machinic body.
CAC with its exhibitions, residency - oriented fellowships, lectures and workshop programs and
through its archiving and publishing initiatives, creates a multifaceted and vibrant platform for the discourse,
production and dissemination of media art in a
global context.
It also includes a two - day symposium (March 5 - 6) examining the diverse practices of artists, curators and collectors from Africa and the Diaspora
through a series of panel discussions and video screenings, looking at new
global phenomena in contemporary artistic
production.
His work shrewdly explores and confounds stereotypes of race and class, engaging with ideas around identity and authenticity as well as dislocation, multiculturalism,
global food
production and revolution, often addressed
through playful conceits.
Artist Massimiliano Bomba produced a video for the fair that touches on these notions in image and text,
through a root analogy of beekeeping and nudges to the link between
production and
global destruction in «Octagon» (2016): «Sunday, sabbath, rest.
On view
through June 25, her engaging installation encourages children to consider waste
production and what it means to be a
global citizen.
[On a
global scale, this supposed positive influence on wood
production and forest regeneration was thought to have the possibility of balancing the CO2 increase by carbon sequestering
through photosynthesis.
Comment on «Drought - Induced Reduction in
Global Terrestrial Net Primary
Production from 2000
Through 2009»
What it really shows is that fear by an ever - growing secular, socialist society of
global warming is really a mask to hide society's fear of individualism and the Left's determined effort to limit the freedom of others
through the control of factors of
production such as energy.
I would guess that the answer to your question «are ancillary benefits of
global warming important enough to include in the cost / benefit calculations» is «yes» - e.g. reduced travel times
through ice - free Arctic is probably non-trivial to world trade, changing patterns of agricultural
production are net wins for some populations.
Between
global warming being exagerated (a la Schneider) and its effects actually being a net benefit
through increased
production of primary producers in the food chain, the chance that the earth is going to cool (Little Ice Age, end of Holocene Interglacial, Tambora II) I think it's absolutely nuts to worry about it at all.
The U.S. is now a
global oil and natural gas superpower — not because of biofuels, but
through investment in the oil and gas industry and increases in domestic
production.
Most climate hobgoblins in Canada come
through the Federal Government, particularly Environment Canada (EC) with the singular objective of proving the hypothesis that human
production of CO2 is causing
global warming.
Global coal
production was up about 3.8 billion short tons (91 %) from 1980
through 2010.
The energy system is both a source of emissions that lead to
global warming and it can also be directly affected by climate change:
through changes in our energy consumption patterns, potential shutdowns of offshore oil and gas
production, changing ice and snow conditions in the oil
production regions of Alaska, changing sea ice conditions in the Arctic Ocean and the implications for shipping routes, and impacts of sea - level rise on coasts, where so much of our energy facility infrastructure is located.