1.  Since production had been moved out to Ponte San Giovanni the buildings had been gutted and transformed into the administrative headquarters of SIMP.

2.  Analysts say this could be because Japanese manufacturers are moving their production to China.

3.  Automobile exports from Japan have been declining steadily in the last few years as the yen had strengthened and as the companies moved production offshore.

4.  Being based in L.A. lets companies respond to minute variations in style with a speed that would be much harder if they moved production to Mexico.

5.  Big industrial customers have learned to use leverage against their utilities by threatening to build their own generating plants or moving their production to states with cheap power.

6.  A stronger dollar will also hurt companies that moved production abroad when the yen was rising, such as audio equipment maker Aiwa Co.

7.  But even that may be difficult, industry sources say, given the push to move production overseas.

8.  But he lost his job when Zenith moved its production to a plant to Mexico.

9.  But moving some production to its own facilities overseas where labor is cheaper can help cut costs.

10.  Chrysler would not say whether it intended to move production of that car elsewhere.