But on Thursday the company had to suspend production as it suffered supply problems.

ECONOMIST: Rover

Scotland's only tyre manufacturer is to temporarily suspend production at its factory in Dundee.

BBC: Michelin Dundee to temporarily suspend production

The company has announced that 1, 000 jobs will be cut over the next two years and that six factories will suspend production.

ECONOMIST: Flush with failure

For example, ConocoPhillips, an oil and gas company, warned on April 23rd that without the pipeline it would be forced to suspend production from its giant Britannia field.

ECONOMIST: The workers may be biting off more than they can chew

The San Jose company announced Tuesday it will suspend production at six of the 12 solar cell production lines and cut solar panel production by 20% in the Philippines.

FORBES: Report: 180 Solar Panel Makers Will Disappear By 2015

In response to the public uproar, health officials in Hunan, the Chinese province that produces the most rice, announced on Tuesday the three local rice mills implicated in the sale of the tainted rice had been ordered to suspend production.

WSJ: China Seeks to Calm Anxiety Over Rice

The U.S. and its allies are seeking to gain Iran's willingness to suspend its production of near weapons-grade nuclear material at its uranium-enrichment sites in return for economic incentives.

WSJ: Iran Says It Is Set for Nuclear Talks, but West Is Skeptical

The ABP Food Group - one of Europe's largest processors and suppliers - said that, as a result of new tests two days ago, "the responsible course of action is to suspend all production at the Silvercrest plant in County Monaghan with immediate effect".

BBC: burgers

North Korea offered to suspend nuclear-missile testing and production if the six-party talks also involving China, South Korea, Japan and the United States resume.

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