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Michael writes on emerging markets, architecture and engineering. He has served as a correspondent in Tokyo, London and Johannesburg and has written for Reuters, the Financial Times, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.

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GRAB A SEAT AT CHINA’S TABLE

Published 01 November 2012 04:03, Updated 01 November 2012 04:32

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GRAB A SEAT AT CHINA’S TABLE

Expansion: A car component maker is moving into China Photo: David Mariuz

Car seat maker Futuris started looking overseas in 2004. It formed its first Chinese joint venture in 2005 and in April 2007 its first car seats rolled off a Chinese assembly line. It was, chief executive Mark de Wit says, a $16 million “roll of the dice.”

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