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(Reuters) - Japanese firms supply more than a third of the parts used in Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner passenger jet, which has been grounded worldwide for checks focused on lithium-ion batteries in the mainly carbon-composite plane.
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Following are some of the main Japanese suppliers.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd - wings
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd - forward fuselage, main landing gear wheel well
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd - centre wing box
Toray Industries Inc - carbon fibre composite material
Panasonic Corp - in-flight entertainment system
Bridgestone Corp - tyres
Jamco Corp - toilets, galley, flight deck interior
GS Yuasa Corp - lithium-ion batteries
Nabtesco Corp - power distribution equipment
IHI Corp - engine shaft and low pressure turbines
Daido Steel Co Ltd - material for engine shaft
Sumitomo Precision Products - heat exchanger for auxiliary power unit, and heat exchanger for engines
Toho Titanium Co Ltd - titanium
Osaka Titanium Technologies Co Ltd - titanium
Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd - polyethersulfone, an engineering plastic
ShinMaywa Industries Ltd - main wing spar
Tamagawa Seiki Co Ltd - cockpit components
(Reporting by Yoshiyuki Osada, Maki Shiraki, Teppei Kasai, Kentaro Sugiyama, Yuka Obayashi and Mari Saito; Editing by Ian Geoghegan)
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