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Textron eyes next IPOs
Toward the end of last month, Joseph C. Sponholz, Textron's director of globalization, traveled to India for a two-week industrial reconnaissance mission with Textron's newly named vice-president of sourcing for India, MK Sathya. While various Textron business units are already sourcing in India—primarily engineering services—Textron thinks the time may be ripe for an international ...

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