In a world ruled by production targets, there was no pressure to clean up.

By March 1943 a production target of 42 aircraft per month was to be achieved.

Nearly everyone had failed to meet the new production targets.

However, it did not meet its production targets and was unprofitable.

The ultimate production target is 100 of the new machines built to order every year.

"We always met the production targets and we worked to keep the costs low," he said.

It initially had a production target of 60,000 ounces per year.

At the time of introduction, the production target was 1,900 units per month.

The company, which is based in Houston, made profits of $1.91bn last year and has been steadily increasing its production target for 2009.

BP had set a more aggressive production target to begin with - an increase of 5 to 7 percent.