Posted on: Tuesday, June 8, 2004

BUSINESS BRIEFS
Input sought on quality seal

The state agriculture department is holding public meetings this month to gather public input on a Seal of Quality program that would identify products that meet certain quality and local content standards.

Meetings will be:

• Today, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the agriculture department's Plant Quarantine Branch Conference Room, 1849 Auiki St., Sand Island.

• June 17, 10 a.m. to noon, UH Cooperative Extension Center, 79-7381 Mamalehua Highway, Kealakekua.

• June 19, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Maui Community College, Kalama Building., Room 107, 310 Ka'ahumanu Ave., Kahului.

• June 22, 10 a.m. to noon, UH Cooperative Extension Center Conference Room, 875 Komohana St., Hilo.

• June 30, 3 to 5 p.m., County Building, Meeting Rooms A & B, Moikeha, Kaua'i.

For more information call 973-9465.

Actus seeking subcontractors

Representatives from Actus Lend Lease, which will build and renovate Army and Air Force homes on O'ahu, will take information from local small businesses interested in becoming subcontractors for the military work at the Small Business Administration's government subcontracting fair today, beginning at 9 a.m. at Kapolei Hale.

Napa, Calif.-based Actus also will take information via three Web sites: www.actushawaiiregion.com; www.armyhawaiifamilyhousing.com; or www.hickamch.com.

Hawaiian tops on-time list

Hawaiian Airlines had the best on-time performance in April for the sixth consecutive month, leading the list of 19 major and regional airlines that filed monthly statistics with the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Hawaiian had 94.9 percent of its flights arrive on schedule in April and experienced no flight cancellations. Hawaiian also had four days in which every one of its more than 130 flights arrived on time.

GM to double China output

General Motors Corp., the world's largest automaker, plans to spend $3 billion with its partners in China in the next three years to more than double production.

The automaker, which had invested more than $1.6 billion in China, will seek government approval to expand its four ventures to make 1.3 million units in 2007, from about 530,000 units this year. It plans to introduce 20 new models, build a transmission factory and boost engine production.