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Manufacturer names are tied to specific countries (on Y50), and frequently, models (on y61, y62) are discovered to be assigned under a manufacturer for the wrong country since many of the SAME manufacturing companies operate out of multiple countries.

see PBI -123197

Duplication of this type is normally accounted for on the manufacturer table by suffixing Manufacturers with country designations (example : PRATT & WHITNEY - CAN , PRATT & WHITNEY - USA )see PBI -123197, DEHAVILLAND - CAN, DEHAVILLAND - AU, DEHAVILLAND - UK)

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This is not to be confused with instances where models are “aliased

(ie: 2 or more manufacturers are assigned to a given model, having equivalent type-approval codes)

Aliases are a result of lineage, whereby the Type-approval for a given model, is passed from one company to another over the decades.

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This article is only meant to describe a situation where a model was found allocated to the wrong manufacturer, from day 1, and needs to be moved

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