Leroy is using the Internet to make this happen: Deere's construction equipment dealers now E-mail their orders and forecasts daily -- instead of monthly -- right to the factory.
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"We think that the company may spin RSDL off much in the same way it spun off AngioDynamics, " says Hirsch, who also notes that E-Z-EM trades at a discount to its medical equipment peers.
But whereas E-Ink and Gyricon require expensive custom-designed manufacturing facilities and new equipment to produce their displays, Ntera's technology is specifically suited for existing plant and equipment used by LCD manufacturers, which already dominate the electronic display market.