But this is a small problem compared with the opportunities open to Magna at a time when even General Motors is moving away from integrated production toward being a mere assembler and marketer of cars (see p.36).
Meanwhile, Nissan is moving its Leaf to a main, integrated production line, Toyota sold 12, 750 units of it plug-in Prius in the first full year, and BMW is apparently moving a fantastic product (while investing in a carbon-fiber factory in Washington State).
Ellie has vertically integrated its production process in-house so it can turn around new designs in two to four weeks, which compares to eight to twelve weeks for larger brands, Geinke says.
Even if there remains some dispute over the exact figures used, what the study does highlight is the importance of developing an integrated paradigm of production and recycling for algal fuel production, as I stressed before in the context of rare metals such as are required to maintain the electronics and solar power industries.
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The company has 15 production facilities in the Americas that are integrated and mini-mill sites located in 6 countries while in Europe production facilities are located at 17 integrated and mini-mill sites in 9 countries.
They will compete with Intel computers, only with more power, greater stability and manageability because the systems are integrated from design through production, said Colin Parris, general manager, IBM Power Systems.
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The manufacturing industry, by contrast, wanted software that integrated purchasing, inventory, production and sales.
This division has production facilities at 8 integrated and mini-mill sites located in four countries.
But the integrated dinosaurs, hobbled by high production costs, are horribly uncompetitive and have remained so despite (or more likely because of) a long history of protection.
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The integrated system incorporates both the energy production capacity of UGE's 4K wind turbine and the EV charging capability of the GE Durastation in a single unit, with all required electrical systems located within the tower.
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Yet this niche, according to Scott Morrison of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette, an investment bank, might soon account for only a tenth of the American steel market by volume a far cry from the nearly 60% share of production now taken by integrated producers and perhaps a fifth by value.
This will allow the firms to provide a suite of integrated services to customers to enhance the production from wells.
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Petrobras is a vertically integrated oil company, participating in exploration, production, refining and retailing of crude oil and gas.
Sesame Workshop last year integrated its digital media group into its TV production, so that digital and interactive elements are considered from the start of an idea.
This device can then be used as the basis for more integrated and cost-efficient, high-volume production versions to help reduce the time and costs of getting to market.
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Another possible explanation posits that the surge in the global discrepancy broadly coincides with both the explosion in vertically integrated businesses, where firms locate different stages of production in different countries, and the increase in China's trade.
Vertically integrated electronics firms will continue to off-load the production process (see Ghost cars, ghost brands).
The culprits are not mentioned in the paper, but traders talk of vertically integrated markets in Spain and Italy, in which power production and transmission are virtually in the hands of one or two national entities.
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Hess Corporation, is a global integrated energy company engaged in the exploration for and the production, purchase, transportation and sale of crude oil and natural gas, as well as the production and sale of refined petroleum products, electricity.
The production facilities for this division are located at 15 integrated and mini-mill sites located in six countries.
Among the challenges chemicals companies face in effectively optimizing production are the use of manual processes and poorly integrated systems.
Marathon Oil ( MRO - news - people )(28, MRO) is the U.S.' fourth-largest integrated oil and gas firm (one, that is, combining production with refining) and the fifth-largest refiner, with a million barrels per day of capacity.
The third biggest U.S. integrated oil company will separate its upstream oil-and-gas exploration and production division from its downstream refining division.
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The planar cell structure integrated a Hi-K (high capacitance) metal gate stack into the NAND production to allow for smaller floating gates and thus higher storage capacity.
Freespace MotionEngine: Hillcrest's new product, the Freespace MotionEngine, is an embedded software platform that provides an integrated solution to enable MEMS inertial and magnetic sensors to work effectively and consistently in mass production.
Macquarie Research analyst Shawn Webster asserted in a research note earlier today that both Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM) and Xilinx (XLNX) could both see some production disruption as a result of the earthquake in Japan.
However, this region needs integrated hydro-power development and conservation planning so that the trade-offs between energy production and other ecosystem services, particularly those vital for the survival of the people that depend on them, are better understood before such dams are developed.
China Integrated Energy, Inc. (CBEH) : A non-state-owned company, China Integrated has three main businesses: the wholesale distribution of finished oil and heavy oil products, the production and sale of biodiesel, and the operation of retail gas stations.
While major oil companies including Exxon Mobil have chosen to continue to operate under the integrated model, others, like ConocoPhillips, have spun off their refining businesses to concentrate on higher margin production units.
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