Ibiden's success has been a big blow to Kyocera, but the contest is just beginning.
Kyocera and Johnson Matthey are hot on Ibiden's tail with a technology-sharing pact, as are others.
Those that offer high-end, high profile phones---think Apple--are profiting while tamer brands, such as Kyocera, sink.
He teamed up with Kyocera, a huge ceramics firm that made electrical components, among other things.
Sprint currently offers rugged Sprint Direct Connect handsets from Kyocera, including the DuraCore, DuraPlus and DuraXT.
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Enter the Kyocera Torque, the latest Sprint smartphone featuring the network's CDMA-based Push-to-Talk service.
Ceradyne goes up against the likes of Armor Holdings, BAE Systems, General Electric, Hitachi and Kyocera.
Manufacturing delays at Motorola and Kyocera left customers waiting until February to get their telephones.
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Kyocera and Johnson Matthey are hot on Ibiden's tail with a technology-sharing pact, as are other companies.
But this marriage, too, foundered, though not as the result of ill will between Moskowitz and Kyocera.
It's ruled largely by Motorola (which owns an 18% stake) and Japanese components maker Kyocera and affiliates (11%).
But it's got some competition from Kyocera and D-Link, which have come out with their own mobile routers.
His fears were realized when Japan's Kyoto Ceramics (now Kyocera, Forbes, Aug. 26, 1985) offered to buy Ceradyne.
Kyocera developed a special YouTube application that plays videos on one screen and lists related videos on the other.
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Furthermore, DIGNO S features a 4.7-inch HD display and Kyocera's proprietary technology (Sugugoe) that allows voice commands to activate various applications.
It uses panels built by Sanyo, Yingli Green Energy, REC Group of Norway (no relation to REC Solar) and Kyocera.
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Invest in General Electric, Toshiba and Kyocera, which have good China exposure.
Chairman emeritus since 2005 of Kyocera, Japan's leading maker of ceramic components.
In essence, Kyocera was forced to sell Ceradyne back to American interests.
Kyocera, owned by billionaire Kazuo Inamori, also saw a 3% stock decline along with other high tech companies like Canon and Sony.
Like the Junxion Box, the D-Link DI-725 and Kyocera's KR1 let you roll your own WiFi hotspot via a PC EV-DO card.
His company uses panels from what he refers to as Tier-1 suppliers: Suntech ( STP), Trina Solar ( TSL), Yingli (YGE), Sharp and Kyocera.
The Kyocera DuraPro is water, shock, dust, and vibration resistant and is encased in non-slip Dura-Grip material for a strong hold and extra durability.
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Already Japan's Kyocera (nyse: KYO - news - people ) and South Korea's LG Electronics have taken out licenses based on Arraycomm's technology.
Boost Mobile and Kyocera recognize that mobile phone accidents happen, but unlike cracked screens or broken keypads that can be replaced, water damage is usually irreversible.
The big reason, according to Bachman: Cheap panel prices offered by Asian manufacturers like Suntech Power, Sharp, Trina Solar, Yingli Green Energy and Kyocera Solar.
Kyocera told us that the phone is easily upgraded to 2.0 or 2.1, based on carrier wishes, and that they don't have any plans for skinning it.
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Although they're bright, it doesn't look like Sony had any more success than Kyocera did with the Echo in minimizing the bezel separating the two panels.
Two others, somewhat less well known: Kyocera, which makes telecom gear and various electronic components, and Nidec, which manufactures things like spindle motors for computer hard drives.
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