As the world s second-biggest electronics manufacturer-for-hire, they ve seen them all: smartphones, storage hardware, networking switches.
The manufacturer-led group say they want stable regulations and "fair and independent governance".
Whatever your preference in smartphones, most credit Apple for turning the traditional manufacturer-carrier relationship on its head.
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Irvine also shares Jordan's view that F1 needs more privately-owned teams to challenge the dominace of the manufacturer-backed outfits.
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That kind of premium business is what a mainstay of the old printing industry--Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, a low-profile, 152-year-old German press manufacturer--is after.
Eitan Wertheimer, the son of the founder of ISCAR, the Israeli machinery manufacturer - who is now president of the company - tells the same story.
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Now the world's largest envelope manufacturer--it cranked out 37 billion last year--and fourth-largest commercial printer, Mail-Well offers a glimpse into an industry consolidation gone awry.
Car dealers have figured out that the real money is in their service departments, where they can charge hefty prices for engine diagnostic work or manufacturer-built replacement parts.
You end up cussing the manufacturer -- but still you go back for more, because WD-40 is the closest thing to a panacea in the world of home repair.
But Consumer Minister Ed Davey maintains that marking products with their country of origin should be a voluntary decision for each manufacturer - like it is at the moment.
He also said the substance appeared to be from the same spill - or a least from the same manufacturer - and he would "absolutely support" a reclassification of it.
Android recently crossed the 50% global market share barrier in the mobile OS market helped by both its wide range of manufacturer-partners as well as its free and open source roots.
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But as it turned out, the German government was just as unrelaxed about allowing EADS - owner of Airbus and therefore a strategically important manufacturer - to run itself in an arms-length and commercial way.
"The greatest obstacle is the refusal by the aircraft's manufacturer -- formerly British Aerospace-Aerospatiale, now Airbus -- to lend its support to a restoration, " said aviation journalist David Kaminski-Morrow, air transport editor of Flightglobal.com.
The promise of new point-and-shoots brought us out to Yokohama, but non-stop manufacturer-sponsored entertainment at the exhibition hall, most often not in any way related to the devices on display, kept us coming back.
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Although many consumer game devices eventually turn a profit, they often hit the market as a loss leader, herding gamers into a closed ecosystem and securing a revenue stream for the manufacturer -- every Nintendo, Xbox or PlayStation game made funnels a small licensing fee to the owner of the platform.
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It's designed by Vivitar, a price-conscious manufacturer hand-picked by retail partner Walmart, marking the first time that the educational company didn't have a direct hand in the creation of its hardware, a big change from the custom components that have traditionally gone into its XO line.
Fortunately for eco-minded folks, Portland-based EV manufacturer MotoCzysz -- creator of the wicked E1pc electric motorcycle -- plans to allay some of those concerns with its all-electric eStark SUV.
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Katana Summit LLC, a Nebraska-based manufacturer of wind-turbine towers is another prospective free market failure.
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Albert, 60, had bought Fairchild out of a previous bankruptcy in 1990 and turned it into the third-largest manufacturer of short-range jets, in part by acquiring 80% of Daimler-Benz's Dornier unit.
It is a worrying sign for Samsung which isn't only the world's biggest mobile-phone maker but is also the largest television-set manufacturer and memory-chip producer because of its growing reliance on mobile-phone earnings.
Last but not least is Japan, already home to at least one 3D network, which will soon have access to even more over the cross-manufacturer AcTVila video on-demand service.
Janet Stockley-Pollard was among 80 families claiming damages against drugs manufacturer Sanofi-Aventis, which has always denied any wrongdoing.
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If widget-based ads are your thing, you might want to hold off until the big manufacturer roll-out next year, or you could always consider that Google option.
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Founded in 1942 as a manufacturer of snow-going equipment, it grew rapidly in the last quarter of the 20th century to become a diversified manufacturer of products ranging from mass-transit systems to personal watercraft.
Fellow beer manufacturer Anheuser-Busch faces a similar fate in a few months if the shutdown rolls on.
Jain Irrigation has become the world's second-biggest manufacturer of agricultural micro-irrigation systems, behind an Israeli outfit, Netafim.
In 1996 Mark Suwyn, the head of forest products for International Paper, quit to become chairman of building products manufacturer Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
Contract electronics manufacturer Sanmina-SCI on Tuesday afternoon reported mixed results for the fiscal fourth quarter ended September 29.
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He is trying to turn a mass-market manufacturer into a high-end brand.
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