As nuclear weapons age, their materials and components degrade in unpredictable ways.
Because the situation in Japan continues to develop, supply interruptions related to materials and components from Japan could manifest themselves in the weeks ahead.
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But this could indicate that China's trade surplus will continue for just as long as inventories of imported raw materials and components are being liquidated.
The move could herald a creeping euro-isation of parts of the UK economy, and threatens UK jobs as British suppliers could be forced to source raw materials and components from the eurozone, where they are cheaper.
This could be a trend, but it could also be part of a seasonal production cycle where Chinese companies import raw materials and components in the spring, in order to gear up to export finished products later in the year.
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China runs a deficit with most of its trading partners, which supply oil, other raw materials and industrial components, and makes up for it by running large surpluses with its U.S. and European export markets.
First, it has widened an important split between makers of many final consumer products (such as Sony, Sharp and Matsushita's Panasonic brand) and the scores of focused Japanese firms that feed materials, components and equipment into the process.
Toshiba's ten major operational groups were pruned to just four: power and industrial systems, information equipment and consumer electronics, communication systems and electronic components and materials.
Among other things it means that Samsung has privileged access to the latest, most precise machines, purest materials, and fastest components.
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And as age changes the physical condition and interactions of weapons' components and materials, the probability will increase that -- without a renewal of periodic testing -- such defects will increase in severity and number.
Based on profit-growth estimates for 2013, the biggest turnaround stories could occur in automobiles and components, energy, materials, and semiconductors and related equipment.
And when sterling falls, as it has done, the cost of raw materials and overseas-manufactured components rises.
Prices for intermediate materials, supplies, and components grew for a ninth consecutive month, showing an increase of 1.3%.
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Nanotechnology is the science of the very small, where machines and materials are built at the molecular level, and key components are measured in nanometers, or one-billionth of a meter.
This is a daunting task when many products require the same components and materials, yet vary greatly in profitability.
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Manufacturers around the world are now racing to secure supplies of the scarcest components and materials, pushing up their prices.
These might be referred to as "hard" contributions to the proliferation portfolio as they implicate the components, materials and actual equipment that make up such illicit trade.
They provide everything from advanced military hardware and components to relatively prosaic materials and supplies.
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They have been embedded in materials like plastics to increase their toughness and provide electrical conductivity for components that are electrostatically painted.
Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences.
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Many optical components are typically constructed using materials such as gallium arsenide and indium phosphide.
In addition to recycled products, Ford also uses other eco-friendly materials including soy foam seat cushions and natural-fiber plastic in center interior components.
Among the largest underlying components of ERX, in trading today , and The Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund ( AMEX: XLE) is up by about 0.1%.
Jointly organized by UNESCO, the Secretariat on Policies of Promotion of Racial Equality (SEPPIR), Ministry of Education and Ministry of External Relations of Brazil, the meeting allowed international experts to discuss the major components of the project such as the policy guidelines and teaching materials that have now been drafted by specialists and how to implement pilot testing with interested countries and partners.
At the show there are companies that build manufacturing equipment for hard disk components and semiconductors although each industry also has its unique equipment, materials and processes.
Both the iMac and Mac mini include PVC-free components and cables, contain no brominated flame retardants, and use highly recyclable materials and material-efficient packaging designs.
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McNamara feels the network will serve as a platform for the exchange of open-source components, a way to "process" those raw materials into something that is useful and available to the entire community.
Relatively inexpensive to manufacture, steel and glass components were also comparatively simple to assemble because the buildings were designed to "express" their materials.
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