With its stylish, metal design, the product combines the best that vintage and modern technologies have to offer.

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Of particular concern are consumer product organizations and the metal industries.

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The acquisition also expands Dentsply's overall product offerings to include precious-metal dental alloys and gives the firm a stronger presence in the Japanese market.

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Secondly, we deliberately mine, or do not mine, certain deposits of those other minerals as a result of the co-production of indium (this same economics is true of all of the minor metals, indeed, the definition often used of minor metal is one that is extracted as a co-product).

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People familiar with the matter point to strategic reasons for the shift: risk diversification after Foxconn's manufacturing glitches last year with the iPhone 5 that resulted in scratches on the metal casings, and Apple's decision to expand its product lines amid growing competition from Samsung Electronics Co.

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Its product, which consists of sheets of glass with a metal-oxide coating, was first used in skylights in 2003.

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For instance, when a product's aluminum surface is shrunk or bent, the amount of on-order aluminum sheet metal changes instantly.

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