Beginning with the Swatch, which was based on a new "slim line" watch that had been developed by AUSAG before the merger, Hayek invested heavily in automation and the standardization of parts and tooling.
The new model was developed to embody this brand concept, using Casio's years of experience creating technologies for shock resistance, waterproofing and slim-line design.
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The Ultra-Slim DLP line is also getting refreshed with 10, 000:1 contrast ratios, "3D ready", a depth of only 10.6-inches and Brilliant Color II technology.
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The EX-G1 is designed with shock-resistant elements throughout the camera, both inside and out, creating a smart look in a slim-line camera with functional beauty.
ENGADGET: Casio trots out world's slimmest shock-resistant digicam: EX-G1 (video)
Sharp also brings a new innovative slim design to the 2013 AQUOS line of LED TVs.
Samsung is expanding its line of LED-backlit Slim DLPs, with 50-inch, 56-inch and 61-inch models, although pricing and availability information is not yet available.
ENGADGET: Samsung introduces 2007 LCD, plasma, DLP and CRT lineup HD
Ultrabooks are all the rage this year's CES, so it only makes sense that Lenovo would want to get in on the action and bring the new, slim form factor to its lauded ThinkPad line.
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To counter this, Intel may be betting on ultrabooks, a line of notebooks that are light, slim and elegant.
Part of the industry-leading Infectiguard Kids line, Angry Birds Hand Sanitizer offers a slim and slick profile, perfect for tiny hands.
The "Wireless Wonder" Award goes to the Motorola Q , which took the slim form factor of the company's juggernaut RAZR line, applied it to a QWERTY device and threw in 3G network speeds for good measure.
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Telmex is still the dominant fixed-line phone carrier in Mexico, two decades after Slim took it private.
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The new Labour government appears to have swallowed the previous Tory government's line that it is more important to re-deploy the intelligence gatherers than to slim their numbers or budgets.
So last year he lured slim, doe-eyed Belgian designer Olivier Theyskens to Theory as artistic director and creator of his own more expensive line, Theyskens' Theory.
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