Manufacturers of small high-tech electronics goods, where freight costs account for a tiny fraction of the retail price, may not be that bothered about hedging freight rates.
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Originally designed for an automotive parts manufacturer, Plex Online is being adopted by aerospace and defense, food and beverage, high tech and electronics, industrial machinery, and precision metal manufacturers.
On the horizon are CES, which continues to reign supreme for consumer tech and electronics buffs, and South By Southwest (SXSW), which does the same for interactive, music and film aficionados.
His company works with more than 27, 000 businesses in the global arena in order to help them both design and service products in manufacturing industries such as industrial equipment, automotive, high tech and electronics, aerospace and defense, retail, consumer, and medical devices.
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Just a few years ago this retailing behemoth ruled the consumer electronics and tech space.
Since 2006, the firm has invested in seven companies operating within the clean-tech, semiconductor and electronics sectors.
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Among major tech exporters, Samsung Electronics fell 2.6% and LG Electronics lost 1.1%.
But punters must look beyond the handful of listed companies in the NICs that actually produce high-tech goods, mostly electronics.
Besides an array of new high-tech features, the Consumer Electronics Show has its own lineup of cars on display.
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Nowhere is this controversy as fierce as in data intensive industries such as Telecom, Consumer Electronics and High Tech.
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Now, according to tech companies at the Consumer Electronics Show, it's time to equip pretty much everything else in the home with smart technology, too.
Imports from China are higher-tech and more varied, with electronics, machines and chemicals in the lead.
All the talk in Asia is about whether electronics and high-tech exports will recover in 2002.
And Baker says one boon to savvy tech shoppers is the International Consumer Electronics Show in January.
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Tim Herbert, senior director of research at the Consumer Electronics Association, says tech accessories should sell well all through the holidays as consumers tighten their belts.
It seems like an eon ago, but the Japanese electronics industry used to rule the tech world.
While big tech companies like Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. typically grab the headlines in patent-infringement cases, Ms. Endress's situation illustrates a less visible trend: Intellectual-property claims against tech startups are rising.
That plastic solar cell was created through a special program at Georgia Tech called the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE), which studies the use and development of printed electronics.
Electronics exports will remain important, because tech has a brilliant future in the world beyond this present slump.
They are people that design, manufacture, and install devices in buildings ranging from high-tech windows to lighting to sensors and controls and electronics.
Consumers who want to use such products can't expect to get them for free and have complete privacy, Loo Wee Teck, head of consumer electronics research for Euromonitor International, told tech blog ZDNet.
Dhanin says that TelecomAsia's businesses have a promising future despite a few technical hiccups, but other high-tech ventures, such as a planned foray into electronics, have been shelved - a project for the next generation.
New TV tech has always been at the heart of the Consumer Electronics Show.
Tech Data shares are trading sharply lower Tuesday after the electronics distributor posted disappointing profits for the fiscal second quarter ended July 31.
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The announcement from Apple comes as the tech industry is gathering in Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show.
These high-tech, mobile devices dominate Forbes' list of most stolen electronics.
That three major corporations with stakes in computing, mobile and home electronics would want to proactively invest in Expect Labs' tech is a no-brainer.
Here in Las Vegas, carmakers and consumer electronics companies are conspiring to make your vehicle as high tech and connected as your living room.
It will mean a small number of jobs and economic output, and a test case for American electronics manufacturing from the most-talked about company in tech.
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While Hong Kong has continues its drawn-out debate over how it can carve a niche for its itself in the high-tech arena, Singapore has long been a major player in the electronics industry.
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