Gun makers likely breathed a sigh of relief last month after New York's top court found that gun manufacturers cannot be held liable for injuries allegedly caused by negligent marketing and distribution practices. A Better Mouse 5.21.2001 Technology needs innovators to discover new businesses and identify disruptive forces. He's that way on or off the job, but when he's at work in his cubicle at Agilent Technologies Inc. in Palo Alto, Calif., Gordon is constantly in the hunt for technological solutions to problems. 5.21.2001 Find the extinguisher, because they're almost inevitable. Last summer, Kemet Electronics Corp., Greenville, S.C., one of the world's leading manufacturers of tantalum capacitors, a key component in the electronics industry, found itself at the center of a growing shortage of parts that curtailed production at numerous high-tech firms while causing others to redesign their products to get around it.
Optimal performance requires collaborative planning, focus on shared goals.
Across the Rio Grande river from the Texas town of Laredo, the quiet, 500-person community of Colombia, Mexico, has great expectations. This year they are asking similar questions about wireless strategy in an effort to improve their competitive positions. Wireless devices are going to be the means for communicating with machines as well as people. 5.7.2001 Houston-area manufacturers praise logistics, worker skills. Some recent mergers provide models for other manufacturers.