The phrase "a major maker" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a significant manufacturer or producer in a particular industry or market.
Example: "Apple is considered a major maker of consumer electronics, leading the market with innovative products."
Alternatives: "a leading manufacturer" or "a prominent producer".
Qualcomm, a major maker of mobile phone chips, is also part of the Mozilla project.
In the 127-year-old Bulgari, LVMH will gain a major maker of jewelry and watches, one the company has kept its eye on for some time.
The industry was shaken in 2005 by disclosures that a major maker of heart defibrillators, Guidant, had not warned doctors about a potentially fatal flaw in its products.
"Ultimately, this is going to be a very competitive environment," said Robert Kotick, co-chairman and chief executive of Activision Inc., a major maker of video game software.
DuPont agreed in January to pay 31.7 billion kroner, or $6.22 billion, to acquire Danisco, the world's biggest producer of food additives and a major maker of industrial enzymes, which are used in the production of biofuels.
— Last month, Gamesa, a major maker of wind turbines, completed the first significant order of its latest innovation: a camper-size box that can capture the energy of slow winds, potentially opening new parts of the country to wind power.
RediBook was formed in 1999 by Charles Schwab, the nation's largest discount broker, along with Fidelity Investments Donaldson , Lufkin & Jenrette, now part of Credit Suisse First Boston; and Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, a major market maker.
The company, of course, was Knight Capital, a major market maker that generated an astonishing 11 percent of all the trades in the first half of this year, according to the Tabb Group.
It is illegal in the United States to sell any contact lenses — corrective or cosmetic — without a prescription, and no major maker of contact lenses in the United States currently sells circle lenses.
Three people with knowledge of the matter said last week that Mahindra was willing to pay as much as $400 million to acquire a majority stake in Ssangyong as it sought to become a major global maker of sport utility vehicles.
From the mid-1950s Deng was a major policy maker in both foreign and domestic affairs.
