The phrase "a maker of consumer" is not correct in English and does not convey a clear meaning.
It seems to be an incomplete thought, possibly intended to describe someone or something that creates or produces consumer goods or services.
Example: "As a maker of consumer products, the company focuses on innovation and quality to meet customer needs."
Alternatives: "a producer of consumer goods" or "a creator of consumer products."
Oneida, a maker of consumer products, said it wanted to diversify its product line.
"It's a large score by most any VC standard, and massive for a maker of consumer goods," Fortune says.
Brown-Forman, Louisville, Ky., a maker of consumer products, has hired Goldman , Sachs& Co. to explore alternatives for its Lenox china and crystal unit, including a sale.
NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC., Freeport, Ill., a maker of consumer products, said it planned to buy back as much as $500 million of its stock.
In 2009, Sanofi made 33 deals totaling $9 billion, including the $1.9 billion purchase of Chattem, a maker of consumer health products like Icy Hot and Selsun Blue, based in Tennessee.
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO., Hartsville, S.C., a maker of consumer packaging and tubes, said it had bought three tube-making plants in England from Jefferson Smurfit Group, Dublin, a maker of paper products, to increase sales in Britain.
The Westvaco Corporation agreed yesterday to acquire the closely held Impac Group, a maker of consumer-goods packaging, for about $230 million.
UNILEVER PLC., London, a maker of branded consumer goods, said its Unilever Ventures unit had acquired a 40percentt stake in BrainJuicer.com Ltd., an automated market research business.
A Hong Kong maker of consumer electronics products, VTech Holdings Ltd., agreed to buy out one of its largest customers, paying $113.3 million for the consumer telephone assets of Lucent Technologies Inc.
"Taiwan is no longer a manufacturing paradise," says K.Y. Lee, the chairman and chief executive of BenQ Corporation, a Taiwanese maker of consumer electronics and mobile phones.How can the island adapt?
So he sold the paper mills and bet the company on becoming a leading maker of consumer paper products.A similar thing happened with another of the companies on Mr Collins's list of greats.
