The phrase "a maker of hard" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe someone who creates something difficult or challenging, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "He is a maker of hard challenges that push people to their limits."
Alternatives: "creator of difficulties" or "producer of challenges".
This week Motorola said it would cut 4,000 jobs, and Seagate, a maker of hard disks, said it would reduce its staff by 800.
The Leicester centre used to be what was called a maker of hard yards, but here he was a storm-damaged wall being demolished by the wrecking ball.
His father, an engineer, tests the reliability of computer equipment for the Broomfield office of the Storage Technology Corporation, a maker of hard drives and other computer equipment.
Other firms, such as Seagate Technology, a maker of hard disks and storage gear, have failed in recent years to pull off such deals because of lack of funding at attractive terms.
Take Seagate, a maker of hard disks, for example.
Its revenues have more than tripled since 1992, to a likely $4 billion this year, and it has risen to the number three spot as a maker of hard drives behind only Seagate and Quantum.
The bridegroom, 37, is on the research staff at Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, a maker of hard-disk drives in San Jose, Calif.
He'd headed up a turnaround of Conner Peripherals, a maker of hard-disk drives, and engineered its merger with Seagate Technology.
JUST as kitchens have been transformed over the years from dowdy work spaces into elegant showplaces, Armstrong, the nation's leading maker of hard flooring, is doing a little renovating of its own.
WALL STREET JOURNAL Western Digital to Buy Virident Systems | Western Digital, the maker of hard drives, said on Monday that it would buy Virident Systems, a maker of flash memory for servers, for $685 million in cash.
Now there are persistent rumors that the Korean giant may buy Western Digital, the world's No. 2 maker of hard drives — and the chatter is giving Western's shares a bit of a lift.
