"So the response can only be aggressive cost reductions".
Ralph Hake, the chief executive, said a rapid integration of Amana, which Maytag bought in August 2001, and aggressive cost reductions helped improve operating margins and net income.
Eastman Kodak, the top maker of photographic film, posted a fourth-quarter profit of $113 million, as aggressive cost reductions helped outpace slack demand for cameras and film.
With the aggressive cost reductions for 3-D printing made available by the open-source self-replicating rapid prototypers (RepRaps) the economic advantage of custom distributed manufacturing has become substantial.
Anne M. Mulcahy, chief executive of Xerox, said the company anticipated "very, very tough economic times," and added, "that's why we're being so aggressive on cost reduction".
Cost reduction measures are being aggressively implemented across the Group.
In recent years, reformulation of solvent systems has gained strength for three main reasons: cost reduction maintaining performance, performance improvement, and the search for solvents which are less aggressive to human and environment, either voluntarily or driven by legislation.
Deep cost reduction is required to ensure solar tower technology becomes competitive, and to achieve the aggressive LCOE targets of ASTRI and other programs like U.S. Sunshot.
Cost reduction is also painfully slow.
They can't talk about cost reduction.
Aggressive cost cutting also buoyed the studio's results.
