The second is to retain its position as the dominant global supplier.
"In each case, China is the dominant global supplier, producing about 70% of global output.
I.B.M. is the largest global supplier of information technology — hardware, software and services — to corporations and governments.
"To a certain extent, a merger can give you the scope to allow you to be a global supplier".
Courtaulds, the top global supplier of clothes for private labels, had dismissed an earlier offer of 100 pence a share.
MSC is a global supplier of engineering software called Nastran, developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Federal-Mogul Corp is a global supplier of automotive components, subsystems, modules, and systems serving OEMs and the aftermarket.
Aurolab is now a major global supplier of intraocular lenses and has driven down the price of lenses made by other manufacturers as well.
This, says Mr Duncan, will not transfer production from Britain, but will actually safeguard jobs in Leicester, because the company will move towards being a global supplier.
At the beginning of World War II, the United States supplied about 63 percent of the world's oil and Texas was the global supplier of last resort.
I.B.M. is the largest global supplier of information technology — hardware, software and services — to corporations and governments, so it is seen as a bellwether of technology spending trends.
