While some Android makers, notably Samsung Electronics, also make a wide array of models, Adnaan Ahmad, an analyst with Berenberg Bank in London, said that it was a mistake for RIM to emulate them.
And for multinational manufacturers, it is the least expensive place in the world to make a wide array of products — although rising wages in China are starting to prompt manufacturers of some toys and garments to move to even lower-wage countries like Vietnam and Bangladesh.
Thus, low-cost open-source 3D printers will become ubiquitous household items, which people use to make a wide array of consumer goods, replacement parts, and highly customized products.
And based on how the researchers patterned the fibronectin and controlled the films' assembly, the Harvard team was able to make a wide array of devices, such as films that coiled and relaxed, hopped, gripped, and even swam.
Our analysis also indicates that the LECA had the potential to make a wide array of different sterols and that subsequent evolution occurred through tinkering via differential enzyme losses and specializations in the various eukaryotic lineages in parallel with their divergence from the LECA.
ConAgra, which makes a wide array of products, including Hunt's canned tomato products and Chef Boyardee packaged meals, said it would continue with previously announced plans to cut the sodium in its portfolio of products by 20 percent by 2015.
Lubrizol (LZ, 77) of Wickliffe, Ohio makes a wide array of speciality chemicals used in engine oils, transmission fluids, compressor lubricants, coatings and inks.
Sanofi-Aventis : Headquartered in Paris with operations in more than 100 countries, Sanofi makes a wide array of drugs, including Allegra (allergies), Ambien CR (a prescription sleeping aid), and Plavix (used to prevent blood clots).
Eaton Corporation: Based in Cleveland, Eaton makes a wide array of industrial products, ranging from photoelectric and proximity sensors to power-distribution systems to high-performance golf club grips.
The iPod, for instance, where PortalPlayer derived 92% of its revenue last year, has been getting more parts from Samsung, which is capable of making a wide array of chips, including different memory types and logic processors, that it can integrate and design into various packages.
