He went to Kyocera's remaining suppliers and explained that when the solar boom is over, fly-by-night makers will disappear, but Kyocera will still be around.
Although Komag is the only remaining independent supplier of disk media in the United States, both I.B.M., during its transition to Hitachi, and Seagate will continue to manufacture disks for their own products.
This poses a significant challenge for the remaining local suppliers who will compete at a disadvantage with corporate groups and their usual suppliers.
Motorola said Freescale would remain a supplier.
A letter turns up from a larger customer changing payment terms, or charging them to remain a supplier and in some cases even deducting that charge on the spot against payment owed.
How have you been able to remain sole supplier to the United States Bureau of Engraving for so long? A. It's a very technical manufacturing process and requires significant investment.
"In early 2013 we reinforced our ban on Uzbek cotton by requiring all suppliers to sign a mandatory commitment to neither directly or indirectly source any such cotton as a requirement to remain our supplier".
The outcome of the supplier's information acquisition may turn out to be either successful, with the supplier becoming informed, or unsuccessful, with the supplier remaining uninformed.
But with Venezuela remaining a leading supplier of oil to the United States, such a move is considered unlikely because of the limits on trade it would entail.
In at least one north London household, Ocado has a fighting chance of remaining the dominant supplier – especially if it keeps sending those easy-to-understand "£15 off" vouchers aimed at stalling Waitrose's advance into home delivery.
