Formed to fill a market niche for a high-capacity, short-haul jet transport, the consortium eventually became the second largest maker of commercial aircraft in the world (Boeing Company is first).
Dell, the second largest maker of personal computers behind Hewlett-Packard, is trying to expand beyond its roots in laptop and desktop computers to higher margin products like servers and data storage for corporations.
Gerald Norman Pencer, Canadian businessman who expanded his father's bottling business from a regional company into the Cott Corp., the world's fourth largest maker of soft drinks (b. April 26 , 1945 Montreal, Que.--d. Feb. 3, 1998, Toronto, Ont.).
April 26 , 1945Montreal, Canada February 3 , 1998Toronto, Canada Gerald Norman Pencer, Canadian businessman who expanded his father's bottling business from a regional company into the Cott Corp., the world's fourth largest maker of soft drinks (b. April 26 , 1945 Montreal, Que.--d. Feb. 3, 1998, Toronto, Ont.).
Qualcomm, the world's second largest maker of chips for mobile phones, is also working on a chip to enable phones to receive digital television signals, the company said Tuesday.
Through its innovations and the growing range of aircraft offered, the European consortium became the second largest maker of commercial aircraft worldwide, deferring only to Boeing while relegating McDonnell Douglas to a distant third place by the mid 1990s (prior to its merger with Boeing in 1997).
In it, Ren downplays his company's reputation for opacity, which has fueled charges that Huawei, the world's second largest maker of telecom equipment, is involved in espionage for the Chinese government.
And as Motorola's market share, still tops in the U.S., declines on the world's stage, analysts predict LG could overtake the flagging U.S. handset maker later this year, becoming the third largest handset maker worldwide.
The Chinese computer company outgrew every other PC maker for the past seven quarters and is now the third largest PC maker by volume.
In the Christmas quarter, Huawei overtook BlackBerry to become the world's third largest smartphone maker.
