Made in the U.S.A., but by Sharp

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Sharp Corp announces that it will begin producing flat panel display screens for portable computers in the US. The move is apparently a political gesture intended to dissipate a recent high-technology trade dispute. Sharp is likely to be followed by other Japanese ultra-thin video screen manufacturers in response to the US Commerce Department's dumping accusation. Dumping is the term used for the practice of selling products below the cost of producing and marketing them. Sharp's strategy is similar to that of Japanese auto makers in which a large portion of a product is manufactured in the US, with American employees, making it difficult for Congress to impose punitive or protective measures. Sharp will produce only its simplest liquid crystal display screens in the US, and claims that production at a new US facility will be restricted to 'final assembly' operations.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Foreign operations, Laws, regulations and rules, Equipment and supplies, Liquid crystal displays, Laptop computers, Portable computers, Flat panel displays, Commerce, Sharp Corp. (Osaka, Japan), Laptop/Portable Computer, Strategic Planning, Manufacturers, Flat Panel Display, LCD Display

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The new TV makes debut in Japan

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High definition television sets (HDTVs) go on sale in Japan in the first week of Dec 1990. The $34,000 HDTV, which offers the wide-screen look and clarity of a movie-theater screen, is getting one hour a day of broadcasting from the state-run NHK broadcasting station. NHK plans to increase HDTV broadcasting to eight hours a day in 1991. The HDTV manufacturers market the revolutionary technology through a strategy of getting customers attracted to the product by selling it to hotel lobbies and other places where large amounts of people gather. The Japanese manufacturers believe sales will exceed one million sets in Japan by 1995; the price is expected to drop to $7,500.

Product information, International aspects, Marketing, Television equipment industry, High-definition television, High definition television

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Singapore aim: high-tech future

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Prime minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew is trying to lure foreign investment to encourage Singapore's high-technology industries. Singapore is offering tax incentives to foreign companies willing to do research and development in the country, aiming to move from a low-cost labor market to a high-technology market. Singapore, where 89 percent of the $1 billion in investments came from abroad in 1989, depends on foreign participation to realize its economic strategy. The government hopes that the future careers of its 2.7 million population will include researchers, software engineers and biotechnology specialists.

High technology industry, Foreign investments, Economic aspects, High technology, Economic policy, Singapore, Developing countries, International relations, Industrialized countries, Industrial development, Industrialization, Lee Kuan Yew, Foreign Investment

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