Word: mitsubishis
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...various consortiums, including one headed by West Germany's Schloemann-Siemag AG. The scuttled portion of the project includes plans for a $650 million cold-rolling mill, to have been built jointly by Schloemann-Siemag and three other West German firms, a $425 million contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and a $140 million project for Nippon Steel...
...pioneers of the small computer business will also soon face stiff competition from the Japanese, who will begin landing their first machines in the U.S. this spring. Commodore Founder Jack Tramiel warned a group of executives recently: "Gentlemen, the Japanese are coming." Representatives of Hitachi, Toshiba, Mitsubishi and NEC (Nippon Electric) have all paid calls on U.S. retailers to find out what products Americans want and how much they are prepared to pay. The Japanese are expected to enter the market with state-of-the-art machines that will be cheaper than competing American products. The first arrival is likely...
...consolidation of the world's auto companies, and first floated the idea of a "Global Motors" to bankers in 1978. But his company has had little luck finding a partner. Volkswagen backed away from a deal nearly two years ago; France's PeugeotCitroen and Japan's Mitsubishi, with whom Chrysler already has business ties, have shown little interest...
...technicians are already testing robots to shear sheep. One machine first stuns the animal with an electric shock, then closes in with its shears. Clipping the back and sides is not too hard, but the technicians still report "significant difficulties" in finishing up the neck and head. In Japan, Mitsubishi has devised a robot that can visually distinguish different species...
...policymaker at Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry, is that they have ample room to grow at home and do not "want to take the time and trouble involved in exports. They have got to make the effort." Echoes Yasuo Oki, a spokesman for Mitsubishi, Japan's largest trading house: "American businessmen come in here, throw up their hands at the differences in doing business in this country and go home muttering about the closed market...