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...defrost feature. The big manufacturers weren't delivering. So Haier did, and added style to the mix, making iceboxes in different colors and producing a sleek stainless steel unit. Haier's fridges aren't the cheapest. But the firm has captured 40% of U.S. sales and forced manufacturers like Sanyo to play catch...
...months ago, Sanyo introduced a washing machine that it says can clean clothes using only water, ultrasonic waves and electrolysis. No detergent necessary. The machine is environmentally friendly, and gadget-happy Japanese have snapped up more than 30,000 units. But now Sanyo's pitch is being refuted by the Japan Soap and Detergent Association, which says the machine doesn't clean well and can damage clothes. Sanyo says it has no immediate plans to market the product--which has an optional detergent cycle--in the U.S. But Brian Sansoni, a spokesman for the $8.5 billion soap industry, is taking...
Recent Sprint PCS rebates on several Samsung and Sanyo phones have been extremely hot sellers among students. The Samsung 3500, the most popular phone for Sprint customers, had been available for free (with a mail-in rebate) and quickly ran out of stock. In the past few days, the store has had to direct customers interested in the phone to stores in Boston and Brookline...
...beer. It's all enticingly on display under the fluorescent lights of a truck-sized vending machine parked in the lobby of Tokyo's Shibuya Excel Hotel. The New Economy comes in a variety of offerings, and this is the ultimate in high-tech self-serve. Manufactured by Sanyo Electric, this fully automated mini-convenience store is part of a new generation of vending machines popping up in a country that's long been obsessed with coin-slot culture. Sanyo's Auto Shop Vendor isn't just bigger than the Coke-and-coffee machines of the past; advanced mechanical engineering...
...installed sensors clever enough to read the birth date on a driver's license?and savvy enough to recognize a fake ID. Another breakthrough allows machines to send messages directly to maintenance workers, alerting them if a machine needs repair, drinks or snacks?making distribution and upkeep more efficient. Sanyo, meanwhile, has devised a way to fight Japan's rising crime?a new drink dispenser made of a boltless, seamless piece of steel that they say is almost impossible for thieves to pry open...