NIKKEI Monozukuri March 2008

Cover Story
Successful Small & Medium-Sized Companies - The R&D Born Out of the Power of Writh

General Introduction: Difficulty Builds Up Unique Technologies.
Case Studies:Watanabe Foundry, FCM, Createch, Kedc, Namics

Interview

Tohru Yamai, President/CEO, Snow Peak, Inc.

The Exquisite "X"

The Original Shape of a Wood Residue Which Showed Up Differences When it Was Regenerated

Breaking News

New 3D CAD Products Focus on Ease of Use
Toshiba Pulled Out of HD DVD business
Dassault and Siemens Come Up With Contrasting Idealized Visions of Product Lifecycle Management
3Q FY07 Results Show Profits From New Money-Maker

Detailed Reports

Battery or Capacitor? Regenerative Electric Power Storage Equipment for Railway Use

Special Report

This Is As Far As It Has Come: Power of Revolutionary Simulation Software

Special Report

How To Revive Small Factory Practicing Kaizen

Sites in Figures

Reduction in Waste from Manufacturing Plants: In 40% of Cases, Production Costs Are Also Reduced

Mechatronics Course - The Plan to Develop a Tea- Serving Automaton

(Part 12) Pertinence and Safety of Design

The Art of Visualization

(Final Part) Visualization of Direct Impact on Profits and How to Promote It

Basic Tolerance Design

(Fainal Part) Practicing Tolerance Design

Global Plant Safety

(Fainal Part)Cases of Reducing Risk in Design and at Operation of Semiconductor Manufacturing Facilities

Talking about Manufacturing in English

(Part 12)Purchasing

SME Relay

KSD - Zero Draft Angle Die-Cast Molding a Clear Advantage

Kodensha - Merging Electrical and Machine Design Capabilities

How to Select and Buy Low-Priced Parts in China

The Pricing of Film Switches Down by 90%, Use Sample Products While Looking to the Future

The Master

Make Wise Use of the Power of Nature

Accident Investigation

F2 Fighter Plane That Crashed and Burned Saw Sudden Nosedive Due to Faulty Wiring

Frank Opinion

The Diversification of Business Relationships Opens Up Opportunities for Unique Small & Medium-Sized Companies

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In-depth Articles from Nikkei Electronics Asia

Cover Story SSDs Challenge HDDs, but Quality a Problem

Solid-state drives (SSD) using NAND Flash memory are beginning to show up in a variety of equipment as storage devices. Prices are dropping as semiconductor technology continues to evolve, accelerating adoption of the drives, but manufacturers must also deal with eroding quality.

Analysis Expanded Use of Silicon Tuners Transforms Tvs

With analog television broadcasting slated for the axe in about two years in Japan, TV broadcast tuners are evolving rapidly, replacing old radio frequency (RF) analog circuits with new integrated circuits (IC) called silicon tuners. Signal demodulators are evolving with them, and by tracing the direction of their evolution it is possible to delineate the shape of tomorrow's TV.

Convenience Stores Lead in Energy Conservation

Convenience store franchises are moving to slash energy consumption following the revision of the Japanese Act on the Rational Use of Energy, and are rapidly becoming showcases for cutting-edge energy-conservation technology. The technologies honed here will spread to other firms in the distribution industry, office buildings and more, eventually worldwide.