91.   Liberty, based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, makes testing equipment for engines and turbines.

92.   Last year, Marconi formed a venture to make sonar equipment with Thomson-CSF, a particularly sensitive technology, given its importance on nuclear submarines.

93.   Local companies, especially those that make medical equipment, are expanding rapidly, said Maury Thompson, the business reporter for The Post-Star in Glens Falls.

94.   Mayan makes complex equipment that helps add flexibility to the optical networks within cities.

95.   Ltd. Read-Rite makes equipment for computer disk drives.

96.   Lucent, which makes phone equipment, will develop information systems for its own customers.

97.   Massachusetts is loaded with companies that make equipment for the semiconductor business, and virtually all of them have been hit hard.

98.   Motorola said at the time it wanted to concentrate on making telecommunications equipment, rather than owning and operating networks.

99.   Most wooden play equipment is made of wood treated to prevent insect infestation, but treated lumber still must be sealed.

100.   MRV makes telecommunications equipment.