1.   Groups resulting from a parent manufacturer establishing a pyramid of subcontractors and component suppliers.

2.   These should be available from most good component suppliers and are certainly listed in the Maplin catalogue.

3.   They were automotive component suppliers to motor manufacturers.

4.   As the industry has consolidated, that has put pressure on component suppliers.

5.   But Intel and other component suppliers say their sales indicate the market is probably a lot bigger.

6.   Computer makers, software developers and component suppliers gained on expectations of big profit gains next year.

7.   Contractors also get huge volume discounts from components suppliers.

8.   Concern that computer sales could be slowing spread to chipmakers, component suppliers and companies that supply chip-making equipment.

9.   In the long run, Gyll said, Volvo cannot rule out alliances or joint ventures with other automakers and component suppliers, or even an outright merger.

10.   It keeps a famously tight hold on component suppliers, and it has the smallest discretionary research-and-development budget of any major computer maker.