1.   The propane industry was a mature industry and Mega was primarily a single business company.

2.   And in a mature industry, market share becomes the game, analysts said.

3.   As McAuslan, also a senior administrator at Dawson, began studying the more mature microbrewing industry in the United States, so did Bounsall.

4.   But in a mature industry, critical mass is important.

5.   Fierce global competition in mature industries offers no room for monopolies in things like chemicals, steel, automobiles and machinery.

6.   Given that railroading is a mature industry, takeovers are the way to expand, he said.

7.   If we are pricked to start inquiring about the age of the swordfish on our plates, we might just get a more mature industry.

8.   In a mature industry such as telecommunications, consumers will not shift services if they are getting what they want, he said.

9.   In addition, many of its product lines are in highly mature industries, like electrical power generation.

10.   Kubota is the latest Japanese company to stumble in trying to move from mature industries into high technology, partly through U.S. investments.