1.   Corning, once linked with SDL, was in talks until last week with Nortel Networks about a possible merger of their optical components businesses.

2.   He said Rockwell wants to concentrate primarily on its electronics businesses, such as semiconductor systems, avionics and communications and automotive component businesses.

3.   He was the scion of a Stuttgart family whose auto components business prospered from its connections with Mercedes-Benz.

4.   In addition to General Semiconductor, the company plans to spin off its cable satellite components business as NextLevel Systems Inc. and its electronic cables business as CommScope Inc.

5.   Moreover, such a big announcement represents an effort by IBM to attract attention to its components business.

6.   Nortel and Lucent Technologies, which has said it will spinoff a similar components business, are large customers of JDS Uniphase as well as competitors.

7.   She operated a computer components business in that industrial park.

8.   Still, its other aircraft component businesses are sound, including its galley products group which has a plant in Delray Beach, Fla.

9.   The future of Nortel and Lucent components businesses of Nortel and Lucent adds an element of uncertainty, Kedersha said.

10.   Opportunities exist, especially in the core auto component business, where IFB is still the leader in many segments.