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The Belgian family-controlled commodity chemical supplier's €3.4 billion $4.84 billion all-cash bid for smaller French rival Rhodia checks off a lot of boxes, creating a better balanced combined group, both in terms of markets and customers.

Solvay's Cyclical Thinking Matthew Curtin 2011

Channing Johnson for the Wall Street Journal Fusion staffers at the components supplier's Andover, Mass., office.

Disaster Highlights Component Firms Dana Mattioli 2011

Deferral of payment for a public sector department is almost always beneficial; a potential loss often in the hundreds of thousands of pounds or a wait of a year or more for the money is an acceptable risk for a large supplier's overall business – particularly when the financial returns can be multiples of their original investment in time and resources.

Payment by Results is alluring but it's still a gamble 2011

A supplier's close location to his customers will result in low transportation costs.

Mark Sunshine: The Small Silver Lining of $100 Oil Mark Sunshine 2011

It's the one part whose vendor Mr. Rassweiler couldn't identify, and he said Apple appears to have taken pains to hide the supplier's identity.

A Look Inside Apple's iPhone 4S Arik Hesseldahl 2011

A company can generally collect only if the disaster that caused the shutdown at the supplier's plant is an event covered at their own plant, said Finley Harckham , a lawyer at Anderson Kill & Olick.

Insurers Face Claims as Supply Chains Break Erik Holm 2011

In 2009, it assumed more than $6 billion in pension liabilities from Delphi Corp., following the large auto supplier's bankruptcy.

Friendly's Chain Faces Questions on Pension Plan Mike Spector 2011

Apple said it has established new requirements for firms dealing with combustible dust after the blast in Chengdu and an explosion at another supplier's factory in Shanghai that injured 59.

Apple Navigates China Maze Jessica E. Vascellaro 2012

The geophysical equipment supplier's fiscal third-quarter earnings soared as equipment-leasing revenue more than doubled and margins improved.

Dow Makes It Three in a Row Jonathan Cheng 2011

"Last year, a solid recovery in 2012 was anticipated," according to the aerospace supplier's annual business-jet market update, which is closely watched by the industry.

Honeywell Forecasts Weak Business-Jet Orders Through 2012 David Kesmodel 2011