PII-37 -- Venture Company File Number Three

A company which specializes in making a small range of specialized connectors doesn't sound very sexy. It also sounds like a business that is very vulnerable to competition from China.

GW-218

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G A D G E T W A T C H
The Hottest Gadgets and Gizmos from Japan
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Issue No. 218
Friday December 16, 2005

1. AOpen MP915-B
2. Hitachi FLORA Se210
3. Nagase TRANSGEAR HMP-100

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