We design the software and processes that streamline the operations of giant retail chains and global high-tech manufacturers.

Earlier that year, he testified before the Senate against legislation that would have forced high-tech manufacturers to incorporate technology to prevent piracy in their software and hardware.

Shipping fragile electronic gear without damage has been a persistent problem for high-tech manufacturers.

The situation for US manufacturers who export, particularly high-tech manufacturers, is a bit more complex.

Worse, it could set up Idaho as overly dependent on a certain kind of company - the small to moderate-size high-tech manufacturer.

Today the Airport Industrial Park includes major high-tech manufacturers, biotech companies, and Hallmark Institute of Photography.

But those controls hurt business and should be eased, the high-tech manufacturers argued.

Early-stage high-tech manufacturers can have difficulty finding the right venture capital source.

Presented with the financial means to build the extra semiconductor fabricating plant or the marginal personal-computer manufacturing plant, the world's high-tech manufacturers have not hesitated.

Micron's unusual position as an Idaho-based high-tech manufacturer helps explain the small company's political influence.