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Nature 436, 775 (11 August 2005) | doi:10.1038/436775a; Published online 10 August 2005
Ancient foil maker wraps up mobile-phone market
Ichiko Fuyuno
Few high-tech companies celebrate links with the world as it was before about 1980 — never mind with traditions crafted 305 years ago. But a family firm that has been going strong since the end of the seventeenth century last week won a Japanese award for its work with metal films, most of which, these days, end up in mobile phones.
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