• kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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    12 hours ago

    Nintendo was a card manufacturing company but is now a videogame titan. Fujifilm went from photo and film to biotechnology. Sony just recently eked out to finance and investing

    Hitachi makes consumer electronics and heavy industrial construction machinery.

    But somehow Ford can only make F150s and Mustangs any more…

    • axus@lemmy.ca
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      10 hours ago

      Ford Aerospace was a division of Ford in the 1950s-1970s that made missiles and satellites. Look at the backgrounds of the corporate leadership, the 4th generation Fords have most of the votes. The CEO’s background is in sales and marketing.