索尼笔记本电池也出问题

The problems that Dell, Apple, Toshiba, Lenovo, and other laptop makers¹ have had with Sony battery recalls have finally caught up with Sony. That plus development costs for their upcoming PS3 video game machine gave Sony a 94% drop in profits for the third quarter of 2006—after a $240 million profit in the third quarter of last year, they made only a $14 million profit this year. Earlier in the week Sony executives held a press conference to apologize for the problems that led to the recall of 9.6 billion batteries around the world. According to Sony chief financial officer Nobuyuki Oneda, the battery recall "gives a short-term impact" on the company's financial health, "though in the long term, we would like to improve the products so that people feel safe using them."

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n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》