How to Use original equipment manufacturer in a Sentence

original equipment manufacturer

noun
  • Over the past two decades, HydraPak has become the number one original equipment manufacturer of reservoirs and soft flasks in the world.
    Morgan Tilton, Outside Online, 30 July 2020
  • During this time, there's often a flurry of change orders going back and forth between the automotive original equipment manufacturer and the supplier.
    Dave Opsahl, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • In the automotive industry, for example, shutdowns at the original equipment manufacturer-level due to the pandemic caused a ripple effect of challenges down to the dealer level.
    Matthew Leone, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Also, ask whether the shop uses OEM (original equipment manufacturer) or aftermarket (equipment made by another company that may be used as a replacement) parts.
    Laura Daily, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Having a major [original equipment manufacturer] in support is a huge endorsement of the legitimacy of Right-to-Repair legislation.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The defense spending amendment also covers Dahua and Hikvision’s extensive agreements with original equipment manufacturers, sweeping up any vendor that resells the devices or uses the companies’ equipment.
    Olivia Carville, latimes.com, 10 July 2019
  • Multiple auto [original equipment manufacturer] CEOs have promised self-driving car roadmaps that their own engineers think are unrealistic.
    Sara Castellanos, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2018
  • Today, Casco remains an original equipment manufacturer specializing in cutting, sealing, and sewing top-quality products for soft goods industry leaders.
    Melinda Zemper, Cincinnati.com, 16 Jan. 2020
  • For example, imagine a parts supplier to an industrial original equipment manufacturer (OEM).
    Lisa Caldwell, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Sure, other Windows original equipment manufacturers had been creating unique devices — Lenovo's Yoga certainly stands out — but Microsoft joining the party certainly caused some more innovation.
    CNN Underscored, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Imagine an original equipment manufacturer using connected products to monitor its products and the virtual representation of the models as an additional selling feature of the physical products.
    Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021

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