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[I]n order to compete in the global market, Proton has to strengthen its export markets, because it can't only rely on the traditional markets. As an example can be taken the drop of car sales (14 900 units in 1993 to 4 600 in 1998) in the United Kingdom - the major export market for Proton, because of the intense competition from Japanese and Korean makers. But by cooperating with other global partners, Proton would be able to build resilience to face the competitive international environment and have a better chance of making further inroads into existing markets and penetrating new ones.
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The most obvious failed vehicle make by Proton with a stupid name Juara which means Champion in English. This car is claimed by many to be a coffin car, esp when it is black in color. Malaysians were not attracted to this unsporty vehicle which looks more like giant assorted biscuit tins (which is a very accurate hunch, since they were is in fact giant assorted biscuit tins from Giant supermarkets with holes cut out and wheels attached). Production of this car ended after less than a year. Proton blamed it on Mitsubishi as they said this ugly car will bring JE Pigs to Proton, and this car will be the last Mitsubishi rebadge by Proton.
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A Proton rocket with a Briz M upper stage blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Dec. 10, 2003 at 20:42:12 Moscow Time, carrying two Uragan and one Uragan-M spacecraft. After reaching orbit, the satellites were designated as Cosmos-2402, -2403 and -2404.
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Proton Research & Development used Microsoft Paint to design all their models or rebadge a car from another car manufacturer. This will improve the image of the Proton to tell people that they are still up to date.
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GENEVA, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) today announced that it has signed an agreement for the deployment of its Proton Prisma smart card system software technology in Norway with BBS (Bankenes BetalingsSentral AS). BBS is owned by and acts on behalf of the Norwegian banks–Den norske Bank, Sparebanken 1 Gruppen, Gjensidige NOR Sparebank and Terra Gruppen. Under the terms of the agreement, BBS will become a licensee for Norway for Proton Prisma. The agreement marks a significant step by the Norwegian banks in their migration to smart cards, and to EMV* in particular.
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PROTON won three more Design and Engineering Awards at the 1989 WCES with Proton’s first entry into the larger screen arena with the VT-331 31" stereo monitor/receiver, the 600 Series audio system and the CR-560 car audio receiver. Three products that fulfilled Proton’s philosophy of quality products with excellent performance. The VT-331 was named by VIDEO magazine’s VIVA Award for “Product of the Year.” In addition, the VT-331 was so much better than anything else in the market that it was the first TV to ever be reviewed by Stereophile.
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