"I hooked up with sound chip and doll manufacturers in Asia," she says.

Several modern doll manufacturers now offer the latter option on their silicone dolls, with the addition of an internal heating system.

Ms. Bonsall began her career at an advertising agency, where she sold the rights to one of her drawings to a doll manufacturer.

During the early-to-mid 20th century, several doll manufacturers created Topsy and Topsy-type dolls.

A machine which produces artificial hair is imported by a doll manufacturer under a hire contract, the main terms of which are:

When newborning from a kit, the first several steps of the process are completed by reborn doll artists and doll manufacturers.

Several doll manufacturers made Topsy and Topsy-type dolls.

Doll manufacturers have also taken advantage of the trend and sell supplies, tools, and accessories catering to reborn followers.

Doll manufacturers sometimes base BJDs on characters from anime, manga, other works of fiction, or even historical figures.

A doll manufacturer bought the rights to her orange-haired, freckle-faced rag doll who later became a character in her first book, The Surprise Party.

Together with Asmund Laerdul, a Norwegian doll manufacturer, Dr. Gordon developed mannequins and used them in training.

Mattel Inc. said it had agreed in principle to buy 51 percent of Corolle S.A. of France, a privately held doll manufacturer.

Some Shirley Temple fans unknowingly bought the knockoffs from other doll manufacturers not realizing that these weren't the licensed products but they knew they had to have them and that's all that mattered.

His father is the vice chairman and chief executive of the Alexander Doll Company, a doll manufacturer, and a co-chairman and an owner of Sesac Inc., a performing rights licensing company, both in New York.

In 1998, while with Grubb & Ellis New York, a major provider of real estate services, Mr. Seeler was one of two executives who represented the seller, a Japanese doll manufacturer, in the sale of the six-story office building at 433 Fifth Avenue for $2.9 million.

By 1848 Jumeau had become the foremost doll manufacturer, had won a bronze medal at the 1849 Paris Exposition and was invited in 1851 to take part in the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London where he won a First Place Medal, the dresses being singled out for praise.