Under the plan, Whittaker will sell most of its chemical operations and several of its technology divisions.

Her mother is an account manager in the optical technology division of the 3M company in New York.

For this purpose, the technology division cooperates with external research institutes.

If you have a trauma treatment center, or an alien technology division, he's probably associated with one of them.

The general technology division, which makes semiconductors, has more incentive to seek outside sales to help defray the huge costs of semiconductor development.

Allan Sommer, 40, was recruited by Enron two years earlier, taking a job as a vice president overseeing a technology division.

Through its advanced technology division, programs are available with emphasis on the fast-changing needs of a modern industrial society.

The company said it would also reorganize its eight technology divisions and change the technologies managed within each group.

"We're quite happy with the result," said Paul R. Low, the president of the company's general technology division.

He added that the company, which will have separate programming, marketing, and technology divisions, would be based in Los Angeles, near the entertainment community.