(idea) by iocane Fri Apr 20 2001 at 14:26:58
Term coined in 1983 to describe the new, successful (then!) manufacturing industries, upon which the economic sun was supposedly rising. Eg: high-technology electronics, robotics, microchips, sophisticated automation and computers.

Antonym for an earlier term, sunset industry.

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