Paradise Lost.

REELL Precision Manufacturing Corp.; BUSINESS losses; ACTIONS & defenses (Law); WAHLSTEDT, Bob L.; INDUSTRIAL management; LAPTOP computer equipment; MOTION control devices; EQUIPMENT & supplies

The article focuses on the plight of Reell Precision Manufacturing, which is currently losing money, and is facing accusations and lawsuits. Co-founder Bob L. Wahlstedt and his partners had adopted an unusually democratic approach to management. Reell is the world's leading designer and manufacturer of hinges that allow the cover of a laptop to hold steady when it was put up, as well as other motion-control products. The recent troubles date back to 2004 when sales of laptop hinges declined.