The Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, a fund of Japanese companies and the Japanese government, wants to be a lcd factory Panasonic to take over. With the acquisition, a total of almost 186 million euros.
In the factory of Panasonic in the Chiba district of Japan are currently, panels for lcd tvs produced, but the INCJ wants this according to the Japanese business daily Nikkei to retool for the production of lcds for smartphones and tablets, so read at Reuters. The INCJ would be for the cars of the production line in the amount of approximately 923 million euro reserve. In the fall of 2012 would be the first smaller and medium-sized lcds of the tape reels.
The factory is most likely part of Japan Display, a new joint venture, in which Hitachi, Sony and Toshiba make their lcd manufacturing facilities unite. Japan Display, a powerful Japanese fist against the Korean competitors Samsung and LG Display. The fund is seventy per cent owner of Japan Display.
There were already sounds Panasonic lcd-plant in the Chiba district wanted to sell. When, however, was not yet known which party the acquisition would do. Panasonic is heading this year at a loss of 3.8 billion dollars and halves the production of tv panels. In the coming year disappear 17,000 jobs at the company.
