Following the sale, the Japan vendor will retain a 10% share of Sony Baja California. The Tijuana site will remain a key manufacturing facility of Sony LCD TVs for the Americas region. Foxconn will assume employment of employees at the Tijuana site, Sony said.
Within its LCD TV business, Sony said it is concentrating internal resources towards areas that contribute to product differentiation, such as R&D, engineering and design.
Sony sells LCD TV fab to Foxconn
Posted on Wednesday, September 02 2009 @ 0:42 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck