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Kyodo News
13-05-2025
- Business
- Kyodo News
Sharp to sell symbolic LCD plant to parent company Foxconn
KYODO NEWS - 10 hours ago - 23:59 | All, Japan Japanese electronics firm Sharp Corp. said Monday it will sell a liquid crystal display panel plant in central Japan, once viewed as a symbol of the company's strong position in the TV market, to its Taiwanese parent company, Foxconn. The company will sell the second plant at its LCD production site in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, where it currently makes LCD screens for smartphones and personal computers. The facility, along with the first plant at the site, once produced LCD TVs known as the "Kameyama Model," which helped boost Sharp's presence in the large-screen TV market. Sharp said that once the sale to its parent company, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., is completed by August 2026, it will buy panels produced at the factory for use in its products. The first plant at the Kameyama site will focus on making LCD panels for automobiles. The electronics maker has scaled down output at the plants through 2024 amid intensified competition from overseas LCD panel manufacturers. Related coverage: Japan's Rapidus gears up for test production of next-generation chips Struggling Nissan plans to slash 20,000 jobs globally Japan's Jera pledges stable power supply by using LNG-fired plant
The Mainichi
12-05-2025
- Business
- The Mainichi
Sharp to sell symbolic LCD plant to parent company Foxconn
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Japanese electronics firm Sharp Corp. said Monday it will sell a liquid crystal display panel plant in central Japan, once viewed as a symbol of the company's strong position in the TV market, to its Taiwanese parent company, Foxconn. The company will sell the second plant at its LCD production site in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, where it currently makes LCD screens for smartphones and personal computers. The facility, along with the first plant at the site, once produced LCD TVs known as the "Kameyama Model," which helped boost Sharp's presence in the large-screen TV market. Sharp said that once the sale to its parent company, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., is completed by August 2026, it will buy panels produced at the factory for use in its products. The first plant at the Kameyama site will focus on making LCD panels for automobiles. The electronics maker has scaled down output at the plants through 2024 amid intensified competition from overseas LCD panel manufacturers.
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Nikkei Asia
12-05-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Sharp to sell once-iconic LCD factory in Japan to Foxconn
OSAKA -- Japanese electronics company Sharp on Monday announced that it will sell a liquid crystal display plant in Kameyama, in the western prefecture of Mie, to parent company Foxconn of Taiwan. LCD TVs made at the factory were once known as the "Kameyama Model" and played a significant role in burnishing the Sharp brand globally.
Nikkei Asia
12-05-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Sharp to sell once-shining LCD factory in Japan to Foxconn
OSAKA -- Japanese electronics company Sharp has decided to sell an liquid crystal display plant in Kameyama, in the western prefecture of Mie, to parent company Foxconn of Taiwan, Nikkei has learned. LCD TVs made at the factory were once known as the "Kameyama Model" and played a significant role in burnishing the Sharp brand globally.
