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JVC unit in city slated for shutdown
(Shanghai Daily)
Updated: 2006-12-28 14:08
Victor Co of Japan Ltd, which makes JVC brand electronics, will disband a
China venture that makes and sells DVD players and recorders to improve
profitability.
Production at the Shanghai JVC Electronics Co venture will end in
January, with operations ceasing in December 2007, Makoto Hikita, a
Tokyo-based Victor spokesman, was quoted as saying yesterday by Bloomberg
News. Output at the venture is expected to fall to one million units this
year, compared with three million in 2003, he said. Manufacturing will
relocate to factories in Beijing, Malaysia and Indonesia, he said.
Victor's profitability has declined in recent years amid competition in
the consumer electronics industry. The Yokohama-based company on April 27
reported an annual loss of 30.6 billion yen (US$257 million), the biggest
since the year ended on March 2002.
The costs for disbanding the venture have been factored in earnings
forecasts, Victor said in a statement, without disclosing a number.
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