The so-called Japanese innovation network company, is by the Japanese government investment fund, is the new company 's largest shareholder, capital of 200000000000 yen ($2600000000 ), occupy 70% of shares, and Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi, each hold 10% stake.
In view of the Japanese enterprise market share has been extruded, while the three enterprises cannot independently and peer competition at home and abroad, the merger appears to be an inevitable. Japan's innovation network is willing to contributive give aid to, is to combine the technology of three enterprises, to challenge the Korean and Chinese Taiwan manufacturer, in the LCD LCD panel market stage a comeback.
In addition to summer in Hitachi, Toshiba, Sony, and other production lines was limited to small LCD panel. Japanese enterprises has long dominated the liquid crystal panel R & D and production, but today, the global LCD panel by South Korea and Chinese Taiwan enterprises to control the enterprise market share, Japan was squeezed to only keep about 10%.
Japanese enterprises in touch screen technology still has an advantage, occupy the market share of about 40%, but has been South Korea and China Taiwan counterparts of large and low cost double challenge. Due to the international market of intelligent mobile phone and computer is popular, leading to the touch function in small LCD panel market demand increase sharply, also makes small LCD panel market competition turns white-hot with each passing day.
At the end of 8 there were rumors Sony Toshiba, Hitachi, three companies will be merged with the display business, last week was finally settled. These three giants announced, with official background of Japanese innovation network company ( INCJ ) signed the final agreement, to set up a joint Japanese companies display (JapanDisplay ), in order to integrate their business in small and medium scale display. Critics say this is a strategic, competitive Baotuan combination, namely to their complementary, but also fierce rivals on attacking defense. Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi, why should the combined, in the context of what is combined, and faced with what kind of problem, all this concern.
As a result of this industry is stagnant, the loss of large enterprises are very serious, such as the Sony TV business suffered 8 consecutive years of losses, Toshiba TV OEM, Hitachi television product manufacturing outsourcing, Panasonic plasma capacity cuts and plans to sell the Chiba county is located in the former city of Mao liquid crystal ( LCD ) panel factory. In addition, the past has been the Japanese enterprise LED display technology, and in recent years, South Korea and China Taiwan panel 's rise to date is the great pressure, especially their low cost panel, race to control a number of market.
Small and medium sized LCD liquid crystal panel applied in intelligent mobile phone and digital equipment and other industries, the current global top two as sharp and Samsung Electronics, its market is had rate is respectively 14.8% and 11.9%. After the establishment of the new company, is expected to account for 21.5% of global market, beyond the sharp and Samsung, thus becoming the medium LCD LCD panel production the world's first strong enterprises. As before the rumors, Toshiba, Hitachi, Sony announced the Japanese innovation network company signed an agreement, a joint venture, the merger of the three companies of small and medium sized liquid crystal ( LCD ) panel business.
Some in the industry think, Hitachi and Toshiba, Sony planned integration of three companies mainly used for intelligent mobile phone and computer products such as middle and small LCD liquid crystal display panel business, is a response to South Korea's Samsung, LG and other competitors in the field of positive competition. At present, although still in Japan occupy advantage, but in China such as Taiwan and South Korea rivals far behind, in order to maintain the leading industry innovation mechanism, strengthen the competitiveness of the decision investment.
Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi recently on flat panel TV market are not very optimistic, Sony in 8 consecutive years of losses, Toshiba in China models are OEM production, and Hitachi also at the end of the year all the TV production outsourcing, trying to stay away from the panel business. Three companies in the LCD liquid crystal panel techniques used are not the same, the high order panel technology has good, Hitachi has a popular IPS wide angle and technologies such as MENS, Toshiba is low temperature polysilicon panel tap, and Sony in the AMOLED panel has accumulated many technology and patent, the integration difficulty is quite great, the is a new joint venture company after the establishment of the hand must be adjusted.
Japan display company said, plans from Panasonic buy mobara six generation plant for production of medium and small sized panel, is expected in 2012 April completed the acquisition, the amount of 20000000000 yen. This acquisition will enable Japan display company after the merger, the problem of insufficient capacity to obtain remission, competitiveness. On the acquisition of the factory and Toshiba reservations, that the acquisition costs may be higher than the reset factory, with the intention of Sony considered in Ishikawa county and prefecture set up a new plant.
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