Sanyo in tie-in with Quanta for flat-screen TV production
With the expected decline of traditional Cathode Ray Tube television sales, Japanese electronics giant Sanyo has partnered with a Taiwanese firm to produce its flat-screen TVs.
Sanyo, the struggling Japanese electronics firm, has announced a tie-up with Taiwan’s Quanta Computer to make flat-screen TVs.
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Details of the deal have yet to be finalised, but Quanta is expected to take over Sanyo’s TV production arm.
Quanta is one of the largest producer of laptops for some of the more popular brands (such as HP and DELL), and it also produces the LCD panels used by flat-screen TV manufacturers.
I think this is a good move for Sanyo, considering LCD is not its forte. They’d rather source the technology elsewhere and then slap on the Sanyo brand. These days, “Made in Taiwan” doesn’t necessarily translate to poor quality like it did decades ago. Today, almost everything is made in Asia, using American parts, with European technology (or any combination, thereof). That’s globalization at its best!
In related news, Quanta is also said to have signed up to manufacture the $100 laptop advocated by the One Laptop Per Child initiative.
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