On November 16, 2007, Sharp Corporation announced that it has decided to shut down its Kaohsiung, Taiwan-based subsidiary, Sharp Electronics Co. laying off 396 local employees by March 2009 when those jobs move to China. This announcement is nothing new as Sharp closed its Taipei-based R&D center in August 2007. Laying off employees, however, is [...]

Panasonic has 5 TV production bases globally with one located in Shandong, China as part of Panasonic China. Panasonic has made the decision to stop production of CRT TVs and only focus on LCD TV production. There was no mention about whether Panasonic will continue to manufacture rear-projection TVs at the plant.
There is much that [...]