On April 16, 2008, Samsung clarified that it will continue supplying LCD TV modules to Sony. There were speculation that Sony had officially requested Samsung to supply LCD cells instead of modules. The modularization process is very labor intensive and many of the largest LCD manufacturers have set up module plants in China. The very [...]

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 [...]