Sharp shifts LCD production panels to China
Cheaper
Monday, 23 February 2009, 13:24
JAPANESE ELECTRONICS GIANT SHARP HAS DECIDED to make its LCD panels in China.
Sharp, the world's fifth-largest producer of LCD panels, hopes to reach a deal with China's SVA Group to make its screens much cheaper than they can be produced in Japan.
Sharp reported its first ever operating loss this year and will cut 1,500 jobs as revenues from high-end televisions plummet. µ
L'Inq
AP
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Sharp, once the mighty LCD king has dropped considerably in sales due to constantly bad QC/QA/manufacturing. If they can't get band-free and absolute black panels from their own manufacturing and processing plants run by people who value their work more than their own families, what makes them think they can do better from a rent-a-plant who pays people barely enough to stay a live?
I purchased a sharp tv last year. Picture wise it is very nice. it was a 32 inch for my bed room and it was as good as any sony/sams at the store. It's sad to see that another brand is becoming just that, a brand that Chinese junk is sold under.