Fujitsu og Sony kutter TV-produksjon

12.27.2007 — Fujitsu General, makers of the Plasmavision and Aviamo lines of flat-panel TVs and monitors, will “discontinue participation in the visual display business at the end of March 2008.”

Falling prices and diminished profitability in the flat-panel category were reasons cited by the company, which issued a brief press release on December 27, 2007.

The statement was released following a board meeting in which the company’s board of directors decided to cease activity in the visual display market.

The Japan-based company says it has primarily marketed plasma products in North American and European markets.

“The focus of our marketing was high-end value added products, and our marketing direction was to concentrate on the custom A/V market specializing in advanced A/V systems and high-end custom installations in North America and the United Kingdom,” wrote the company in a press release.

“During the past several years, the pricing and profitability of this segment has compressed beyond the point which our company could realize a satisfactory return on investment. We expect that this market situation will continue in the future.”

Fujitsu has a strong presence in heating and ventilation categories and says it will increase its focuses in those areas.

This comes on the same day that Sony confirmed it would be ceasing production of rear projection TVs because of poor profits from the sets.

http://www.cepro.com/article/fujitsu_to ... ay_market/

[quote]12.27.2007 — Sony has confirmed that it will be dropping its rear projection TV business to focus on LCDs and OLEDs, according to the AP.

Despite increased sales of RPTVs in October—the highest unit sales since May—Sony’s sales of rear-projection sets have dropped as its LCD business has flourished.

Sony dropped its plasma line in 2006 to focus on its LCD business, which they expect to sell 10 million units of for the fiscal year ending in March. That’s up from 6.3 million the previous year, according to the AP.

The RPTV unit caused Sony to lose a significant amount of money through the first-half of the fiscal year, the AP reports:

In the fiscal half-year through September, Sony lost 60 billion yen ($526.3 million) in its TV operations, partly because of losses tied to rear-projection TVs. Diving prices of LCD TVs also contributed to the red ink, [Sony Corp. spokesman Shinji] Obana said.

Sony displayed its OLED sets at CES last year, and recently introduced 11-inch units in Japan.
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http://www.cepro.com/article/sony_drops ... and_oleds/

Who cares about Fujitsu and rear projection TVs?

Ingen tydeligvis og det er derfor de kutter det ut