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Toshiba sells Mexican LCD plant for peanuts

Post Time:Jul 26,2011Classify:Company NewsView:443

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Compal is trying to move away from its total reliance on laptop display contracts as demand slips.

That's why then, Compal has bought Toshiba's TV production facility for peanuts. The word according to 

Compal and Toshiba will hope to cut out the middleman and rubbish unnecessary costs. Toshiba is already one of Compal's most important LCD TV contract buyers, making up half of Compal's orders altogether, says CENS. 

Other, possibly attractive reasons for the buy are its relative closeness to the United States and easy passage into South America.

Meanwhile, as laptop demand falls, Compal wants to spread the revenue elsewhere in its company.

With a projection to ship eight million LCD TVs before the year's end, and an operation boost from eight percent to 10 percent, it's a deal between friends to maintain stability while stepping on the toes of that other Taiwanese rival, Wistron.

Source: http://www.techeye.netAuthor: shangyi

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