新力退出「ＶＡＩＯ」電腦事業

Last month the Yomiuri News on-line reported the following:

ソニー、「ＶＡＩＯ」パソコン事業を譲渡へ

2014年05月03日 09時36分

　ソニーは２日、「ＶＡＩＯ（バイオ）」ブランドで展開してきたパソコン事業を、投資ファンド「日本産業パートナーズ」が設立する新会社に譲渡する契約を正式に結んだと発表した。

　新会社名は「ＶＡＩＯ」で、製造拠点があった長野県安曇野市に本社を置く。７月１日の事業開始を目指す。資本金は１０億円で、出資比率は日本産業パートナーズが９５％、ソニーが５％。従業員は約２４０人。

　ソニーが手がけるバイオは、現在販売中の２０１４年春モデルが最後となるが、販売済み商品のアフターサービスは継続する。

(試譯文)

   On the 2^nd (May) Sony announced that it had formally made a contract which would  transfer the personal computer enterprise developed by the "VAIO" brand to a new company established by an investment fund the "Japanese industrial partners".

   The new company name was "VAIO", with the production base assigned to the head office in Azumino, Nagano. Aiming at starting the business on July 1, the capital was one billion yen, with the ratio of 95% Japanese industrial partners and 5% Sony. There were about 240 employees.

   As for VAIO which Sony was dealing with, although the model for the spring of 2014 now on sale would be the last, the after-sale service for the sold goods would be continued.

It seems that Sony is moving out from the production of personal computers, on top of the TVs.