A
few weeks ago the Yomiuri News on-line reported the following:
パイオニア、ＡＶ事業をオンキヨーなどに売却
2014年06月24日 21時34分
電機メーカーのパイオニアは２４日、業績不振が続く音響・映像（ＡＶ）機器事業の中核を、音響機器メーカー「オンキヨー」（大阪市）と香港の投資ファンドに売却することで基本合意したと発表した。
パイオニアは、オーディオコンポやホームシアターなどを手がける１００％子会社「パイオニアホームエレクトロニクス」の株式のうち、５１％を香港のファンドに、残りの一定割合をオンキヨーに、それぞれ８月末までに売却する。パイオニアも一部は保有し続ける予定だ。
売却後は、オンキヨーとパイオニアのブランドは維持しながら、部品の調達や製品の設計などを共通化して収益改善を目指す。
パイオニアのＡＶ機器事業の売り上げは、全体の約２割になる。このうち、ヘッドホンなどの一部の事業は残す。売り上げの約７割を占めるカーナビゲーションシステムなどの事業を成長の柱と位置づけており、経営資源を集中させる方針だ。
(試譯文)
On the 24th (June)
Pioneer the electrical equipment manufacturer announced that it had reached a
basic agreement to sell off its core business in sound and image (AV)
equipment, which was continuously having poor business, to another audio
equipment maker "Onkyo" (Osaka), and also to an investment fund in
Hong Kong.
Pioneer would sell off 51% of the
stocks of its wholly-owned subsidiary "Pioneer Home Electronics"
which was responsible for audio component stereo and home theater etc. to an
investment fund in Hong Kong . Regarding the
remaining stocks, a fixed portion would be sold to Onkyo by the end of August while the rest would continue be kept by Pioneer.
After this sale, the brands of Onkyo
and Pioneer would maintain their connection, they would share the supply
of parts and the design of products etc., aiming at some profit improvement.
The sales of Pioneer's AV equipment
business represented about twenty percent of the whole enterprise. What
was left behind would include the business on headphones etc. The business on
car-navigation systems etc. which occupied about 70 percent of sales would be
regarded as the pillar of growth, and a centralization of management resources was
being planned.
"Pioneer”
is a famous brand name in audio equipment and home theater etc. Hong Kong people have heard of
this brand name many years ago.
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