松下、撤出在中國生產液晶電視

A few  weeks  ago the  Yomiuri News on-line  reported  the following:

パナソニック、中国での液晶テレビ生産から撤退

2015年01月31日 11時35分

　パナソニックが、中国での液晶テレビの生産から撤退したことが分かった。

　中国市場向けに年２０万台を生産するが、価格が安い韓国や中国メーカーとの競争が激しく、採算が見込めないと判断した。北米向けに液晶テレビを年５０万台生産するメキシコ工場の閉鎖も検討する。拠点を減らし、赤字が続くテレビ事業の立て直しを急ぐ。

　中国・山東省にある液晶テレビ工場での生産を３０日に終えた。約３００人の従業員は解雇し、８割出資する生産子会社を清算する予定だ。パナソニックのテレビ工場は世界に１０か所あり、中国では山東省が唯一の生産拠点。今後、他社に生産を委託し、自社ブランドでの販売は続ける。

　メキシコでの生産も撤退すれば、全世界で約１割減産することになる。

(試譯文)

It was made clear that Panasonic would withdraw from producing liquid crystal television in China.

 It produced 200,000 a year for the Chinese markets, but there was severe competition from Korean and Chinese manufacturers at low price and it was judged that profit could not be expected. The closing of its Mexico factory which produced 500,000 liquid crystal televisions a year for North America was also being considered. With bases reduced and deficit continuing, re-arrangement of television business was urgent.

 The production of the liquid crystal television factory in Shantung province of China was stopped on the 30^th (January). About 300 employees were dismissed; to liquidate the production subsidiary company which had invested 80 percent in it was being planned. Globally Panasonic had 10 television factories; the only production base inside China was in Shantung province. From now on production would be entrusted to other companies and the sale using the Panasonic brand name would continue.

 When the production in Mexico was also withdrawn, its global production would be decreased by about 10 percent.

It is interesting to note that Korean and Chinese manufactures are key players in liquid crystal television production inside China.