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Nikkei Asia
2 days ago
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Japan Display to sell panel production equipment amid restructuring
A Japan Display employee works at the company's Mobara plant, which is now expected to close by year-end, earlier than initially planned. (Photo obtained by Nikkei) FUMIE YAKU TOKYO -- Japan Display plans to sell LCD and OLED panel production equipment at its Mobara fab in Chiba prefecture instead of moving it elsewhere for the plant's closing. Having abandoned the idea of relocating the equipment to its other remaining fab, the company will stop making panels for the Apple Watch. Japan Display has long struggled financially, forcing it to scale down operations.
Nikkei Asia
10-07-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Japan's smaller chip assemblers join up to cut costs, share data
Semiconductors are increasingly important for economic security, but many Japanese players have lost their competitive edge. © Reuters FUMIE YAKU, KOHEI YAMADA and SHOTARO MORI TOKYO/FUKUOKA, Japan -- Japanese companies involved in the back-end processing that turns semiconductor chips into finished products are joining up to fend off global competition. Businesses formed an industry group in April, the first of its kind, that now counts about 30 companies as members. Back-end processing is an increasingly important part of semiconductor production, but most Japanese companies are small- and mid-size regional players that are not very competitive. By cooperating on procedures like equipment upgrades, they believe that production costs can be cut by 20%.
