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Sharp, Pioneer optical disc JV launches (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Sharp Corp. and Pioneer Corp. have launched their Blu-ray disc joint venture. The Japanese electronics makers announced the deal to merge their optical disc businesses into a new venture in April. Both firms were at the time struggling. Pioneer had cut 10,000 jobs and exited its plasma TV business. Sharp...

Posted on November 12, 2009 4:31 PM

Sharp, Sony the latest electronic sector hookup (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Sharp Corp. and Sony Corp. (NYSE:SNE) have agreed on plans for a long-anticipate LCD joint venture. The Japanese electronics makers have been contemplating the venture for well over a year, but until now, no deal had been finalized.   Here are the details: Sharp will in October begin operating a Sakai...

Posted on July 31, 2009 3:11 PM

Pioneer and Sharp, battling downturn, merge units for Blu-ray (from Corporate Dealmaker)

In February 2008, Toshiba Corp. pulled out of the HD DVD business, paving the way for Blu-ray Discs, championed by Sony Corp. (NYSE:SNE), to take over as the high-definition standard for movie watching. Japan's Pioneer Corp. and Sharp Corp. want to take advantage of that growing market, so the two...

Posted on April 9, 2009 8:39 AM

Japanese tech M&A overdue, who will deal? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The overcrowded Japanese electronics market has seen tens of thousands of layoffs as firms try to cope with the recession. Panasonic Corp. is trying to kick off the M&A wave by buying Sanyo Electric Co. But that takeover has stalled as the firms announced a combined 16,200 job cuts.Still, a...

Posted on February 20, 2009 3:51 PM

Sharp JV energizes already significant investment in solar (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Sharp Corp. has announced plans for a $1 billion solar joint venture with Italian energy company Enel SpA, which produces and sells power to customers in 21 countries in Europe, and North and Latin America. The venture, to be established in spring 2009, will construct and operate a handful of...

Posted on December 1, 2008 3:07 PM