Sony halts Kumamoto chip plant operations after Japan earthquake
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Sony halts Kumamoto chip plant operations after Japan earthquake
Sony Semiconductor Solutions' Kumamoto facility operations remain suspended following a powerful earthquake. The company halted production immediately after the tremor struck the region on July 28. Damage assessments to the building and manufacturing lines are currently underway. Other Sony technology centers in Nagasaki, Oita, and Kagoshima reported no significant damage.
Following the magnitude 7 earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture on the 28th, the Sony Group announced on the 29th that it had suspended production activities at its Kumamoto Technology Center (Kikuyo-machi, Kumamoto Prefecture), a production base for Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing, which handles semiconductor-related businesses such as image sensors, immediately after the earthquake…
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