Sony announces its withdrawal from the market of personal computers sold Unit VAIO

Announced the " Sony " to withdraw from the competition in the market for personal computers , as part of the restructuring , which will be followed by the company in the coming period to reduce its losses
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She said, " Sony " Today , on Thursday, said it expects a net loss of 1.1 billion U.S. dollars in the fiscal year ending next March , due to lower than expected performance of the sector, mobile phones and home entertainment sector as well as computers .

The company revealed that it would sell the unit hers personal computing industry , " VAIO " VAIO, to fund investment, " the Industrial Partners Japan " JIP, in a deal that will be by the end of next March .

It will encase investment, " the Industrial Partners Japan " creates an independent company for the manufacture of personal computers under the brand " VAIO " , a company that will begin its work in the Japanese market with a future plan for geographic expansion .

She explained, " Sony " that immediately upon completion of the deal will stop the operations of designing, developing, manufacturing and selling products, personal computers , will continue only while in the customer service the owners of PCs , " Vaio " .

It will continue to offer " Sony " for after-sales services to clients PCs , " Vaio " until the launch of the new company to be established by the investment fund JIP, a company that will own the " Sony " 5% of the stock .

This , and announced that " Sony " as well as separate production unit TVs to become an independent company , a process that will take place by July next year, has also decided to cancel five thousand jobs , in order to save about 988 million dollars annually from fixed costs .

The restructuring move that comes as part of a plan to " Sony " to focus their efforts in the development and manufacturing of smart electronic devices , where the company faces strong competition in this field with companies such as " Samsung " and " Apple" .