TAIPEI, Taiwan — Sony is exiting the laptop business by selling its VAIO division to another firm, which may lead to the termination of orders from Taiwanese OEM/ODM and components firms. Foxconn, Quanta, Shin Zu Shing Corp., Jarllytec Corp., Chaun-chcung Tech. Corp. are being affected respectively.
Sony sells its VAIO division, orders from Taiwanese OEM/ODM and conponents firms are going to stop according to informed source. The average sells of Sony PC is 140 to 150 million units a quarter based on International Data Corporation (IDC) statistics, market observer also said that the VAIO PC orders are going to decline 100 million units that is a good news for other PC competitors.
However, according to Taiwanese components firms that Sony is going to stop components orders for VAIO since this April. Namely, OEM/ODM and components firms. Foxconn, Quanta, Shin Zu Shing, Jarllytec, Chaun-chcung are being affected respectively.
“Orders from VAIO is going to shrink by 70 percent, the VAIO PC orders are going to decline 100 million units in the second quarter,” said a market watcher.
The Taipei-based company’s contract manufacturing partners for its tablet products this year are all Taiwanese companies — Compal Electronics Inc., Wistron Corp., Pegatron Corp., and Quanta Computer Inc. — Lin said.
