Sony revamps overseas units

Sony revamps overseas units

TOKYO (AFP): Japan's electronics giant Sony Corp. will
reorganize overseas operations, starting with a consolidation of
two Indonesian plants and relocation of U.S. computer production,
a report said Saturday.

Sony will close a television plant in Indonesia by the end of
this month and move some production lines there to a nearby audio
product plant, Jiji Press said.

It also plans to move computer display panel production in
California to Mexico in a bid to cut labor costs, the news agency
said.

The California-based Sony Technology Center will focus on
development and production of new products such as digital
television sets, it said.

The moves are part of a plan to reduce the number of plants
worldwide from 70 to 55 by March 2003, it said.

In March Sony announced a major business reshuffle in which it
will take control of its lucrative PlayStation game maker
affiliate.