Toshiba Japan's first color TV production factory will be closed at the end of September next year Saitama Fukaya September 30, 18:18
Toshiba announced that it will close its factory in Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture, which produces cathode ray tubes for aircraft.
This factory is the first factory in Japan to produce color TVs, and 90 employees working at the factory will be reassigned to continue employment.
Toshiba's "Fukaya Plant" in Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture, began operations in 1965 as Japan's first main factory for color televisions, and has since produced parts such as CRTs and LCD displays.
However, the profitability of the TV business deteriorated due to competition with overseas manufacturers, so domestic production of TVs was stopped eight years ago, and recently a group company was manufacturing CRTs for aircraft, but at the end of September next year. Decided to close.
The 90 employees working at the office will continue to be hired through relocation.
Toshiba has a policy of withdrawing from the semiconductor business called system LSI and promoting voluntary retirement recruitment and relocation to other departments for 770 employees, and is accelerating structural reforms aimed at rebuilding management. We are proceeding with.
Mayor Kojima, Fukaya "I'm very sorry for the closure."
In response to Toshiba's announcement that it will close its factory in Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture at the end of September next year, Mayor Susumu Kojima of Fukaya City said, "The closure is very disappointing and lonely. About the future utilization of the site I hope that it will be used to revitalize the city. "