It seems that 3 of Japan’s biggest PC manufacturers may be in the process of consolidating their PC divisions thanks to slowing sales of PCs in their home market.
Toshiba, Fujitsu and Vaio are considering integrating their personal computer operations and are expected to hatch a basic agreement as early as this month. Should the companies agree to the terms, this combined company is expected to launch by April 2016.
Should this merger of sorts be successful, it would create a top player controlling just over 30% of the Japanese market. In comparison, the currently top-ranked computer manufacturer in Japan is NEC Lenovo Japan Group, which holds a 26.3% share of the market.
While this move is still being discussed by the companies, it is expected that the Vaio, which was spun off by Sony in 2014, would likely be the surviving company.Toshiba and Fujitsu would most likely be making investments to the company as well as transferring their operations to the combined entity. Staff from all three companies are expected to be carried over to the new combined entity. The leading plan of this merger is to thoroughly integrate domestic and overseas operations, from research and development to production and sales.
Source : Nikkei Asian Review