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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — Sanyo Electric Co will close an ageing solar wafer factory in California to start up operations in Malaysia as solar panel prices continue to fall. The Japanese company’s ¥45 billion (approximately RM1.77 billion) plant in the Kulim Hi-Tech Park, Kedah, will produce 300 megawatts (MW) of wafers, solar cells and modules when ...

The plant, which makes the equivalent of 30 megawatts of silicon ingots and wafers for solar cells a year, will stop production next month and close in October, Masatsugu Uemura, a spokesman for Panasonic Energy Co., said by phone from Osaka.

Panasonic intends to go on the offensive after eliminating all negative factors from the past, including goodwill amortization related to Sanyo Electric Co.

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Panasonic Corp. said late Friday it suffered a 197.6 billion yen ($2.6 billion) net loss in the October-December quarter, swinging from a year-earlier quarterly profit of 40 billion, and would likely hit a record loss for the year

Tokyo, Jan 30, 2012 (JCN) - SANYO Electric Co. Ltd has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Sharp Corp. in the Tokyo District Court.

Media outlets in China reported on Monday that between 3,000 to 4,000 people staged a protest over the weekend at a Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. plant in Shenzhen, China. The protest was spurred by the joint business venture between Sanyo and Panasonic as well as growing concerns among workers about job security and compensation.

Thousands of Chinese workers protesting over compensation and job security at a Sanyo Electric Co Ltd plant clashed with police in southern Shenzhen, media said on Monday, the latest outbreak of labor unrest in China's manufacturing hub.

Thousands of Chinese workers protesting over compensation and job security at a Sanyo Electric Co Ltd plant clashed with police in southern Shenzhen, media said on Monday, the latest outbreak of labor ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese workers protesting over compensation and job security at a Sanyo Electric Co Ltd plant clashed with police in southern Shenzhen, media said on Monday, the latest outbreak of labour unrest in China's manufacturing hub. About 4,000 workers protested over the weekend at the Sino-Japanese joint venture, the Chinese-language Oriental Daily reported. Sing Tao ...