Sony and Panasonic keep Malaysia plants shut longer

Southeast Asia poses bottleneck in electronics supply chain

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Sony Bravia OLED televisions are displayed during a Sony news conference at the CES in Las Vegas. © Reuters

YOICHIRO HIROI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The technology industry's supply chain faces the risk of a bottleneck in Southeast Asia, where Sony and Panasonic are keeping Malaysian factories closed longer than planned.

Sony had sought to restart Malaysian manufacturing facilities for televisions and audio equipment once the government restrictions on business activity expired -- originally set for Tuesday. But with the restrictions extended again for another two weeks, the electronics giant decided to postpone the reopening.

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