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.

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