ElectronicsSony and Panasonic keep Malaysia plants shut longer
Southeast Asia poses bottleneck in electronics supply chain
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.