Sony to build Thailand factory to make image sensors for cars

Tech giant to hire 2,000 workers as it looks to cut costs, avoid disruptions

20221111 Sony Evening Scoop

Sony is preparing to move the labor-intensive work of processing wafers into thin chips out of Japan and to Thailand. (Source photo by courtesy of Sony) 

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Sony Group will set up a semiconductor plant in Thailand as it seeks to curb production costs and build a supply chain resilient to emergencies by more widely dispersing its global production bases, Nikkei has learned.

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