Sony to lay off up to 900 workers
By C.M. MortimerTRIBUNE-REVIEWThursday, March 15, 2007
Sony Technology Center-Pittsburgh said today that 300 workers will be laid off beginning in April, and as many as 500 to 600 more workers could possibly lose their jobs within the next year as production of the rear-projection television models moves from Westmoreland County to Mexico.
The loss will be mitigated somewhat as production of Sony's Bravia models, a liquid-crystal display, flat-panel direct-view television, will be shifted from Mexico to Sony Technology Center-Pittsburgh, located in Hempfield and East Huntingdon townships.
"This is purely a business decision, the result of severe price erosion within that category (rear-projection) of televison and market demand," said Michael L. Koff, Sony spokesman, today.
Sony Technology Center-Pittsburgh currently employs 1,150 workers, and if 900 positions are cut, the television manufacturing facility would be left with 250 workers.
Koff said the move of the SXRD rear-projection model is effective in July. He said production of the 46-inch Bravia model would start in the summer. However, he said production of that model is "highly automated," which requires fewer workers.
Sony Technology Center-Pittsburgh said today that 300 workers will be laid off beginning in April, and as many as 500 to 600 more workers could possibly lose their jobs within the next year as production of the rear-projection television models moves from Westmoreland County to Mexico.
The loss will be mitigated somewhat as production of Sony's Bravia models, a liquid-crystal display, flat-panel direct-view television, will be shifted from Mexico to Sony Technology Center-Pittsburgh, located in Hempfield and East Huntingdon townships.
"This is purely a business decision, the result of severe price erosion within that category (rear-projection) of televison and market demand," said Michael L. Koff, Sony spokesman, today.
Sony Technology Center-Pittsburgh currently employs 1,150 workers, and if 900 positions are cut, the television manufacturing facility would be left with 250 workers.
Koff said the move of the SXRD rear-projection model is effective in July. He said production of the 46-inch Bravia model would start in the summer. However, he said production of that model is "highly automated," which requires fewer workers.
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