Last week as a likely purchaser of Sony assets , associated with Lenovo company , but later this was denied. New data to Japanese media reports, indicate the possibility of buying core assets Sony by Japanese investment fund Japan Industrial Partners Inc. The deal is estimated at $ 490 million, and yet it is only about the transfer of the business connected with the production of Vaio laptops for the Japanese home market.
Sony representatives commented this information very cautiously, without disclosing specific plans for business transformation. Some sources claim that the official statement will be made today. Their laptops for the Japanese market, Sony provides a factory in Nagano Prefecture and also uses the power of the Chinese contractors. By the end of September, Sony controlled not more than 1.9% of the global PC market, a historic high (2.5%), the figure was back in 2010.
It is assumed that after the transfer of assets to the investment fund Sony will try to keep its stake in the company, which will produce branded laptops Vaio. Possibly engaged in production of laptops for the world market businesses