Toshiba staff was reduced by 6,800, which corresponds to approximately 30% of the number of employees engaged in the development and production of notebook computers, household appliances and televisions. Priority will be given to the reduction of workers engaged in primary production and in ancillary areas. Release laptops will be refocused on the corporate segment, geographic priorities will be given to the markets of Japan and the United States. Every year will be produced no more than 3 million Products, the range of models may be reduced three times.
Toshiba will sell its factory for the production of television sets in Indonesia. Volume production will be reduced to 600 thousand pieces per year, with the bulk of the television "own production" will be sold in Japan, will give priority to profitable expensive models. In Asia, Africa and the Middle East, except for China, Toshiba will go to the leasing of its trademark to third-party manufacturers .
Along the way will be terminated release Toshiba washing machines and dryers. The company does not rule out that part of the restructuring to be sold securities and part of the property. It is expected that the production of solid-state memory Toshiba will not affect the restructuring. Moreover, the recent absorption of SanDisk by Western Digital Corporation may open for Toshiba additional market opportunities.