Traditions of Japanese business mean some kind of secrecy from "outsiders", so the purchase of Sharp by the Chinese company Foxconn can be considered a rare exception. Repeat the fate of Sharp exhibiting for auction part of its assets Toshiba , provided Foxconn . But Western Digital Corporation in this situation behaved not very nicely, blackmailing a partner in a joint venture by legal proceedings in order to reduce the price of the transaction.
But Japanese investment funds are interested in buying Toshiba's assets related to the release of solid-state memory such as NAND, as noted by Reuters , citing informed sources. On Friday, the Japanese corporation was informed about its intentions to participate in the bidding for Toshiba assets by the government-supported Innovation Network of Japan and Development Bank of Japan. While there is no information, will these investors adjoin other bidders, or will act as a pair.
Intriguing on this background is another news Reuters . Korean manufacturer of memory SK Hynix announced participation in a consortium trying to take on the core assets of Toshiba. If you believe the source, this consortium is headed by the US investment fund Bain Capital LP. The group of investors is ready to offer Toshiba about $ 13.5 billion for assets related to the release of memory. Are the above-mentioned Japanese investors included in this group, is not specified.