No innovation focus? Panasonic obviously disagrees to the tune of $$$.
Plus there's more to Sanyo than branded consumer electronics. They have a strong focus on ecological technologies like Solar, Hybrid battery technologies, research and development into more sustainable technologies and processes. They are the largest and most innovative Ni-MH battery manufacturer, lots of Sanyo components go into electronics we all use daily too. They have particular strength in digital camera components and manufacture.
Every company has particular strengths and weaknesses, and that doesn't translate to a strong branded presence in CE devices, which is only one small piece of the technology pie (and IMO they do a good job here, too).
You may not realize this, but Sanyo makes a lot of behind the scenes stuff. They own Kenmore, so now Panasonic can compete with Samsung and LG on the home appliance side. They own a lot of the patents towards solar and battery technology, which is the reason why this came up. Most people may see this as a bad tech move, but if you look at the Sanyo's buisness, its very diverse and there's a bunch of Kenmore product out there, most likely in your own house.
Sanyo and Panasonic aren't just about electronics products that you see at the store.
Sanyo provides battery for hybrids and electric vehicles to Honda, Ford, Tesla and VW. Panasonic provides it to Toyota, GM, etc. Between the two of them, a Panasonic-Sanyo merger will dominate this new market.
The next-generation of Li-on batteries, that are suppose to be suitable for vehicles (from safety and performance) perspectives are suppose to be a HUGE market. This isn't $20-30 batteries we're talking about, but components that cost THOUSANDS of dollars, in hundreds of thousands of cars. And its a growing market. Toyota and Honda expect 10% of their sales to come from hybrids, and GM is introducing the Volt; VW, Nissan, Hyundai are all releasing hybrid models in the next few years and they will all need batteries. Not to mention the growing market for electric vehicles.
Sanyo has converted itself into a 'green' company over the last half-decade, and have moved-away from low-margin CE devices to thing like solar panels as well. So Panasonic has a lot to gain in that department.
...That's beecause you've never seen what they offer Japan. Totally blows any US-based stuff out of the water and I wonder why they don't even try selling any of it here.
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Sorry, this is a bad deal. Sanyo doesn't have an innovation focus.
Waste of $6.5 billion.
Totally. And all their displays are QVGA or EVGA too.
No innovation focus? Panasonic obviously disagrees to the tune of $$$.
Plus there's more to Sanyo than branded consumer electronics. They have a strong focus on ecological technologies like Solar, Hybrid battery technologies, research and development into more sustainable technologies and processes. They are the largest and most innovative Ni-MH battery manufacturer, lots of Sanyo components go into electronics we all use daily too. They have particular strength in digital camera components and manufacture.
Every company has particular strengths and weaknesses, and that doesn't translate to a strong branded presence in CE devices, which is only one small piece of the technology pie (and IMO they do a good job here, too).
Then they state that the "economy is rough", lay off some thousands of employees and increase prices on everything they make.
Money well spent!
You may not realize this, but Sanyo makes a lot of behind the scenes stuff. They own Kenmore, so now Panasonic can compete with Samsung and LG on the home appliance side. They own a lot of the patents towards solar and battery technology, which is the reason why this came up. Most people may see this as a bad tech move, but if you look at the Sanyo's buisness, its very diverse and there's a bunch of Kenmore product out there, most likely in your own house.
Sanyo and Panasonic aren't just about electronics products that you see at the store.
Sanyo provides battery for hybrids and electric vehicles to Honda, Ford, Tesla and VW. Panasonic provides it to Toyota, GM, etc. Between the two of them, a Panasonic-Sanyo merger will dominate this new market.
The next-generation of Li-on batteries, that are suppose to be suitable for vehicles (from safety and performance) perspectives are suppose to be a HUGE market. This isn't $20-30 batteries we're talking about, but components that cost THOUSANDS of dollars, in hundreds of thousands of cars. And its a growing market. Toyota and Honda expect 10% of their sales to come from hybrids, and GM is introducing the Volt; VW, Nissan, Hyundai are all releasing hybrid models in the next few years and they will all need batteries. Not to mention the growing market for electric vehicles.
Sanyo has converted itself into a 'green' company over the last half-decade, and have moved-away from low-margin CE devices to thing like solar panels as well. So Panasonic has a lot to gain in that department.
...That's beecause you've never seen what they offer Japan. Totally blows any US-based stuff out of the water and I wonder why they don't even try selling any of it here.