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    Japan Disaster Affecting Major Manufacturers Discussion

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Amber Riippa, Mar 30, 2011.

  1. Amber Riippa

    Amber Riippa NotebookReview.com Contributor

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    After the devastating disaster in Japan, some big name manufacturers such as Lenovo, Toshiba, Texas Instruments, Elcoteq, Fujitsu, and Sony have been forced to temporarily halt some supply and assembly operations due to shortages and/or major infrastructure or supply damages.

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    Compared to the automobile industry, the electronics industry looks to have been let off rather lightly by the accident. However the rocketing prices for Nand flash and the like look set to stay for at least 2 months by my estimate.
     
    Harleyquin07, Mar 30, 2011
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    Vizel Notebook Consultant

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    Samsung and LG back in South Korea on the other hand... ;)
     
    Vizel, Mar 31, 2011
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    It might take longer. Also there are all the power shortages and 6 less nuclear reactors. Going to take a while. Good thing i'm not buying any flash memory , RAM etc..
     
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    Latest reports indicate that every industry is going to suffer for at least a quarter or two due to the power shortages. Electronics doesn't seem to be as heavily impacted in the short term compared to more other industries.
     
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    Fujitsu aside, aren't the other examples listed based in Europe and the United States? Most of the manufacturing and resourcing for the examples other than Fujitsu don't involve Japan at all.

    Fujitsu itself seems little affected likely because it has no plants in NE Japan. If I'm wrong, there's no problem releasing info on a new product or retailing it, the only problems likely coming down to meeting orders and shipping.
     
    Harleyquin07, Apr 13, 2011
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