Kampani yayikulu yamagetsi yaku Japan Sony idamaliza Lolemba kugulitsa bizinesi yake ya batri ya lithiamu-ion yowonjezedwa kwa mnzake wa Murata, ntchito yomwe idasainidwa pa Okutobala 31. Kugulitsa uku kumabweretsa kutsika kwamtengo wapatali, kukuwonetsa gulu lomwe lachepetsa chiŵerengero chake cha phindu la pachaka.
Kusiyidwa kwa ntchitoyi kumatseka zaka makumi anayi za mbiri mkati mwa Sony. Zimatsagana ndi kufunikira kolemba kutayika kwa likulu komwe kumachepetsa chiwongola dzanja chake kufika pa yen biliyoni 60 (ma euro 525 miliyoni) m'malo mwa 80 biliyoni. Phindu lomwe limagwira ntchito limatsitsidwa mpaka 270 yen biliyoni m'malo mwa 300 biliyoni, koma kuwunika kwa ndalama kumasungidwa pa yen biliyoni 7.400.
Pambuyo pa chilengezo choyambirira kumapeto kwa Julayi, Sony idati idasaina lero mgwirizano womaliza wogulitsa kwa Murata wa ntchito zake za batri, zomwe zikuphatikiza gawo la Japan, Sony Energy Devices, masamba aku China ndi Singapore komanso malo a R&D. ndi kugulitsidwa kuzilumbazi. Zonse zidzagulitsidwa 17,5 yen biliyoni (150 miliyoni euro).
Zonse zimakhudzidwa ndi antchito a 8.500 omwe adzasamutsidwira ku Murata, katswiri wazinthu zamagetsi zomwe zimadziwika makamaka chifukwa cha gyrosensors. Ntchito zamabatire a Sony izi zitha kubweretsa phindu lapachaka la yen biliyoni 160 (mayuro 1,4 biliyoni), malinga ndi zomwe zidaperekedwa kale ndi gulu lazachuma la Nikkei. Kumbali inayi, zinthu monga mabatire a USB kuti azilipiritsanso foni nthawi iliyonse, mabatire amchere ndi mabatani amakani samagulitsidwa, gululo lidatero.
Sony anali mpainiya mu dziko la mabatire rechargeable, amene analowa mu 1975. Anali woyamba kupereka lithiamu-ion zitsanzo kumayambiriro 1990s, nthawi imene anachita kafukufuku kwambiri, makamaka ndi Mlengi wa Nissan magalimoto.
Kuphatikiza kwa ntchito za batri ya Sony ndi za NEC ndi Nissan komweko kudanenedwa zaka zingapo zapitazo. Komabe, Sony ndiye adayika pambali malo ogulitsira magalimotowa kuti athandizire mabatire azinthu zamagetsi, gawo lake lalikulu laukadaulo.
© 2016 AFP
