Date: 03/06/2010

Sony discontinues production at its Hungarian manufacturing site

Sony has announced that it will discontinue production at its Hungarian manufacturing site in Gödöllö, Hungary. This site was used for manufacturing Blu-ray Disc players and DVD recorders. It is to cease operations by the end of December 2010. All its operations are going to be transferred to Sony's manufacturing site in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Sony expects the worldwide demand for Blu-ray Disc players to expand. Sony says it aims to increase the competitiveness and profitability of its home video business by consolidating global production to achieve efficiency and offering customers higher value-added products such as Blu-ray 3D compatible Blu-ray Disc players.