Sony Halts Operations at Six Plants in Japan After Quake
By Mariko Yasu -
2011-03-11T10:09:13Z
Sony Corp. (6758) halted operations at six factories in the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan after an earthquake, said Yasuhiro Okada, a spokesman at the Tokyo-based company.
All employees at the factories have been evacuated, he said. The company is assessing the fallout from power outages and damages to buildings, he said.
One factory making Blu-ray discs and magnetic tapes in Tagajo City, Miyagi Prefecture, had its ground floor flooded, said Shinji Obana, another Sony spokesman.
To contact the reporter on this story: Mariko Yasu in Tokyo at myasu@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Young-Sam Cho at ycho2@bloomberg.net
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