76000 people shut down! Toshiba announced the closure of all factories in Japan

4 month 16 Daily news , According to Nikkei news 4 month 15 It's reported on Sunday night , Affected by the new coronavirus epidemic , Toshiba has announced , from 4 month 20 The day is coming 5 month 6 During the day , All Toshiba factories and strongholds in Japan will be temporarily suspended , Alignment 7.6 Ten thousand employees have holidays , Reduce employee attendance .

▲ Nikkei news reports

And in order to make up for this more than half a month of downtime , Toshiba will also change the originally envisaged vacation during the Tokyo Olympic Games and the Paralympic Committee 、 as well as 5 month 7 In the future, holidays, annual holidays and other time to offset , To minimize the negative impact of downtime on Toshiba's business .

And then , This morning , Toshiba also issued relevant statements through its official website .

▲ Toshiba official website statement

3 Since the end of the month , The epidemic in Japan began to accelerate . According to the latest data ,4 month 15 Japan , Newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Japan 549 example , Cumulative increase to 8722 example ; New deaths 16 example , Cumulative increase to 178 example . In view of the current situation of the continuous spread of the epidemic , The Japanese government is considering increasing the application area of the declaration of emergency .

According to the report ,4 month 8 After the day , Toshiba's business office in Fuchong, Japan （ Tokyo Metropolitan Nakai ） The employees of related companies are 5 People are diagnosed with new coronavirus . According to the epidemic map of Japan , Tokyo is the hardest hit area of COVID-19 in Japan , By 4 month 15 Japan , The total number of confirmed cases has reached 2446 example , On the same day, the new addition also reached 127 example .

Perhaps because of the accelerated spread of the epidemic in Japan and the multiple confirmed cases of its employees , In this context , Toshiba decided to carry out a large-scale temporary shutdown of its factories and strongholds in Japan . Toshiba is also currently in Japan , The first enterprise to announce a large-scale temporary shutdown due to the COVID-19 .

How does it affect the industrial chain ？

Mention Toshiba , Many people may first think of Toshiba's storage business . So will Toshiba's shutdown affect the storage supply chain ？

Actually , As early as 2017 year , Toshiba took its storage business as 2 Trillions of yen （ renminbi 1150 One hundred million yuan ） Sold to the American Fund Bain Capital “ Japan, the United States and South Korea ”, Although Toshiba still occupies 40% More equity , But its storage business has been completely independent , And in 2019 year 10 month 1 Officially changed its name to armor man from the th . therefore , Toshiba's big shutdown in Japan does not involve armor man . And for semiconductor factories , The losses caused by shutdown will also be even greater .

NAND Control chip manufacturers are connected 15 On the evening of August, it also announced , Although Toshiba completely shut down , But the armor man still works normally , Armored man's NAND Chips will be normally supplied to qunlian .

obviously , The shutdown of Toshiba in Japan will not affect the memory chip industry . But it should be pointed out that , Besides storage , Toshiba group in “ Energy system solutions ”,“ Infrastructure system solutions ”,“ Architectural solutions ”,“ Retail and printing solutions ”,“ Devices and storage solutions ”,“ Digital solutions ” and “ Battery business ” And other business areas also have great influence . Specific to semiconductor devices other than storage , Toshiba is in optocoupler 、 Digital and analog IC The field also has a certain influence .

But relatively speaking , The suspension of these businesses or factories in Toshiba Japan will not have a major impact on the global industry .

According to the information queried by smart core , At present, Toshiba has 128697 Employees , There are 14 branches ,6 Factories . The suspension also means that the relevant personnel of these branches and factories will stop working .

however , Toshiba also said , For power stations 、 Elevator and other social infrastructure related businesses and maintenance and inspection businesses will continue .

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