Toshiba

BIZ BRIEF: Toshiba temporarily reopens facility in...
Toshiba Corp. announced Nov. 14 that it has resumed manufacturing at the Toshiba Semiconductor Thailand Co. (TST) facility in Pathumthani, Thailand, with shipments scheduled to ...
BIZ BRIEF: Toshiba develops module for contactless...
Toshiba Corp. announced Nov. 12 the start of sales of its new dual-interface IC module for contact and contactless payment transactions by credit, debit and prepaid cards.
BIZ BRIEF: Toshiba releases lithium-ion battery...
Toshiba Corp. announced the release Nov. 8 of a lithium-ion battery monitor chipset for automotive applications.
Hitachi shifts focus of nuclear business overseas
Hitachi President Hiroaki Nakanishi (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Hitachi Ltd. is set to acquire Britain's Horizon Nuclear Power, underscoring the company's shift of focus to the nuclear plant sector overseas.
RWE in advanced talks to sell Horizon
Hitachi President Hiroaki Nakanishi (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
FRANKFURT/TOKYO--RWE, Germany's No.2 utility, is in advanced talks to sell Horizon, its British nuclear joint venture with E.ON, a deal that analysts say could fetch up to 500...
BIZ BRIEF: Toshiba to buy Shaw Group stake in...
Toshiba Corp. is to buy a further 20 percent of nuclear power plant manufacturer Westinghouse Electric Co., a stake currently held by Shaw Group Inc., Toshiba said Oct. 10.
Electric vehicles take center stage at electronics...
Toyota Motor Corp.'s concept electric vehicle at the Ceatec Japan trade fair (Hiroki Endo)
With electric vehicles emerging as a key market, more and more floor space at Japan's largest consumer electronics trade fair is being taken up by automakers-and less by home...
Sony, Toshiba, go big in marketing war with 84-inch ...
Sony Corp.'s 84-inch 4K TV  (Takashi Kamiguri)
Coming soon to home theaters everywhere, Sony Corp. and Toshiba Corp. are pitching their next-generation 4K TVs, behemoths with 84-inch screens, among the world’s largest,...
BIZ BRIEF: Toshiba, GE to collaborate on sales of...
Toshiba Corp. announced on Sept. 27 it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with General Electric Co. to explore sales opportunities collectively of a new combined...
BIZ BRIEF: Toshiba launches hybrid drives for PC...
Toshiba Corp. on Sept. 25 announced that it is releasing two 2.5-inch form factor Hybrid Drives that it says bring new levels of high speed read and write performance to...
BIZ BRIEF: Toshiba joins Honda in testing 'smart'...
Toshiba Corp. announced Sept. 21 it will join Honda Motor Co. in demonstration testing of "smart home" technology designed to reduce daily CO2 emissions.
BIZ BRIEF: Toshiba wins EPC contract for substation ...
Toshiba Corp. announced it has won an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Al-Zour North Substation in Al-Zour, Kuwait.
BIZ BRIEF: Toshiba donates lights for famed...
Toshiba Corp. announced on Sept. 12 that Toshiba Group has donated and installed LED lighting and a photovoltaic power system to illuminate the Golden Hall at Chuson-ji, a...
Toshiba, Kobelco and Keio Univ. to Develop Hybrid...
-- Selected by Ministry of Environment for Research and Development against Global Climate Change --
BIZ BRIEF: Toshiba battery picked for newest Suzuki ...
Toshiba Corp. announced Sept. 6 that its SCiB rechargeable battery has been included as an integral part of ENE-CHARGE, the power management and regenerative braking system...
BIZ BRIEF: Toshiba, Alstom power ahead with smart...
Alstom Grid and Toshiba Corp. are to develop new ways to switch electricity supplies within a national power grid, to meet fluctuating demand and guard against disruption, the...
Sony, Toshiba look to rebound with ultra-HD 4K TVs
Sony Corp.'s 4K TV will be released by the end of the year. (Provided by Sony Corp.)
Struggling Japanese TV makers are hoping to make a comeback with the next-generation 4K TVs that can turn a living room into a cinema-like experience.
BIZ BRIEF: Toshiba develops dysprosium-free heat...
Toshiba Corp. announced Aug. 16 it has developed a high-iron concentration samarium-cobalt magnet that is free of dysprosium, a rare earth mineral that is in extremely short...
BIZ BRIEF: Toshiba to upgrade U.S. thermal power...
Toshiba International Corp. has won an order to retrofit Ottumwa power plant in the U.S. state of Iowa, the company announced Aug. 9.
BIZ BRIEF: Toshiba to launch high capacity 3.5-inch ...
Toshiba Corp. announced on Aug. 8 that it will produce hard discs that offer higher capacity and lower noise.