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Panasonic to sell their image sensor business TowerJazz: “Panasonic has turned its focus away from low-margin consumer electronics”

By PR admin | Published: December 1, 2019
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Panasonic is going to sell their image sensor business (TowerJazz) to Taiwan’s Nuvoton for $250 million:

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TowerJazz signed a new three-year agreement with Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions

By PR admin | Published: April 10, 2019
TowerJazz Manufacturing Facility

TowerJazz signed a new three-year agreement with Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions. TowerJazz is to maintain its 51% holding of TPSCo shares, with Panasonic holding 49%. Additional information:

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Panasonic still owns 49% of TowerJazz

By PR admin | Published: July 31, 2018

Some needed clarification: there was a Nikkei report last year about Panasonic dismantling their digital camera business and unloading shares of the sensor manufacturer TowerJazz. According to this press release from June 4th, Panasonic still owns 49% of the TowerJazz Panasonic Semiconductor Company:

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TowerJazz and Yuanchen Microelectronics announce partnership for backside illumination (BSI) manufacturing in China

By PR admin | Published: November 5, 2017

TowerJazz, the company that is rumored to be the Leica Q sensor manufacturer, announced a partnership with Changchun Changguang Yuanchen Microelectronics Technology, a BSI process manufacturer for backside illumination (BSI) manufacturing in China to provide the BSI process segment for CMOS image sensor wafers manufactured by TowerJazz. This partnership will allow TowerJazz to serve its worldwide customers […]

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