SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D. C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT OF
FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the
month of November 2009
Commission
File Number: 001-06439
SONY
CORPORATION
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
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KONAN, MINATO-KU, TOKYO, 108-0075, JAPAN
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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under
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
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SONY
CORPORATION
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(Registrant)
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By: /s/ Nobuyuki
Oneda
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(Signature)
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Nobuyuki
Oneda
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Executive Deputy
President and
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Date: November
13, 2009
List of
materials
Documents
attached hereto:
i) Press
release entitled "Sony Chemical and Information Device Corporation to
Realign Business Strategy and
Reorganize Manufacturing Operations in order to Strengthen Business
Structure"
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News
& Information
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Sony
Chemical and Information Device
Corporation
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November
13, 2009
Sony
Chemical and Information Device Corporation to Realign Business Strategy
and
Reorganize Manufacturing Operations in order to Strengthen Business
Structure
Tokyo, Japan – Sony Chemical
& Information Device Corporation (“Sony CID”) today announced that it would
implement a series of urgent measures to strengthen its business structure and
cost competitiveness and improve its profitability in order to adapt to the
sudden and rapid changes in the economic environment. In particular,
Sony CID will realign its business strategy and reorganize its manufacturing
operations in Japan, centering on its Nakada plant, in order to enhance
operational efficiency and optimize administrative functions. Going
forward, Sony CID will concentrate its resources in growth areas such as
Anisotropic Conductive Film (ACF) and photovoltaic related
materials.
Details
are as follows:
[Realignment
of business strategy]
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Consolidation
of magnetic head manufacturing operations <End of February
2010>
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In
response to the decline in demand for magnetic heads, Sony CID’s
Kurikoma Factory (Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture), which is operated by the
Nakada plant (Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture), will cease
production as of the end of February 2010, and manufacturing of magnetic heads
will be consolidated within the Nakada plant with the aim of further enhancing
the efficiency of operations.
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Transfer
of touch panel manufacturing operations overseas <End of March
2010>
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In
response to increasing price competition, touch panel manufacturing operation at
the Nakada plant will be transferred to Sony Chemicals (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.(a
subsidiary of Sony CID located at Suzhou City, China), and the Nakada
plant will cease manufacturing touch panels as of the end of March
2010.
[Reorganization
of manufacturing operations in Japan]
While
efforts will be made to relocate employees at the Nakada plant, whose operations
will be downsized in line with these changes, to other plants including Sony CID
facilities, an early retirement program is also scheduled to be
offered.
All
operations at the Nakada plant and at Sony CID’s Toyosato plant (Tome City,
Miyagi Prefecture) (which manufactures the products set out below) will be
consolidated under the management of the Tome plant, to be established on Jan 1,
2010 in Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture. The Tome plant will be created
by integrating the organizations of Nakada and Toyosato plants in order to
eliminate duplication and optimize administrative functions. The
Nakada and Toyosato plants will be renamed the Nakada site and Toyosato site and
will continue to operate under the management of the Tome plant.
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Sony
Chemical & Information Device
Corporation
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Establishment:
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March
5, 1962
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Headquarters:
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Gate
City Osaki, East Tower 8th Floor, 1-11-2 Osaki,
Shinagawa-ku,
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Tokyo
141-0032, Japan
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Representative:
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Takashi
Ichinose
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Capital
stock:
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5.5
billion yen (wholly-owned by Sony Corporation)
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Principal
operations:
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Manufacturing
and sales of electronic materials, electronic parts,
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adhesive
materials, optical materials. Manufacturing of optical disks, magnetic
tapes, magnetic devices, print media and laminate (high density
interposer)
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Non-consolidated
sales:
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142.7
billion yen (As of March 31, 2009)
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Non-consolidated
employees:
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3,330
(As of November 1, 2009):
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Manufacturing
sites in Japan:
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Tagajyo
Plant (Tagajyo City, Miyagi Prefecture)
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Production
items: Magnetic tapes, optical disks, electrodes for Li-ion
batteries
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Kanuma
Plant (Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture)
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Production
items: Industrial adhesive, Industrial adhesive tape, Optical film, UV
cured resin (FLP, UR-LP), Anisotropic Conductive Film
(ACF)
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Neagari
Plant (Nomi City, Ishikawa Prefecture)
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Production
items: Flex-Rigid printed circuit boards, self control protectors,
laminate (high density interposer)
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Nakada
Plant (Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture)
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Production
items: Magnetic heads, transformers, optical parts,
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touch
panels, electrode powder for Li-ion batteries
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Kurikoma
Factory (Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture)
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Production
items: Magnetic heads
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Toyosato
Plant (Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture)
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Production
items: Magnetic tapes (digital videocassette tapes, commercial-use Betacam
tapes), IC cards (FeliCa IC card), print
media
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