Sony will look beyond its current flat-panel partnership with South Korea's Samsung Electronics and may tie up with other firms, the Mainichi newspaper reported Thursday.
"If you look at future demand for flat-panel televisions, we can't say we will have sufficient panel supply and we have to take action," the Mainichi quoted Sony President Ryoji Chubachi as saying in an interview.
His comments come amid a shake-up in the global flat-panel industry that has seen Matsushita Electric Industrial, the world's biggest plasma TV maker, move aggressively into liquid crystal display panels.
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"There are many forms of alliances. Joint production with Samsung will be our base and from there we will explore all possibilities for tie-ups, aiming to be No. 1 in the world," Chubachi was quoted as saying.
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