Toshiba Corp. and NEC Electronics Corp. plan to form a semiconductor joint venture, according to anonymous sources close to the talk. The move would help for the companies to reduce costs and become more competitive on the global market. But the joint venture will not be formed overnight.
According to a report from the International Herald Tribune, there are talks to merge system-on-chip operations of NEC and Toshiba into a standalone joint venture, but nothing has been decided yet. The Nikkei business daily said NEC has been talking with Fujitsu. as well about a merger of their chip-making operations, though, nothing concrete is known at this point.
Atsutoshi Nishida, chief executive officer of Toshiba, said that too many chip makers, especially those who make system chips, are fighting it out in Japan and that they need to consolidate to win globally. However, he did not announce any definite moves.
Neither Fujitsu, NEC nor Toshiba commented on the news-story.
It is crucial for Japanese companies to consolidate their forces in semiconductor development and manufacturing, if they want to keep those operations in the country. Globally, there is a trend towards forming large chip development design houses as well as massive contract manufacturing houses.
Tags: Toshiba, NEC, Fujitsu
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Posted by: kroshi

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Japanese Corporation's Mega Alliance in Russian Federation "network" :
Warning: Undercover Black Deeds in Japanese Corporations...
Japanese companies are famous for their high-quality service provided worldwide.
Any partner of a Japanese company expects a discreet and trustworthy business way. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look as it seems.
In our case, Japanese corporations’ representatives working in Russia and the CIS have elaborated an excellent fraud scheme including money-laundering, kickback clients and employees, asset misappropriation etc. ...
The scheme runs as follows:
1. Toshiba Corporation serving as a cover generally doesn’t sign official distribution contracts in Russia and the CIS. Russian nationals such as Mr. Vadim Danilov (Toshiba fake official trader) are hired by the corporation. In addition, all transactions are based on pledging Toshiba managers’ word of honor.
2. An “official” supplier – NAC Trading Ltd. - delivering appliances to Media Markt Saturn, located in Moscow, doesn’t have any procuration from Toshiba Corporation.
3. Defective appliances covered by an insurance company are sent to Russia from a warehouse Kouvola, Finland as new ones via a fake Toshiba trader.
4. Toshiba Corporation issues invoices on official blanks in which written payment requisites of third parties (Nana Europe OY) responsible for payment transfers to Toshiba Corporation and MCLOGI (Mitsubishi Corporation LT, Inc.).
5. It is strongly recommended by the Japanese companies to make all payments using off-shore banks since Toshiba prefers not to be responsible for anything if its Russian clients have any claims and complaints.
6. So, there is a bundle: Toshiba Corporation (Supplier) represented by Mr. Natsume – MCLOGI (delivering service) represented by Mr. Baba – Nana Europe OY (Toshiba “agent” in Finland supplying appliances to Russia) represented by Mr. Ogawa – NAC Trading Ltd. (Nana Europe branch in Russia responsible for financial flows in Russia), at a final stage RCAS (a private company of Mr. Baba and Mr. Natsume) located in Estonia transfers the cleaned funds from off-shore banks to Toshiba and MCLOGI.
To sum-up, it has been shown that the Japanese corporations use fraud schemes and transactions to snatch large sums and frame up hired managers and Russian big companies.
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Posted by: wohweh

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Date: 02/04/09 07:37:06 AM]
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Scrupulously Elaborated Fraud Scheme for Russia :
Mr. Vadim Danilov was invited by Mr. Naohiro Baba to strike up an acquaintance with Mr. Harry Fujimaki to work for Toshiba Corporation (Kabushiki-gaisha Toshiba) as a general logistics manager in the Russian Federation. The event occurred in 2004.
To his disappointment, Mr. Koichiro Natsume, an executive manager of Toshiba Corporation in the CIS, declared him a Toshiba Official Trader at the Conference at the Imperial Park Hotel, Moscow, 2006. In addition, Mr. Koichiro Natsume declared that Mr. Danilov Vadim was officially registered by Toshiba Corporation as Toshiba's Official Trader named “the Ninth Wave” ('Deviatiy Val').
To conclude the announced procedures, Mr. Natsume Koichiro issued to “Deviatiy Val” a Toshiba invoice PI 20060800059 dated August 24, 2006.
The invoice was paid to a TCMS official account at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Singapore Branch.
Moreover, there were other financial transactions during 2006-2007-2008 years, executed by Mr. Vadim Danilov between clients and Toshiba Consumer Marketing Singapore, SMBC Singapore branch account.
After all the payments were completed, Mr. Koichiro Natsume vanished somewhere in Japan. Toshiba Corporation managers in Russia, Japan and Singapore refused to explain to Mr. Vadim Danilov how those payments had been used.
Toshiba Corporation & TCMS, insist that Mr. Vadim Danilov has no evidences that Toshiba Invoice PI 20060800059 had been paid, as well as all the other payments.
Moreover: Toshiba Corporation declares now that Mr. Vadim Danilov had never had any relations with Toshiba Group Companies.
Nowadays, the Toshiba staff is running away from Mr. Danilov Vadim and his lawyers. The Metropolitan Police Department refused to investigate the accident and explained to Mr. Vadim Danilov that he has no right to bring in an action against a Japanese citizen; nevertheless, Mr. Koichiro Natsume is probably hiding in Japan.
Summary of the case:
Toshiba Corporation managers are too afraid of Mr. Vadim Danilov’s knowledge of Toshiba management precisely elaborated scheme for “personal financial transactions” via third parties as a ‘private financial network’ Russia-Estonia-Finland-Singapore.
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