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Battery, Chip-Wafer Markets Among Most Hurt by Quake
Mar. 14, 2011 11:02PM PST
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Business Week reports that the global supply of lithium-ion batteries, substrates for chips and power-supply capacitors are amongst the worst-hit technology industries following Japan’s earthquake.
Business Week reports that the global supply of lithium-ion batteries, substrates for chips and power-supply capacitors are amongst the worst-hit technology industries following Japan’s earthquake.
The market news is quoted as saying:
Closure of plants at Hitachi Chemical Co., which makes materials used in lithium-ion cells, Sanyo Electric Co. and Sony Corp. will affect the supply of rechargeable batteries, Pranab Kumar Sarmah, Hong Kong-based analyst at Daiwa Securities, said in a report yesterday.
