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RENESAS ELECTRONICS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 11, 2019
Renesas opens Shanghai auto electronics lab in joint project with Volkswagen group
Japanese semiconductor-maker Renesas Electronics Corp. has opened a laboratory in Shanghai jointly with a local affiliate of Germany's Volkswagen group to boost research and development for automotive electronics applications.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2018
Japan's Renesas Electronics in talks to acquire U.S. semiconductor maker IDT
Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp. is in talks to acquire U.S. peer Integrated Device Technology Inc. for around $5.5 billion, sources said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 4, 2018
Japan labor authorities say death of worker at Renesas unit was linked to overwork
The man died of a heart attack in 2017 after working an average of 80 extra hours per month in the four months before his death.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 10, 2017
Renesas may issue shares to fund war chest ahead of any buying spree: CEO
Automotive chip-maker Renesas Electronics Corp. is hungry for more acquisitions amid a wave of mega-mergers in the industry and may need to issue equity shares sometime in the future to build its war chest, Bunsei Kure, its CEO, said Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 13, 2016
Renesas to buy U.S. chip-maker Intersil for $3.2 billion
Renesas Electronics Corp. agreed to buy U.S. chipmaker Intersil Corp. for $3.2 billion, seeking to accelerate its efforts to sell more automotive components.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 22, 2016
Renesas Electronics looks to acquire Intersil amid automotive chip push
Renesas Electronics Corp. said Monday it is considering acquiring U.S. chipmaker Intersil Corp., but revealed few details of the prospective deal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 2, 2014
Renesas eyes selling panel maker to Apple
Struggling chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp. is currently pondering the sale of its subsidiary business, developing liquid crystal display panels, to Apple Inc., sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2014
Renesas to exit LCD chip market
Struggling chip-maker Renesas Electronics Corp. will withdraw from the market for small liquid crystal displays as part of efforts to turn around its business, an industry source said Saturday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 27, 2013
Renesas to close major chip plant in Tohoku region
Struggling chip-maker Renesas Electronics Corp. is looking to close or shrink its major production base for system LSI chips in Tohoku after failing to sell it to a Taiwanese firm, company sources said Saturday.

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