Sony invests in image sensor production amid 'selfie' boom


TOKYO: Sony Corp said on Thursday it would invest ¥35bil (RM1.09bil) to increase production of image sensors for smartphones and tablets, as the company courts handset makers to get more orders for front-facing camera sensors, used to take selfies. 

The Japanese firm said it will increase production of stacked CMOS sensors at two factories on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, while completing work on a factory in northwestern Japan it bought from Renesas Electronics Corp for a total investment of ¥35bil (RM1.09bil). 

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