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Location
Approximate
floor space Principal products produced
(square feet)
Outside of Japan:
Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.A.
(Sony DADC US Inc.)
2,428,000 Blu-ray Disc™-ROMs, CDs, DVDs and
UMDs (Universal Media Disc)
Huizhou, China
(Sony Precision Devices (Huizhou) Co., Ltd.) 1,027,000 Optical pickups and LCDs
Wuxi, China
(Sony Electronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd., Sony Digital
Products (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. and Sony (China) Ltd.)
1,886,000 Batteries and compact digital cameras
Penang, Malaysia
(Sony EMCS (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. — PG TEC) 1,021,000 Audio equipment
Tuas, Singapore
(Sony Electronics (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.)
825,000 Batteries
Bangi, Malaysia
(Sony EMCS (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. — KL TEC)
954,000 LCD televisions, TV components, Blu-
ray Disc™ players/recorders and DVD-
players/recorders
Guangzhou, China
(Sony Electronics Huanan Co., Ltd.)
687,000 Optical pickups
Beijing, China
(Sony Mobile Communications (China) Co., Ltd.)
680,000 Mobile phones
In addition to the above facilities, Sony has a number of other plants for electronic products throughout the
world. Sony owns research and development facilities, and Sony Corporation’s headquarters building, with a
total floor space of approximately 1,753,000 square feet, in Tokyo, Japan, where administrative functions and
product development activities are carried out. SCEI*** has its corporate headquarters in Sony Corporation’s
headquarters building and leases additional office space in Tokyo from a third party, where administrative
functions, product development, and software development are carried out. SCEA*** and SCEE*** lease their
offices in the U.S. and Europe, respectively.
SPE’s corporate offices and motion picture and television production facilities are headquartered in Culver
City, California, where it owns and operates a studio facility, Sony Pictures Studios, with aggregate floor space
of approximately 1,606,000 square feet. SPE also leases office space and motion picture and television support
facilities from third parties and affiliates of Sony Corporation in various worldwide locations. SPE’s film and
videotape storage operations are located in various leased locations in the U.S. and Europe.
SME’s corporate offices are headquartered in New York, NY where it leases office space from SCA. SME
also leases office space from third parties in various locations worldwide.
Most of SMEJ’s offices, including leased premises, are located in Tokyo, Japan.
SCA’s corporate offices are headquartered on New York, NY where it leases office space from a third party.
On March 31, 2014, Sony Semiconductor Corporation* Yamagata TEC was established in Japan. This
facility uses semiconductor fabrication equipment and certain related assets acquired from Renesas Electronics
Corporation. In March 2014, Sony announced that it had agreed to sell the NS Building, Building 4 and
Building 5, and premises at Sony’s Gotenyama Technology Center to Sumitomo Realty & Development Co.,
Ltd., a Japanese real estate company.
On March 31, 2016, Sony Semiconductor Corporation* Oita TEC was established in Japan. This facility
uses semiconductor fabrication equipment and certain related assets acquired from Toshiba.
* Sony Semiconductor Corporation changed its name to Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation in
April 2016.
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