Nikon China announced today that its Nikon Optical Instruments (China) Co., Ltd., which is located in Wuxi, will cease to operate. The company is principally engaged in the manufacture of digital cameras and digital camera components, and Nikon pointed out that the reason for closing the subsidiary was due to The rise of smart phones, small digital camera market is rapidly shrinking, the factory operating rate decreased significantly, continuous operation has become very difficult.
The announcement pointed out that Nikon will carry out the dissolution and liquidation of Nikon Optical Instruments (China) Co., Ltd., and Nikon's other production and sales subsidiaries will operate normally.
Nikon's camera production base, currently Japan's Sendai City, Thailand and the mainland 3. Nikon factory in Wuxi, Jiangsu was established in 2002, 2016 production scale of about two million units, with about 2,500 employees , Responsible for the production of low-cost small digital cameras and removable lenses.
Nikon's test is also a common challenge for digital camera manufacturers. NHK quoted the Japanese camera and video products Association (CIPA) statistics, the global digital camera sales in 2010 reached 100 million units, but last year has slipped to 12.58 million units The
Nikon announced its structural reform program in November last year, with a manpower drawdown and a thousand staff reductions; converting the order production center to semiconductor manufacturing equipment and reducing investment in the development of some of the leading devices, leaving some of the camera models last year Of the structural reform program, did not touch the camera business, today's board resolution on behalf of Nikon's reform program will expand the camera business.
Nikon's Wuxi plant ceases to operate after the plant produces small digital cameras with replaceable lenses that will later be outsourced or produced by Nikon's factory in Thailand to reduce costs.
Nikon pointed out that the mainland is one of the world's most important market status will not change; the current Nikon camera market in the mainland accounted for nearly 30 percent of the market share.