Hon Hai Group announced on June 20 that it will invest in North American TVs through subsidiary AFE and Innolux. leadership The brand Vizio new shares, with a total investment of about 70 million US dollars (about 450 million yuan), was obtained Vizio About 7.24% of the equity. This is the Hon Hai Group's investment in the Japanese panel, after Sharp, the home appliance manufacturer, and Belkin (Belkin), the US Netcom manufacturer, once again shot up their shareholding in the brand.
The Hon Hai announcement stated that the subsidiary AFE had acquired 51,025,525 shares of Vizio common stock at a price of US$48.52 per share, a transaction amount of approximately US$25 million, and a shareholding of approximately 3.1%. Innolux acquired 924,452 shares of Vizio common stock at the same price. The transaction amount was US$44.995 million, and the shareholding was about 4.14%.
It is reported that Vizio is the top two TV brands in North America. LeTV announced in July 2016 that it plans to spend US$2 billion to acquire Vizio, but abandoned the acquisition in April due to a crisis of outbreak funding.
The industry believes that the Hon Hai Group's shareholding in Vizio is set aside for the future development of the new panel factory in West Virginia, complementing the development of the global television ecosystem, and will further enhance synergies with the reinvested Sharp in 8K plus 5G.
Innolux’s new chairman, Hong Jinyang, pointed out that investment brand manufacturer Vizio is a way for the brand to move toward the whole machine and the brand must go. It also helps to expand the recruitment of related personnel such as the complete machine and software. Through this strategic cooperation, innocent creation In addition to the stable and growing sea outlets, the entire machine business will also help to mitigate the negative impact of panel climate fluctuations.
Xiao Zhihong, general manager of Innostra, stated that Innolux started the TV machine business in the middle of last year, and this year it has been certified by a number of customers, with shipments of more than one million units. In the future, brand customers will be expected to grow in multiples by 2019 under the kinetic energy of pulling goods.