CFO Lin Tao said the Kumamoto Technology Center suspended production after a 5-plus intensity quake on July 28. Sites in Nagasaki and Oita resumed. Production in Kagoshima also restarted.
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Sony Group Corp. reported its fiscal first-quarter results Thursday. CFO Lin Tao opened the call by addressing the July 28 Kumamoto earthquake.
The Kumamoto Technology Center in Kikuyo Town suspended production after shaking at a seismic intensity of 5-plus. Tao said restoration work is underway. A timeline for restart was not given.
The plant is part of Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation. Its CMOS image sensors feed smartphone and camera makers globally. A halt at the site closest to the epicenter adds a supply-side variable for the second half of the year.
Facilities in Nagasaki and Oita had no significant damage, Tao said. Production in Kagoshima also resumed. The company reported no casualties other than a few minor injuries.
Sony's music and gaming units are not directly affected. The financial services business is also insulated.
The semiconductor segment has been a major profit driver for the group. The Kumamoto plant supplies sensors used in flagship smartphones and industrial cameras. The halt does not immediately threaten supply given the other sites are running. The duration of the outage is the unknown. A prolonged restart could ripple through the supply chain as handset makers build inventory for the year-end sales cycle. Sony did not detail the extent of the damage to the cleanroom or equipment.
The July 28 earthquake struck Kumamoto prefecture on Japan's Kyushu island. The region hosts a dense cluster of semiconductor plants. Sony's facilities there include the Kumamoto Technology Center. The quake's intensity of 5-plus on the Japanese scale is strong enough to damage cleanroom environments and sensitive lithography equipment. Sony did not detail the extent of the damage, only that restoration is underway.
Sony's broader business spans gaming, music, pictures, and financial services. Those segments operate independently of the semiconductor supply chain and are not exposed to the disruption.
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Tao presented the full-year consolidated forecast alongside the first-quarter results. The next scheduled earnings release is October.
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