Toshiba to launch 'world's first' glasses-free 3D TV

TOKYO - Japanese electronics giant Toshiba on Monday said it will launch the first liquid crystal display 3D television that does not require users to wear special glasses.

Toshiba will offer 20-inch and 12-inch Regza GL1 Series sets in Japan from the end of December, the company said.

The 12-inch model is expected to sell for about 120,000 yen (US$1,400) and the 20-inch model will carry a price tag of 240,000 yen, Dow Jones Newswires reported.

Current 3D-capable televisions require viewers to wear glasses that act as filters to separate images to each eye to create the illusion of depth.

Makers have turned to 3D sets in a bid to boost demand for new TVs and halt a slide in prices, but the key challenge has been how to enable groups of viewers to all see 3D from different angles at the same time without glasses.

Toshiba's screens use processing technology to create depth-filled images from any angle.

The company added that it planned to offer larger screen models that use glasses as well as smaller personal screens.

Rival Sharp earlier this year unveiled a small glasses-free LCD touchscreen that shows 3D images for use in mobile phones, digital cameras and games consoles such as Nintendo's 3DS, to be released in Japan in February 2011.

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Toshiba to launch 'world's first' glasses-free 3D TV

TOKYO - Japanese electronics giant Toshiba on Monday said it will launch the first liquid crystal display 3D television that does not require users to wear special glasses.

Toshiba will offer 20-inch and 12-inch Regza GL1 Series sets in Japan from the end of December, the company said.

The 12-inch model is expected to sell for about 120,000 yen (US$1,400) and the 20-inch model will carry a price tag of 240,000 yen, Dow Jones Newswires reported.

Current 3D-capable televisions require viewers to wear glasses that act as filters to separate images to each eye to create the illusion of depth.

Makers have turned to 3D sets in a bid to boost demand for new TVs and halt a slide in prices, but the key challenge has been how to enable groups of viewers to all see 3D from different angles at the same time without glasses.

Toshiba's screens use processing technology to create depth-filled images from any angle.

The company added that it planned to offer larger screen models that use glasses as well as smaller personal screens.

Rival Sharp earlier this year unveiled a small glasses-free LCD touchscreen that shows 3D images for use in mobile phones, digital cameras and games consoles such as Nintendo's 3DS, to be released in Japan in February 2011.

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Toshiba opens industrial motors plant in Dong Nai

A worker lubricates a motor at the new factory of Toshiba Industrial Products Asia Co., Ltd. in Dong Nai Province - Photo: Quoc Hung

HCMC - Toshiba Industrial Products Asia Co., Ltd. on Wednesday officially opened a new plant in the southern province of Dong Nai, manufacturing high-efficiency industrial motors for export.

The tripartite joint venture grouping Toshiba Corp. (60%), Toshiba Industrial Products Manufacturing Corp. (30%), and Toshiba Industrial Products Sales Corp. (10%), will turn out motors of 100 horsepower or less at Amata Industrial Park in Bien Hoa City of the province.

Initial products will be exported to the U.S., which has made legislation for high-efficiency motors, and to China, the rest of Southeast Asia, Australia, Europe and Japan, according to the company.

A growing global awareness of the need for enhanced environmental protection has spurred demand for high-efficiency motors that consume less power and emit less CO2. Governments around the world are also responding to this trend.

Key features of Toshiba high-efficiency motors include low noise, high reliability, and achieving 30% reduction of energy loss, according to the company.

“The high-efficiency industrial motors made by Toshiba Industrial Products Asia Co., Ltd are used in many countries, including the U.S. as a solution for environmental protection and energy saving,” said Norio Sasaki, president and CEO of Toshiba Corporation.

This is the fourth manufacturing base of Toshiba worldwide, after the ones in Japan, the U.S., and China.

Toshiba Industrial Products Asia Co. has spent US$29 million for the first phase among the total investment capital of US$100 million. The joint venture will disburse more to reach some US$40 million next year.

Its construction began in April 2009 on an eight hectares. In 2015, the plant will ship up to 1.2 million motors a year to the global market, and is expected to provide employment for 500 people.

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Toshiba industrial motor plant opens

Global electronics giant Toshiba Corporation opened a new industrial
motor manufacturing facility in Vietnam on Sept. 22, aiming to meet the
rising demand for high-efficiency, environmentally friendly motors.

The opening ceremony of the new production facility at the Amata
Industrial Park in southern Dong Nai province was attended by Deputy
Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong.

Toshiba Industrial Products Asia Co Ltd, Toshiba Corporation's Vietnam
subsidiary, began constructing the factory in April 2009 on
approximately 80,000sq.m of land. The completed facility has a floor
area of 24,000sq.m.

"We have set a target of
manufacturing 1.2 million motors a year by 2015, and expect a turnover
of 400 million USD," said Norio Sasaki, president and CEO of Toshiba
Corporation.

The alarm over global warming has
spurred demand for high-efficiency motors that consume less power and
emit less CO2, Sasaki said.

"The effect in reducing
CO2 discharge of 1.2 million high-efficiency industrial motors is around
200,000 tonnes, equivalent to planting 14 million trees," he said.

The plant expects to employ around 500 people when it operates at maximum capacity.

The manufacture of high-efficiency industrial motor requires many
materials including metal and plastic that the company can source from
the domestic market.

"Toshiba hopes to cooperate and use products of Vietnamese supporting industries," Sasaki said.

At present, the ratio of domestically-produced materials and
components is 33 percent, and they plan to increase this to 70 percent,
according to Norihiro Tsujioka, general director of Toshiba Industrial
Products Asia.

The current output of the new plant
is 7,000 motors, for which it employs 150 local employees. It expects to
increase its operating hours from the current eight hours a day to 16
hours by December, and 24 hours by next year.

The
manufacture and sale of motors meeting higher levels of efficiency than
current regional standards are expected to become mandatory in the
United States in December this year, and other governments are expected
to follow suit, Tsujioka said./.

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