Sonys FED-Display strategy!

Sony established Field Emission Technologies Inc. in December by splitting off its field emission display operations and bringing in a fund focusing on fledgling businesses carved out from major firms to help with these operations

"Our products will be used by professional video creators and at broadcasting companies," Field Emission Technologies Chief Executive Shohei Hasegawa told a news conference.

"We have a dream of eventually entering the TV market for general consumers. But we will steer clear of heavy capital investments up front."
Hasegawa said the company aims to decide on the scale of commercial production and find business partners by mid-2008 to put actual products on the market by 2009.

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