Toshiba and Fujitsu demanded Sony's compensation

Toshiba and Fujitsu are considering asking Sony to compensate for the loss of notebook battery products made by the company.

If this possibility becomes true, this will be the first time laptop manufacturers have voiced a claim to Sony to compensate for the loss of battery products that have the potential to develop due to This company produces. As for Sony, being required to compensate for the loss of lithium-ion battery products will add to the company's financial burden.

Up to this point, Toshiba had to recall a total of 830,000. Meanwhile, Fujitsu has just had to add 51,000 batteries to be recalled, bringing the company's total battery recall to 338,000.

Source: nemsis Nihon Keizai Shimbun quoted Toshiba's leader as saying: ' We have no other choice but to ask Sony for compensation because the battery recovery has affected business and made reduce our brand value '.

Toshiba argued that the company had to recall battery products just before the shopping season on the occasion of year-end holidays. This is the occasion where the demand for personal computer products increases the most and the recovery of batteries will more or less affect its revenue during this period.

However, a Toshiba spokesman confirmed that the company has not yet made a final decision on whether to claim compensation from Sony.

Meanwhile, Fujitsu Toshiaki Koike spokesman confirmed that the company will require Sony to bear all the costs incurred in recovering the battery, but no decision has been made to force Sony to pay additional damages.

' We have to recover batteries at Sony's request so we require them to bear the full cost. However, we are currently only considering asking Sony to compensate for the damage to our business as well as affecting Fujitsu's brand image .

Sony also stated that they will bear the full cost of recalling faulty battery products. Up to this point, laptop manufacturers worldwide have had to recall a total of 7.5 million battery products manufactured by Sony. The cost of Dell and Apple battery recovery alone has been estimated at $ 257 million.

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