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SONY ELECTRONICS INC.
  • Stan Glasgow, President and COO, SEL
  • Headquartered in San Diego, CA
  • Engineers, manufactures, sells and markets consumer and professional audio and video equipment, computer and peripheral products, recording media and energy products, semiconductors, and other electronic components
  • Comprised of business units that are supported by a sales platform targeting consumer sales, consumer systems and applications, commercial IT sales, corporate, education and A/V reseller channels

CONSUMER AND B2B PRODUCT MARKETING DIVISIONS

Home Products Division

  • BRAVIA® LCD flat-panel and LCD and SXRD rear-projection HDTVs. SXRD and LCD front home theater projectors
  • BRAVIA® Internet Video Link Service
  • Organic Light Emitting Diode TV (OLED)
  • LocationFree™ TVs
  • Blu-ray Disc™ Player
  • DVD-video players/recorders, VCRs, Super Audio CD players, and home theater-in-a-box systems
  • Hi-Fi components (AV receivers), shelf systems and speakers

Digital Imaging and Audio Division

  • Walkman® digital music players and MiniDisc Walkman® players/recorders players
  • Handycam® camcorders
  • Cyber-shot® digital still cameras
  • Alpha Digital SLR cameras
  • Rolly™ Music Player
  • Xplod car stereo and marine products
  • nav-u™ portable navigation system
  • Personal Digital photo printers
  • Memory Stick® flash media
  • Personal audio accessories
  • Shelf systems, boomboxes and radios
  • Digital voice recorders

Information Technology Products Division

  • VAIO® computers
  • VAIO Digital Home
  • Branded optical and tape storage drives
  • LocationFree™
  • Reader Digital Book
  • mylo Personal Communicator

Business Solutions Division

  • Video conferencing products
  • Visual imaging products
  • Medical imaging systems
  • Professional digital photography systems
  • IP monitoring, storage solutions
  • E-communication and digital signage

Broadcast and Production Systems Division

  • Professional video and audio production equipment for episodic TV and motion pictures
  • Broadcast production and content creation systems for TV news
  • Professional monitors, displays, and projectors for b-to-b and large-venue applications
  • Professional services

Media Applications Solution Division

  • Consumer, professional, data and advanced recording media solutions

Component Solutions Business Division

  • OEM AIT & SAIT drives and auto loaders
  • OEM blue laser and MO drives, Dual RW drives, CD-R/RW drives and floppy drives
  • OEM Li-ion and li-polymer batteries
  • Semiconductor devices, including SigmaRAM memory, ICs, CCD sensors, optical comm. ICs, GPS and cellular/PCs ICs
SALES ORGANIZATIONS

Consumer Sales

  • Consumer product sales to retailers/dealers
  • Direct telephone and online sales to consumers via SonyStyle.com
  • Sony Style retail flagship stores www.sony.com/retail for locations
Professional Sales
  • Sale of consumer products and systems to custom A/V installers, home builders, and other special markets
  • Sales to commercial IT resellers
  • Sales of professional and consumer AV products to corporate and non-profit institutions directly, as well as AV resellers
  • DirectPoint(SM) sales support for small and medium businesses
CORPORATE MARKETING
  • Corporate Marketing is responsible for developing marketing strategies that cross leverage Sony's brand name including marketing platform development, corporate research, tradeshows and exhibits and marketing project administration.
  • This unit also manages direct marketing and web services.
ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING & CUSTOMER SERVICE
  • Electronics and recording media manufacturing and engineering operations in the U.S. and Mexico; customer service support nationwide
For additional information, go to www.sony.com/news

October 2008