The main contributors to the drop in output were electronic parts and devices, information and communication electronics equipment and chemicals, said the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

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Hon Hai describes itself as the biggest manufacturing services provider to the computer, communication and consumer electronics industries.

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Toshiba's ten major operational groups were pruned to just four: power and industrial systems, information equipment and consumer electronics, communication systems and electronic components and materials.

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