's Minokamo Site (located in Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture) will be absorbed by EMCS Corp.

ENGADGET: Sony restructuring in Japan: camera lens plant to close with loss of 2,000 jobs

The answer depends on how quickly the EMCs can realign themselves to the demands of the Cheap Revolution.

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No more racks full of stuff displaying the logo plates of the Ciscos, Dells, EMCs, HPs and IBMs of the world.

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In order to enhance the efficiency of Sony's manufacturing operations relating to its digital imaging business, the manufacture of interchangeable lenses and lens blocks currently being conducted at Sony EMCS Corp.

ENGADGET: Sony restructuring in Japan: camera lens plant to close with loss of 2,000 jobs

In order to optimize personnel structure and assist employees to secure new opportunities outside the Company, early retirement programs will be implemented at Sony Corporation, Sony EMCS Corp. and other major consolidated electronics subsidiaries in Japan.

ENGADGET: Sony restructuring in Japan: camera lens plant to close with loss of 2,000 jobs

As Sony concentrates its mobile phone business on the area of smartphones, the operations currently being carried out at the Minokamo Site relating to mobile phones will be partially discontinued and partially transferred to Sony EMCS Corp.

ENGADGET: Sony restructuring in Japan: camera lens plant to close with loss of 2,000 jobs

Company Name: Minokamo Site, Sony EMCS Corp.

ENGADGET: Sony restructuring in Japan: camera lens plant to close with loss of 2,000 jobs