松下出售德国CRT电视厂

　　Panasonic maker Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. said on Friday it will sell its cathode ray tube (CRT) business in Germany to two investment firms to boost operational efficiency.

　　CRTs are used in conventional television sets.

　　Matsushita will sell 96 percent of the German unit， which has a capacity to make 1.5 million CRTs a year， to Dutch-based investment firm Here Genesis BV， with the remainder sold to another investment company set up by the unit's executives.

　　Matsushita， the world's largest plasma TV maker， declined to disclose the selling price， but said it has no plan to revise its earnings forecast as a result of the deal.

　　The subsidiary ceased operations in March 2006. It still has land and factory buildings although production equipment has already been taken away.

　　Shares in Matsushita closed up 1.5 percent at 2，445 yen ahead of the announcement.

　　日本松下公司上周五宣布，为了提高公司的效率，该公司将出售其在德国的传统显像管电视（CRT）业务，而买家则是德国的两家投资公司。

　　据松下公司透露，该公司将出售其在德国CRT业务中96%的股份给丹麦一家名为Here Genesis BV的公司，其余4%的股份将出售给松下德国CRT工厂的领导层。松下这家位于德国的CRT电视工厂年产量是150万台。

　　松下公司是全球最大的

　　松下公司在德国的CRT电视工厂在2006年3月份停止生产。虽然大量的生产设备已经被出售，但这家工厂仍拥有厂房和土地资源。

　　上周五，受这次交易的影响，松下公司的股价上涨1.5%，至2455日元。