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Feb. 2, 2009

Kyocera says it will reorganize its U.S.-based mobile handset groups Kyocera Wireless and Kyocera-Sanyo Telecom.

The wireless and telecom equipment manufacturer plans to consolidate the two groups, eliminating about 360 jobs at the Chatsworth, Calif.-based Kyocera Sanyo Telecom.

The job cuts also include San Diego-based Kyocera Wireless Corp. and its subsidiary in Bengalore, Kyocera Wireless India.

Kyocera said it hopes the reduction in its workforce will strengthen its competitive position, and plans to complete its consolidation by the end of its fiscal year on March 31.

Kyocera president Rodney Lanthorne said “by reorganizing and more fully integrating the former assets of Sanyo with those of Kyocera, we will enhance the efficiency and competitiveness of the combined global handset business.”

He added “while the recent market contraction was a factor, Kyocera Wireless’ profit viability required restructuring. We believe the comprehensive global integration and alignment with the rest of the mobile handset group moves us in the right direction.”

Kyocera acquired Sanyo’s mobile handset segment last April and brought in about 2,000 of Sanyo’s full-time employees in Japan and Malaysia.

The company's realignment will place global coordination of its communication equipment segment at its product-line headquarters in Yokohoma, Japan. The company’s U.S. divisions will work on sales, marketing, service, business development and customer support.

Kyocera International is the North American regional holding company for the Kyocera Group of Companies.

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Source: Kyocera.