Toshiba’s New Ownership and Future

Nov. 8, 2024

Toshiba was recently taken private by a group of investors led by equity firm Japan Industrial Partners.

Toshiba was delisted last year after 74 years on the Tokyo exchange, following a decade of troubles for the company. The entity was taken private by a group of investors led by private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners, which also includes financial services firm Orix, utility Chubu Electric Power, and chipmaker ROHM.

The $14 billion takeover has the interest of Japan's government, as the company employs over 100,000 people and its operations are seen as critical to national security. In this video, we talk with Armin Derpmanns, VP of Marketing and Operations for Toshiba Electronics Europe, about the future of the company.

Alix Paultre | Editor-at-Large, Electronic Design

An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the US military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications in the embedded electronic engineering space. Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Also check out his YouTube watch-collecting channel, Talking Timepieces.