HP sells printer/MFP plant to Sharp’s parent
Business Korea magazine reported that HP Inc has sold a laser printer/MFP
manufacturing plant in Weihai, China
- The buyers is Foxconn, aka Hon Hai Precision of Taiwan, which is the owner of Sharp
- In 2017, HP bought the printer/MFP plant from Samsung for $1.05 billion
- The Shandong plant will continue to supply HP with LaserJet branded product
- (unknown if plant will also be used to make Sharp-branded product, or how this will impact HP’s other supplier, Canon)