BANGKOK — Japanese electronics maker NEC used to be a global chip power. It also used to be a major supplier of personal computers and cellphones to Japanese companies and consumers.
But its heyday was decades ago.
In late January, the company announced it was paring 3,000 jobs as part of a midterm business plan. The blueprint also calls for a partial withdrawal from the energy business, which it had earlier decided to grow into a core earner. The plan also calls for NEC to expand its security business overseas and turn it into a pillar of growth.
The restructuring announcement came even as the company’s earnings appear to be bottoming out. The timing could leave observers thinking that NEC’s past is still be acting as a drag o…
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