Sharp and Sony have reached an agreement to form an LCD manufacturing joint venture. The two companies aim to conclude a definitive deal by the end of September that will see a new LCD plant already under construction by Sharp taken over by the joint venture. The plant in Sakai in western Japan is being built at a cost of about $3.5 billion, and under the joint venture plan Sony will shoulder 34 percent of the cost of the factory.
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