Kyocera to outsource cellphone production

Japan's Kyocera Corp said it would outsource its cellphone production in North America to Flextronics International Ltd and cut 1,700 jobs at its mobile phone division to turn the loss-making business around. The latest restructuring follows Kyocera's announcement in March that it will quit its struggling digital camera operations this year. Kyocera produces 13 million cellphones a year globally. It will outsource production at US unit Kyocera Wireless Corp, which makes 10 million a year, to Flextronics from late May, the maker of electronic parts and mobile phones said in a statement.
Kyoto-based Kyocera did not disclose details of the deal in the statement, which was released on Thursday, a public holiday in Japan. It also did not specify where the 1,700 jobs would be cut.