Sanyo to start making digital cameras

Sanyo Electric plans to start making digital cameras at a precision equipment plant in Guangdong province in April, reported Nihon Keizai Shimbun. The Japanese company’s joint venture in Dongguan, which was set up in 1995, will make the cameras using existing lines currently used to manufacture mounting equipment. The company, which hopes to produce 1m units in the first year, will spend about US$3m to upgrade the line.