Sony Recalls Panasonic Battery Packs Used in Vaio Laptops
June 15 2016 - 9:40PM
Dow Jones News
Sony Corp. is recalling about 1,700 Panasonic Corp. lithium-ion
battery packs installed in Vaio laptops, due to overheating that
may pose a fire hazard.
According to a notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission, no related incidents or injuries have been
reported.
In early 2014, Sony said it would discontinue the sale of PC
products, and the company sold its Vaio business to private-equity
firm Japan Industrial Partners Inc. At the time, Sony said it would
continue providing customer service for existing Vaio
customers.
The battery packs subject to the recall have model number
VGP-BPS26 and part numbers 1-853-237-11 and 1-853-237-21, and were
included in computers sold in 2013.
In March, Toshiba Corp. recalled about 91,000 Panasonic laptop
battery packs in the U.S. due to fire risk. At the time, Toshiba
said it had received four reports of overheating and melting, with
no reports of injuries.
Vaio suffered years of losses before the 2014 sale. Earlier this
month, Vaio Corp. Chief Executive Yoshimi Ota said the company
expects to report its first operating profit in years for the
period ended May 31.
Write to Josh Beckerman at josh.beckerman@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 15, 2016 21:25 ET (01:25 GMT)
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