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[PC Watch 25th Anniversary] Looking back on VAIO's successive products
Independent from Sony, to VAIO Co., Ltd.
In July 2014, became independent as VAIO Corporation."Essence+α" is returned to the starting point of PC -making, pursuing the essence required of a personal computer as the basic message of the new VAIO.By adding a sharp concept unique to VAIO as + α, he declared that other companies would send a computer to the world.
【2014年5月】PC専業の「VAIO株式会社」が発足～ソニーが日本産業パートナーズと正式締結After that, many personal computers released by the company are described as "VAIO -like", but while changing the words that indicate the basic attitude of VAIO, efforts to create PCs that other companies have become DNA.It can be said that it is a proof of being.
VAIO, which started as an independent company, has a small number of elite systems (about 1,100 at the peak of the Sony era), and has become profitable as early as the second year.Since then, he has expanded its product lineup while strengthening his management structure, and has been developing business overseas.
Currently, in addition to the personal computer business, it is also developing robot -related businesses, drone -related businesses, and production contracts.
It is noteworthy that since it became independent, VAIO's headquarters has been set up in Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture.
Utilized the production base that has been producing VAIO since the Sony era.The company is consolidating design, manufacturing, quality assurance, and service system, maintaining high quality, and continuing to create things that meet Japanese needs."Azumino Finish", which strictly checks all products, is one of VAIO's commitment.
At the entrance of Azumino, there is a stone monument of "VAIO no Sato".
25 years since the first VAIO was released in the United States.Let's look back on VAIO's epoch -making products from PC Watch articles with the same 25 years of history.
