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Sony is into electronics, movie/music production, and insurance? Reminds me of the Onion story: "Yamaha CEO Pleased With Current Production Of Jet Skis, Alto S

Sony is into electronics, movie/music production, and insurance? Reminds me of the Onion story: "Yamaha CEO Pleased With Current Production Of Jet Skis, Alto Saxophones, Snowmobiles, Power Generators, Scooters, Golf Carts" Quote: "At the Yamaha Corporation we're focused on one thing and one thing alone—quality sound chips, ceiling brackets, editing software, race-kart engines, sport boats, flugelhorns, ATVs, sequencers, outboard motors, conference systems, golf clubs, projectors, MIDI controllers, lamp cartridges, portable recorders, subwoofers, component systems, and motorcycles." http://www.theonion.com/articles/yamaha-ceo-pleased-with-current-production-of-jet,6871/ http://www.theonion.com/articles/yamaha-ceo-pleased-with-cur...

kalleboo 13y ago
Samsung does the same (they even make cars, and run a chain of gas stations) and they're doing great in many fields.
- speeder 13y ago
  You forgot Samsung engineering (make buildings), Samsung military engineering (make military warships), Samsung... I think Samsung manufactures everything you can imagine.
  - kalleboo 13y ago
    Yep. In Korea it's called Chaebol - LG, Daewoo are other examples. In Japan it's called Keiretsu - for instance Mitsubishi produce almost anything under the sun (they make everything from beer to the Japanese defense force's version of the F-16)
  - w1ntermute 13y ago
    They have hospitals too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Medical_Center http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Medical_Center
speeder 13y ago
Yamaha got to that, because they decided to manufacture stuff that use their music instrument factories idle time. It is just a case of extreme sinergy seeking. For example: The same factory makes wheels and drums. Also, originally the motorcicle structure was made in the piano factory (this happened when they invented a model of a lightweight metal piano, and someone on the company realized they could use the same material to make motorcicles). Yamaha focus is musical instruments, and then use their musical instrument tech to make other unrelated stuff... Yes, very weird model... but it works it seems....

kalleboo 13y ago

Samsung does the same (they even make cars, and run a chain of gas stations) and they're doing great in many fields.

speeder 13y ago
You forgot Samsung engineering (make buildings), Samsung military engineering (make military warships), Samsung... I think Samsung manufactures everything you can imagine.
- kalleboo 13y ago
  Yep. In Korea it's called Chaebol - LG, Daewoo are other examples. In Japan it's called Keiretsu - for instance Mitsubishi produce almost anything under the sun (they make everything from beer to the Japanese defense force's version of the F-16)
- w1ntermute 13y ago
  They have hospitals too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Medical_Center http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Medical_Center

speeder 13y ago

Yamaha got to that, because they decided to manufacture stuff that use their music instrument factories idle time. It is just a case of extreme sinergy seeking. For example: The same factory makes wheels and drums. Also, originally the motorcicle structure was made in the piano factory (this happened when they invented a model of a lightweight metal piano, and someone on the company realized they could use the same material to make motorcicles). Yamaha focus is musical instruments, and then use their musical instrument tech to make other unrelated stuff... Yes, very weird model... but it works it seems....