BRIEF-Panasonic to consolidate solar cell production amid weak demand – Nikkei

* Panasonic to consolidate solar cell production amid weak demand – Nikkei

* Panasonic will negotiate with labor unions to decide before year-end whether to combine production to Technodevice in Tochigi prefecture or Shimane Sanyo Electric in Shimane Prefecture – Nikkei

* Panasonic’s Tsu plant, which makes wiring implements, will stop making power conditioners – Nikkei

* Panasonic’s production of power conditioners to be consolidated from three domestic plants to one – Nikkei

* Panasonic now contemplating pushing back the production restart date at Nishikinohama plant until end of the year or later – Nikkei

Source:Reuters