Meantime the boom has duly fallen at Fujitsu Ltd’s Hal Computer Systems Inc (CI No 2,781), but only about 40 people, 8% of the workforce will go, despite the company deciding to switch to contract manufacturing and engineering rather than doing the work in-house. The new corporate strategy also seeks to sharpen the marketing focus for Hal’s HALstation 300 Series product line. It says it is negotiating a contract with a third party to implement the entire manufacturing process, including parts purchasing, manufacturing, testing and shipping. HAL says it also plans to outsource some of its current engineering activities.
