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Westinghouse’s future ownership shrouded in doubt

FT 17th Sept 2017, Westinghouse will emerge from bankruptcy protection “very soon” but its
future ownership remains shrouded in doubt as Toshiba mulls a potential
sale of its US nuclear business. José Gutiérrez, chief executive of
Westinghouse, said the company “was in a much better situation” than
many people imagined and hoped to emerge from the US Chapter 11 process
once a restructuring plan was agreed “in the next few months”.

However, he acknowledged that Toshiba must first decide what it wants to do with the
company, with options including a sale of the whole business or parts of
it. Toshiba has said it is “actively considering” a sale of
Westinghouse as it battles to prevent the business from dragging down the
rest of the Japanese conglomerate.

Analysts say political barriers will narrow down an already limited field of potential buyers, with Chinese and
Russian companies almost certainly unacceptable to Washington. Europe’s
biggest nuclear companies, Areva and EDF of France, are facing their own
financial turmoil and competitors such as General Electric in the US,
Hitachi in Japan and Kepco in South Korea are not rushing to rescue their
rival.
https://www.ft.com/content/a9bb6e08-9a19-11e7-b83c-9588e51488a0

September 22, 2017 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA