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===2010 to 2014=== Toshiba announced on 16 May 2011, that it had agreed to acquire all of the shares of the Swiss-based advanced-power-meter maker [[Landis+Gyr]] for $2.3 billion.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 May 2011 |title=Toshiba to Buy Swiss Power Meter Maker |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704904604576332501074832920.html |access-date=20 May 2011}}</ref> In 2010 the company released a series of television models including the WL768, YL863, VL963 designed in collaboration with Danish designer [[Timothy Jacob Jensen]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Toshiba's Jacob Jensen Design TVs |url=http://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1284471787 |website=Flat Panel| date=2 September 2010 }}</ref> In April 2012, Toshiba agreed to acquire [[IBM]]'s point-of-sale business for $850 million, making it the world's largest vendor of point-of-sale systems.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 April 2012 |title=Toshiba in $850m deal to buy IBM's point-of-sale unit |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17751813 |access-date=24 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=16 April 2012 |title=Toshiba to buy IBM's point-of-sale terminal business |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/nikkei-idUSL3E8FGA1A20120416 |access-date=24 December 2012}}</ref> In July 2012, Toshiba was accused of fixing the prices of LCD panels in the United States at a high level. While such claims were denied by Toshiba,<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 July 2012 |title=Toshiba |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18700689}}</ref> they agreed to settle alongside several other manufacturers for a total of $571 million.<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 July 2012 |title=Toshiba |url=http://www.crn.com/news/mobility/240003498/toshiba-lg-au-optronics-to-settle-lcd-price-fixing-case.htm}}</ref> In December 2013, Toshiba completed its acquisition of Vijai Electricals Limited plant at Hyderabad and set up its own base for manufacturing of transmission and distribution products (transformers and switchgears) under the Social Infrastructure Group in India as Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems (India) Private Limited. In January 2014, Toshiba completed its acquisition of [[OCZ Storage Solutions]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Martyn Williams @martyn_williams |title=It's official: Toshiba owns OCZ's SSD business |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2090061/toshiba-completes-acquisition-of-ocz-storage.html |magazine=PCWorld |access-date=20 March 2014}}</ref> OCZ Technology stock was halted on 27 November 2013. OCZ then stated they expected to file a petition for bankruptcy and that Toshiba Corporation had expressed interest in purchasing its assets in a bankruptcy proceeding.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kristian VΓ€ttΓΆ |date=27 November 2013 |title=OCZ Files for Bankruptcy β Toshiba Offers to Buy the Assets |url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/7549/ocz-files-for-bancrupty-toshiba-offers-to-buy-the-assets |access-date=27 November 2013 |website=Anand Tech}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=27 November 2013 |title=OCZ Filing for Bankruptcy, Announces Offer From Toshiba to Purchase Assets |work=Press release |url=http://ir.ocz.com/news/detail/3004/ocz-filing-for-bankruptcy-announces-offer-from-toshiba-to-purchase-assets |url-status=dead |access-date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131130213359/http://ir.ocz.com/news/detail/3004/ocz-filing-for-bankruptcy-announces-offer-from-toshiba-to-purchase-assets |archive-date=30 November 2013 }}</ref> On 2 December 2013, OCZ announced Toshiba had agreed to purchase nearly all of OCZ's assets for $35 million.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=OCZ Reaches Agreement With Toshiba Corporation to Acquire Solid State Drive Business |date=2 December 2013 |publisher=OCZ Technology |location=[[San Jose, California|San Jose]], California |url=http://ir.ocz.com/news/detail/3014/ocz-reaches-agreement-with-toshiba-corporation-to-acquire-solid-state-drive-business |access-date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204202022/http://ir.ocz.com/news/detail/3014/ocz-reaches-agreement-with-toshiba-corporation-to-acquire-solid-state-drive-business |archive-date=4 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The deal was completed on 21 January 2014 when the assets of OCZ Technology Group became a new independently operated subsidiary of Toshiba named OCZ Storage Solutions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 January 2014 |title=Toshiba Corporation Completes Acquisition of OCZ Technology Group's Assets and Launches New Subsidiary, OCZ Storage Solutions |url=http://www.financialpost.com/markets/news/Toshiba+Corporation+Completes+Acquisition+Technology+Group+Assets/9414016/story.html |access-date=22 January 2014 |publisher=Financial Post}}</ref> OCZ Technology Group then changed its name to ZCO Liquidating Corporation;<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 January 2014 |title=Form 8-K |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355128/000119312514022190/d667358d8k.htm |access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref> on 18 August 2014, ZCO Liquidating Corporation and its subsidiaries were liquidated.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 July 2014 |title=Form 8-K |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1355128/000119312514313511/d775256d8k.htm |access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref> [[OCZ Storage Solutions]] was dissolved on 1 April 2016 and absorbed into Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.,<ref name="CompanyWebsite2">{{Cite web |title=OCZ Storage Solutions β A Toshiba Group Company |url=http://ocz.com/ |access-date=26 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="Valich2">{{Cite news |last=Valich |first=Theo |date=6 April 2016 |title=Toshiba Rebrands OCZ Storage Solutions |work=VR-World |url=http://vrworld.com/2016/04/06/toshiba-rebrands-ocz/ |access-date=26 April 2016}}</ref> with OCZ becoming a brand of Toshiba. In March 2014, Toshiba sued [[SK Hynix]], accusing the company of stealing technology of its NAND flash memory.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 March 2014 |title=Toshiba Sues SK Hynix Over Chip Secrets |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304914904579438003353462702 |access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref> In the late same year, the two companies settled with a deal in which SK Hynix pays US$278 million to Toshiba.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SK Hynix to pay Toshiba $278M in flash memory suit |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/SK-Hynix-to-pay-Toshiba-278M-in-flash-memory-suit |access-date=27 July 2020 |website=Nikkei Asian Review |language=en-GB}}</ref> Toshiba had sued Hynix in the early 2000s for [[patent infringement]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 March 2006 |title=Toshiba wins chip patent suit against Hynix |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e12b5cbc-bb29-11da-8f51-0000779e2340 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/e12b5cbc-bb29-11da-8f51-0000779e2340 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 July 2020 |website=www.ft.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> In October 2014, Toshiba and [[United Technologies]] agreed a deal to expand their joint venture outside [[Japan]].<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Toshiba and United Technologies ink deal to expand outside Japan |date=16 October 2014 |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-toshiba-deal-idUSKCN0I52VH20141016}}</ref>
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