46 Facts About Sharp Corporation

Sharp Corporation was founded in September 1912 in Tokyo and takes its name from one of its founder's first Ever-Sharp mechanical pencil, which was invented by Tokuji Hayakawa in 1915.

Two years later, in 1966, Sharp Corporation introduced its first IC calculator using 145 Mitsubishi Electric-made bipolar ICs, priced at JP¥350, 000.

Sharp Corporation had a working relationship with Nintendo during the 1980s, and was granted licensing rights for the manufacture and development of the C1 NES TV, the Twin Famicom (1986), the Sharp Corporation Famicom Titler (1989), and the SF-1 SNES TV (1990).

Sharp Corporation introduced low-cost microwave ovens affordable for residential use in the late 1970s.

Sharp Corporation ventured into the high end stereo market in 1976 with the introduction of high end receivers, amplifiers, speakers, turntables and cassette players.

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Since 2000, Sharp Corporation heavily invested in LCD panel manufacturing plants: Kameyama in 2004, Sakai in 2009.

In June 2005 Sharp Corporation produced the largest LCD television at the time, with a display of 65 inches.

At CES 2007, Sharp Corporation introduced a prototype largest LCD TV, with a screen size of 108 inches.

In July 2008 Sharp Corporation announced that the model will go into production for the Japanese market.

In 2008, Sharp Corporation collaborated with Emblaze Mobile on the Monolith, “…an ambitious project to design the ultimate holistic mobile device".

In 2012 Sharp Corporation unveiled the largest production TV at the time, with a screen size of 80 inches.

In 2014, Sharp Corporation was able to stem losses and deliver a positive net income for its first quarter results.

Sharp Corporation led the market share of mobile phones in the Japanese market in April 2012.

Sharp Corporation reportedly held 3rd place in mobile phone market share in the Japanese market in May 2015.

Sharp Corporation announced it accepted a US$100 million investment from Samsung in March 2013.

In 2013 Sharp Corporation developed the most efficient solar cell, converting a record 44.

In 2013, Sharp Corporation was the tenth-largest, by market share, television manufacturer in the world.

However Sharp Corporation remains the biggest television brand in the Japanese market.

In October 2015 Sharp Corporation announced a smartphone that works as a robot, called RoboHon.

Sharp Corporation began selling the world's first commercially available TV with a 8K resolution in October 2015.

In September 2016 Sharp Corporation unveiled the Sharp Corporation INTELLOS Automated Unmanned Ground Vehicle at the ASIS International 62nd Annual Seminar and Exhibits (ASIS 2016) in Orlando, Florida.

On 28 April 2017, Sharp Corporation turned its first operating profit in three years, citing the restructuring efforts by Foxconn.

In June 2017, Sharp Corporation sued its Chinese licensee Hisense for damaging the reputation of its brand, seeking an exit from its licensing agreement.

Sharp accused the company of producing "shoddily manufactured" televisions under the Sharp name, including products they believed were in violation of U S safety standards for electromagnetic radiation, and the subject of deceptive advertising over their quality.

Sharp Corporation'sense denied that it engaged in these practices, and stated that it planned to defend itself in court and "will continue to manufacture and sell quality televisions under the Sharp licensed brands.

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In 2019 Sharp Corporation re-acquired its own brand for use on TV's in the US market.

In March 2020, in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Sharp Corporation announced it would use a TV factory with high-end clean rooms to manufacture surgical masks.

Sharp Corporation acquired the remaining shares of Dynabook from Toshiba in August 2020, making Dynabook a wholly owned subsidiary of Sharp Corporation.

Business market, Sharp Corporation produces projectors and monitors and a variety of photocopiers and Laser Printers, in addition to electronic cash registers and Point of sale technologies.

Private security industry, Sharp Corporation produces an Automated Unmanned Ground Vehicle named INTELLOS, which utilizes a navigation surveillance platform developed by Sharp Corporation.

Sharp Corporation Solar is a supplier of silicon photovoltaic solar cells, and offers a solar TV.

Corporate meeting room market, Sharp Corporation was the first company to bring the Windows collaboration display to market, which is a 70inch interactive display with built-in unified communication equipment and an IoT sensor hub for measuring environmental room conditions.

Sharp Corporation employs 46, 600 staff, of which around half live outside Japan.

In September 2014, Sharp announced that Slovakian electronics company UMC was acquiring an exclusive brand licence from Sharp and its European television and audio business UMC will acquire Sharp's Polish factory.

Vestel will sell Sharp Corporation-branded white goods, such as refrigerators and microwave ovens manufactured by Sharp Corporation in Thailand and China.

Sharp Corporation's remaining European business will then focus on the business-to-business sector including multi-function printers and energy solutions.

However, Sharp Corporation disagreed with the JFTC order and announced it would begin an appeals procedure against it on 2 February 2009.

In November 2011 Sharp Corporation was ranked in 11th place by Greenpeace's re-launched Guide to Greener Electronics that ranks 15 electronics manufacturers according to their policies and practices to reduce their impact on the climate, produce greener products, and make their operations more sustainable.

Sharp Corporation was praised for its public support for a clean energy policy, after advocating the Japanese Government to increase the use of renewable energy.

Sharp Corporation scored the fewest points in the guide in the Sustainable Operations category, scoring no points for chemical management due to not communicating commitments made on phasing out hazardous substances in its supply chain.

In 2020, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute accused at least 82 major brands, including Sharp Corporation, of being connected to forced Uyghur labor in Xinjiang.

Sharp Corporation was the principal sponsor of Manchester United Football Club from 1983 until 2000, in one of the lengthiest and most lucrative sponsorship deals in English football.

Sharp Corporation's logo was on the front of United's shirts over these 17 years, during which the team won seven Premier League titles, five FA Cups, one Football League Cup, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and one UEFA Champions League title.

From 2001 to 2003, Sharp was the main shirt sponsor of Inverness Caledonian Thistle F C in the SFL.

In June 2012, Sharp Corporation became name sponsor of a UCI World Tour cycling team, which thereupon became known as Garmin-Sharp Corporation.

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In September 2016, Sharp signed a partnership with Stoke City F C for 2 years as an Official Platinum Partner.