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Corporation
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Tokyo , Japan ( 1912 )
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Osaka , Japan
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Katsuhiko Machida , President
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47,600 (Consolidated, as of August 31, 2005)
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2,539 billion Yen (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2005)
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Electronics
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Audio-Visual and communication equipments, Home appliances, Information equipments, ICs, LCDs, Other electronic components
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SHARP World Index
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() is a
Japanese Electronics manufacturer, founded in
1912 .
It takes its name from one of its founder's first inventions, the Ever-Ready Sharp
Mechanical Pencil , which was invented by Tokuji Hayakawa(早川 徳次) in
1915 {Link without Title} .
After the pencil business was destroyed by the
Great Kantō Earthquake in
1923 , the company relocated to
Osaka and started designing the first Japanese radio sets. These went on sale in
1925 . In
1953 it started production of the first television sets in Japan. Other notable achievements include the world's first all-
Transistor desktop
Calculator in
1964 and the first
LCD calculator in 1973. LCD technology continues to be a key part of Sharp's product range, in both the component and the consumer-appliance sides of the business.
Sharp's
Logo became iconic between
1982 and
2000 when English
Football club
Manchester United displayed it on their shirts as part of a sponsorship deal. Because much of these 18 years were something of a golden era for the club, with a (coincidental) decline in fortunes happening once
Vodafone became the new shirt sponsors in 2000, some fans now term this period - particularly 1993-1999, as ''The Sharp Years''.
Core technologies and products include:
Solar Panel s, audio-visual entertainment equipment,
LCD Panels ,
Projectors ,
Photocopiers ,
Microwave Ovens ,
Cash Registers ,
CMOS and
CCD sensors, and
Flash Memory .
Recent products include the ViewCam, the Ultra-Lite
Notebook PC , the
Zaurus Personal Digital Assistant , and the
Aquos flat screen
Television .
Net sales for the year 2003/4 were $16.8 billion.
The Corporation employs 46,600 staff, of which around half live outside Japan.
It operates from 64 bases in 30 countries and its products are distributed in 164 countries worldwide. Many of its regional subsidiaries trade under the name "''Sharp Electronics''".
