Sharp Corporation

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Sharp Corporation
Native name
シャープ株式会社
Shāpu kabushiki gaisha
FormerlyHayakawa Metal Works (1924–1942)
Hayakawa Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (1942–1970)
Sharp Electric Co. (spin-off) (1956–1967)
Company typePublic KK
TYO: 6753
Nikkei 225 Component
IndustryConsumer electronics
Founded15 September 1912; 112 years ago (1912-09-15)
Tokyo, Japan[1]
16 September 1982; 42 years ago (1982-09-16)
Tokyo, Japan[1]
FounderTokuji Hayakawa[1]
HeadquartersSakai-ku Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Po-Hsuan Wu
(President and CEO)
Masahiro Okitsu
(Executive Vice President)
ProductsTelevisions, audiovisual, home appliances, information equipment, ICs, solar cells, mobile phones, fax machines, electronic components, calculators, LCD panels, personal computers, pumps
RevenueDecrease ¥2.27 trillion (2020)[2]
Increase ¥52.77 billion (2020)[2]
Increase ¥20.96 billion (2020)[2]
Total assetsDecrease ¥1.83 trillion (2020)[2]
Total equityIncrease ¥364.59 billion (2020)[2]
Owners
Number of employees
46,206 (2023)[3]
SubsidiariesDynabook
Sharp NEC Display Solutions (66.0%)
List
  • Sharp Marketing Japan
  • Sharp Energy Solutions
  • ScienBiziP Japan
  • Sharp Semiconductor Innovation
  • Sharp Fukuyama Laser
  • Sharp Cocoro Life
  • Sharp Display Technology
  • Sharp Sensing Technology
  • Sharp Electronics Corporation
  • Sharp Electronics of Canada
  • Sharp Corporation Mexico
  • Sharp Electronics (Europe) Limited
  • Sharp International Finance (U.K.)
  • Sharp Electronics (Europe) GmbH
  • Sharp Middle East Free Zone Establishment
  • Sharp Universal Technology (Shenzhen)
  • Shanghai Sharp Electronics
  • Sharp Hong Kong
  • Yantai Xiaye Electronics
  • Sharp (Taiwan) Electronics
  • Sharp Electronics (Malaysia)
  • Sharp Singapore Electronics
  • Sharp Appliances (Thailand)
  • Sharp Manufacturing (Thailand)
  • Sharp Manufacturing Vietnam
  • Sharp Business Systems (India)
  • Sharp Corporation of Australia
Websiteglobal.sharp sharpconsumer.com

Sharp Corporation (シャープ株式会社, Shāpu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese electronics company.[4][5] It is headquartered in Sakai, Osaka, and was founded by Tokuji Hayakawa in 1912 in Honjo, Tokyo, and established as the Hayakawa Metal Works Institute in Abeno-ku, Osaka, in 1924.[6] Since 2016, it is majority owned by the Taiwan-based manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., better known as Foxconn.[7][8]

Sharp makes and has made throughout its history various different consumer electronic products, including kitchen appliances such as microwave ovens, cookers, washing machines and refrigerators; home appliances such as solar cells, vacuum cleaners, air purifiers and lighting; home and office devices such as printers, computer displays, TV sets, camcorders, VCRs, as well as calculators and various audio products such as radios, audio systems and wireless speakers.[9][10]

Sharp's net sales reached 2.55 trillion yen in fiscal year 2022 (ending 29 February 2024), according to Statista. This represents a slight increase from the previous year's figure of 2.5 trillion yen.[11]

  1. ^ a b c "data". ns6-tmp.sharp.co.jp. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e Annual Report 2019 (PDF), Sharp Corporation, March 2020, retrieved 6 December 2020
  3. ^ "Corporate Guide" (PDF).
  4. ^ Japan Electronics Almanac. Dempa Publications. 1995. p. 250.
  5. ^ "Sharp Corp/Japan - Company Profile and News". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  6. ^ Uden, Lorna; Ting, I.-Hsien; Feldmann, Birgit (4 July 2022). Knowledge Management in Organisations: 16th International Conference, KMO 2022, Hagen, Germany, July 11–14, 2022, Proceedings. Springer Nature. p. 119. ISBN 978-3-031-07920-7.
  7. ^ Nam, Thời báo Tài chính Việt. "Sharp chính thức về tay Foxconn Đài Loan". Thời báo Tài chính Việt Nam (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Sharp changing rapidly under new Foxconn management". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  9. ^ "History". sharp.ca. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  10. ^ https://www.sharpusa.com/aboutsharp/companyprofile/sharpandtechnologyhistory.aspx
  11. ^ "Sharp: net sales". Statista. Retrieved 25 March 2024.