Sharp Corporation

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, Osaka in 1924.^[6] Since 2016, it is majority owned by Taiwan-based manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., better known as Foxconn.^[7]^[8]

"Sharp (company)" redirects here. For other companies with the same name, see Sharp (disambiguation) § Companies.

Native name

シャープ株式会社

Shāpu kabushiki gaisha

Hayakawa Metal Works (1924–1942)
Hayakawa Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (1942–1970)
Sharp Electric Co. (spin-off) (1956–1967)

Public KK

TYO: 6753
Nikkei 225 Component

Consumer electronics

15 September 1912 (1912-09-15)
Tokyo, Japan^[1]
16 September 1982 (1982-09-16)
Tokyo, Japan^[1]

Tokuji Hayakawa^[1]

Sakai-ku Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Worldwide

Po-Hsuan Wu
(President and CEO)
Masahiro Okitsu
(Executive Vice President)

Televisions, audiovisual, home appliances, information equipment, ICs, solar cells, mobile phones, fax machines, electronic components, calculators, LCD panels, personal computers, pumps

¥2.27 trillion (2020)^[2]

¥52.77 billion (2020)^[2]

¥20.96 billion (2020)^[2]

¥1.83 trillion (2020)^[2]

¥364.59 billion (2020)^[2]

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (22.32%)
SIO International Holdings Limited (13.23%)
Foxconn (Far East) Limited (11.81%)
Foxconn Technology Pte. Ltd. (9.96%)

46,206 (2023)^[3]

List

Sharp Marketing Japan
Sharp Energy Solutions
ScienBiziP Japan
Dynabook
Sharp Semiconductor Innovation
Sharp Fukuyama Laser
Sharp Cocoro Life
Sharp Display Technology
Sharp NEC Display Solutions (66.0%)
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

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Sharp's net sales reached 2.55 trillion yen in fiscal year 2022 (ending February 29, 2024), according to Statista Research Department. This represents a slight increase from the previous year's figure of 2.5 trillion yen.^[9]

Poland : Sharp Manufacturing Poland Sp. z o.o., in , Poland (Europe)

Toruń

Indonesia : Sharp also has a refrigerator manufacturing facility in , Indonesia, established 2014.^[69]

Karawang

Malaysia : Sharp has an export-only Television factory at the HICOM Industrial Park in , Selangor.^[70] This plant manufactures television sets for export only to North America. Sharp also has two domestic appliances plant – the Batu Pahat plant in Johor that manufactures audio-visual Equipment like television sets and Blu-Ray players, and the Sungai Petani plant in Kedah that manufactures radios as well as kitchen appliances like blenders and rice cookers.^[71] Formerly there was a plant in Petaling Jaya that manufactured television sets, VCRs, microwave ovens, washing machines and refrigerators, this plant was hit badly by the 1997 Asian financial crisis and shut down as Sharp moved the productions of the appliances to either Batu Pahat (TVs and VCRs) or Sungai Petani (microwave ovens), or out of the country altogether (refrigerators and washing machines) in a bid to reduce operating costs.^[72]

Shah Alam

Sponsorships[edit]

Sharp 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.^[81]^[82] Sharp'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. During 2002/03 and 2003/04 seasons, Sharp was sponsor on Red Star Belgrade shirts during their campaign in UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League.

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

In June 2012, Sharp became name sponsor of a UCI World Tour cycling team, which thereupon became known as Garmin–Sharp.^[83]

In September 2016, Sharp (in conjunction with Altodigital) signed a partnership with Stoke City F.C. for 2 years as an Official Platinum Partner.^[84]