Sharp Corporation
Japanese electronics company
Sharp Corporation (シャープ株式会社, Shāpu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products. It is headquartered in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. Since 2016 it has been majority owned by the Taiwan-based Foxconn Group. Sharp employs more than 50,000 people worldwide.[4][5][6]
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 Sharp's headquarters at its factory in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture | |
Native name | シャープ株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Shāpu kabushiki gaisha |
| Formerly | Hayakawa Metal Works (1924–1942) Hayakawa Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (1942–1970) Sharp Electric Co. (spin-off) (1956–1967) |
| Company type | Public KK |
| TYO: 6753 | |
| Industry | Consumer electronics |
| Founded | 15 September 1912 Tokyo, Japan[1] |
| Founder | Tokuji Hayakawa[1] |
| Headquarters | Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Jeng-wu Tai[2] (President) |
| Products | Televisions, audiovisual, home appliances, information equipment, ICs, solar cells, mobile phones, fax machines, electronic components, calculators, LCD panels, Automated Unmanned Ground Vehicles (A-UGV) |
| Revenue |  ¥2.050 trillion (2017)[3] |
 ¥34.67 billion (2017)[3] | |
| ¥−24.87 billion (2017)[3] | |
| Total assets | ¥1.773 trillion (2017)[3] |
| Total equity | ¥294.1 billion (2017)[3] |
| Owner | Foxconn (65.93%) |
Number of employees | 41,898 (2018) (Foxconn 803,126)[3] |
| Website | global.sharp |
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "data". ns6-tmp.sharp.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ↑ "代表取締役の異動並びに執行役員退任に関するお知らせ" (PDF).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Annual Report 2017 (PDF), Sharp Corporation, July 2017, retrieved 8 October 2014
- ↑ Mochizuki, Takashi (13 August 2016). "Taiwan's Foxconn Completes Acquisition of Sharp". Wsj.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ↑ "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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