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Sharp Buys eLux

by Bob Raikes

Foxconn will acquire US-based MicroLED company, eLux, for around $28 million through shareholdings by Sharp (31.82%), Cybernet (45.45%), Innolux (13.64%) and AOT (9.09%) – all of which are owned by Foxconn. The company was …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 20

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Sharp to Enter European Smartphone Market Next Year

by Alan Spencer

According to the Chinese-language, Economic Daily News, Sharp is planning to start selling its smartphones in Europe next year, through one of its subsidiary companies. Sharp has recently revamped its strategy for smartphones and …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 16

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Sharp to Increase LCD Production

by Alan Spencer

According to the Nikkei Asian Review, Sharp intends to double the workers at the Kameyama plant, on the production of LCD panels for smartphone and camera parts. The plant is situated in western Japan’s …

Tags:Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 24 - Issue 13

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Sharp Looking To Re-enter Australian TV Market

by Alan Spencer

Sharp would like to re-enter the Australia TV market with Japanese-made TVs, even though several retailers are looking to reduce the number of brands they sell. Foxconn, that are the new owners of Sharp, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sharp| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Sharp Shows New Aquos Boards at DSE

by Bob Raikes

Sharp showed new Aquos Board interactive displays at the DSE show in the US. The 80” PN-C805B and 70” Class (69.5” diagonal) PN-C705B displays use the direct bonded (3.1mm glass) ‘Pen-on-paper’ PCap touch system …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 12

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Sharp Plans Fourfold Growth in LCD TVs

by Yvette Raikes

Sharp plans to increase its LCD TV sales by four times over the next four years, according to Japanese sources as reported by Digitimes. In the company’s current financial year (April 2016 to March …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Manufacturing| sharp| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Possible Toshiba Buy Focuses on Foxconn’s Sharp Management

by Bob Raikes

The FT reports that Japanese authorities are looking closely at how Foxconn is managing Sharp as part of its preparation for a possible bid by Foxconn for Toshiba’s memory business. The FT reports that …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 10

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Sharp Boosts OLED Investment…. A Bit…

by Bob Raikes

Sharp is reported by the WSJ to have said that it would boost its investment plans on OLED to around ¥100 billion ($880 million), a boost of almost 75% compared to the original announcement …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 09

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Sharp Launches Dynamic, Interactive Touch Screen Display

by Bob Raikes

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation (SEC) announces the launch of a new addition to its award-winning AQUOS BOARD interactive display line that takes interactive technology …

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Sharp Small Meeting Display Has Mini-OPS

by Bob Raikes

Sharp in America launched a new Aquos Board interactive display. The 39.5″ unit is for huddle spaces and small offices. The unit has FullHD resolution and is fitted with 10 point PCap touch. The …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 08