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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

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Sharp Completes UMC Deal

by Bob Raikes

Sharp has completed its acquisition of 56.7% of Skytec UMC Ltd (Sharp Buys UMC Stake to Control TV in Europe), to take control of the sales of Sharp-branded TVs in Europe, which were licensed …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sharp| TVs (TV Sets)| UMC| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Impact of Foxconn Acquisiton Shows at Sharp

by Bob Raikes

Sharp’s new concentration on displays since the acquisition by Foxconn (most of the business in Europe is currently in printing) was obvious at ISE, where the company had a bigger presentation and with six …

Tags:ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| OPS| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 06

ISE & Sharp

by Bob Raikes

Apologies for the late shipment of the newsletters this week. We tried to keep up while dealing with the ISE overload, but this year the event went on until Friday afternoon and we needed …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Is Sharp Plan for LCD in US Firming?

by Milos Pavlovic

The Nikkei has quoted an executive at Sharp as saying that the firm would take the lead in a plan to build a new LCD fab in the US, with investment mainly from Sharp …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| sharp| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 05

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Sharp Result 08/02/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Sharp announced FY16 Q3 results with net sales of ¥571.5bn ($5.1 mn) and net profit of ¥4.2bn ($37 mn), resulting in a net profit margin of 0.7%. The quarterly sales were lower by 13.8% …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Sharp on the Mend – Posting First Profits Since 2014

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it the storied yet beleaguered LCD pioneer, Sharp Corp. (Osaka, Japan) was finally in the black, with net income of $37.5M for fiscal Q3 (Oct – Dec 2016). This is …

Tags:Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Japan| sharp| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 05

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Foxconn Makes Plans for UHD & 8K Panels

by Bob Raikes

IHS Market reports that Sharp is to increase its production of TV panels from its older G8 Kameyama plant. As well as 45″, 55″, 80″ and 90″ UltraHD panels, the company is considering 45″ …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Sharp To Show New 70″ Video Wall Display

by Bob Raikes

Sharp is expected to show a new 70″ video wall display at ISE next month and will be displayed in a 4 x 1 array, aimed at luxury retailers. The model number will be …

Tags:ISE 2017| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 02