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SDP Heading for IPO?

by Bob Raikes

The Nikkei has reported that Foxconn and its Sharp subsidiary may be considering an IPO for the Sakai Display Products business. The comments follow the news about a new investment in China (New SDP …

Sharp Aims BigPad at Higher Education

by Bob Raikes

In a blog post published by Invidis, Markus Eisemann of Sharp said that the focus for the company in Europe this year would be on interactive displays. There have been new products with more …

Tags:Education| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 01

New SDP $8.8 billion LCD Plant Confirmed

by Bob Raikes

Sakai Display Products (SDP), which is now majority owned by Foxconn Group, rather than by Sharp, is to build a new G10.5 plant in Guangzhou province, China. The target start date of the plant …

Sharp Buys UMC Stake to Control TV in Europe

by Bob Raikes

Sharp has confirmed that it is executing on its plan to take back more control of the Sharp-branded TV business via a majority investment in Skytec UMC, the parent company of UMC of Slovakia, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sharp| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 51

Hisense Joins Samsung on Sharp Block List

by Bob Raikes

Following the reports that Foxconn/Sharp will stop supplying Samsung with TV panels (Sharp Shuns Samsung TV Panel Business), Nikkei reports that the group will also stop supplying Hisense because they have been unable to …

Sharp Shuns Samsung TV Panel Business

by Bob Raikes

The Nikkei and the Japan Times report that Foxconn has decided that Sharp should stop supplying panels to Samsung’s TV business as the companies have, apparently, been unable to agree on pricing. As a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Samsung| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Foxconn and Sharp To Build G10.5/11

by Bob Raikes

Foxconn and its Sharp subsidiary are planning to set up a new LCD TV panel factory in China, according to the Nikkei. Foxconn would provide the finance, while Sharp, of course, has manufacturing expertise. …

CEO Will Step Down When Sharp is Profitable

by Yvette Raikes

When Foxconn took control of Sharp, its vice chairman Tai Jeng-wu (Innolux and Sharp See Changes at the Top) became the CEO and president of Sharp. Sharp’s shares had been demoted to the second …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Don’t Bet Against LCD Improvements

by Bob Raikes

There were no particular events to report this week, although Chris was away at I/ITSEC in Florida – a bit warmer than the weather here! I was interested to see the story about the …

Sharp US Upgrades PN-Y Series

by Bob Raikes

Sharp USA announced the PN-Y series of value-priced displays in 55″ Class (54.6″ diagonal), 49″ Class (48.5″ diagonal), 43″ Class (42.5″ diagonal) and 32″ Class (31.6″ diagonal) and intended as an alternative to the …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Sharp, Samsung and NEC Have Best-Selling Large Displays

by Yvette Raikes

In PMA’s October large flat panel tracking for North America, Sharp led the way for 70-79″ displays with its LC-70LE661U. Samsung followed with the DM75E, while NEC was third with its E705. The top …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NEC| Samsung| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Sharp Result 1/11/2016

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Sharp Corp. announced a Q2 FY16 net loss of ¥17.9 bn ($175 mn) on Q2 FY16 net sales of ¥496.2 bn ($4.8 bn), resulting in a negative profit margin of 3.6%. Both the net …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 43