Sharp Corporation

Sharp Corporation (シャープ株式会社, Shāpu ) is a Japanese that designs and manufactures s products, headquartered in , . Since 2016 it has been majority owned by the Taiwan-based Foxconn Group. Sharp employs more than 50,000 people worldwide.
==History==
In September 1912, founded a metal workshop in . The first of his many inventions was a snap buckle named 'Tokubijo'. Another of his inventions was the Ever-Sharp in 1915, from which the Sharp Corporation derived its name. After the pencil business was destroyed by the , the company relocated to and began designing the first generation of Japanese radio sets. These went on sale in 1925.
The company was established as "Hayakawa Metal Works" in 1924, in Tanabe-cho, Osaka. In 1942, the name was changed to "Hayakawa Electric Industry Company". In 1953, Hayakawa Electric started producing the first Japanese-made , the Sharp TV3-14T.
===Apple and Sharp===
Sharp has produced LCD displays for Apple Computer since the first PowerBook 100, which was released in October 1991.PowerBook 100 LCD screen replacement, the sad conclusion by Fred Mart, Very Computer. 1992-08-15.PowerBook 190cs/5300cs CFSTN LCD Display Sharp / Torisen, Visual Information Services. Accessed 2021-02-03.
Sharp collaborated with Apple to manufacture the first MessagePad, along with its own Newton-based device, the Sharp Expert Pad PI-7000.Sharp's Newton ExpertPad by Douglas Luckie, Michigan State University. Archived 1999-01-29. Both were released on August 3, 1993 at Macworld Expo Boston.Newton steals the show at Boston Macworld Expo by Knight-Ridder News Service, The Baltimore Sun. 1993-08-09. It was followed by the Expert Pad PI-7100, which was discontinued after disappointing sales.
Sharp has been major part of the supply chain of Apple Inc. in producing displays for iPads and iPhones based on technology.Sharp dedicates an entire LCD plant to Apple: Executive cites 'volatility' by Brooke Crothers, C|NET. 2014-06-30. In August 2020, Sharp acquired a manufacturing plant from which supplies displays for the 2nd-generation iPhone SE, reportedly at Apple's request.Apple was behind Sharp decision to buy Japan Display plant by Stephen Warwick, iMore. 2020-08-29.
==References==
==External links==
*Sharp Worldwide official website
**Sharp Electronics official USA website
* at Wikipedia
Category:Japanese companies
Category:1912 establishments