Sharp Corporation
Japanese electronics company
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| July 2024 | Sharp sponsored the Formula Ethara team 'Jack-O-Racers' for their competition. |
| August 2020 | Sharp acquires the remaining shares of Dynabook from Toshiba, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. |
| March 2020 | In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Sharp begins manufacturing surgical masks using a TV factory with high-end clean rooms. |
| 2019 | Sharp re-acquires its brand for TV use in the US market. |
| April 28 2017 | Sharp turns its first operating profit in three years, attributed to Foxconn's restructuring efforts. |
| March 2017 | Demolition of Sharp's former headquarters begins. |
| September 2016 | Sharp, in conjunction with Altodigital, signed a 2-year partnership with Stoke City F.C. as an Official Platinum Partner. |
| September 2016 | Sharp unveils the INTELLOS Automated Unmanned Ground Vehicle (A-UGV) at the ASIS International 62nd Annual Seminar and Exhibits in Orlando, Florida. |
| February 25 2016 | Foxconn announces intent to acquire a 66% controlling stake in Sharp for 700 billion yen (US$6.24 billion). |
| October 2015 | Sharp begins selling the world's first commercially available 8K resolution TV, an 85-inch model priced at JP¥16 million (US$133,000). |
| October 2015 | Sharp announces RoboHon, a smartphone that also functions as a robot, to be sold in Japan in 2016. |
| July 2015 | Sharp sells its Mexico TV factory to Chinese manufacturer Hisense for $23.7 million, including brand rights for North and South America (except Brazil). |
| 2014 | Sharp Solar shut down solar panel production at its factories in Wrexham, Wales and Memphis, Tennessee, reducing its manufacturing locations. |
| March 2013 | Sharp accepts a US$100 million investment from Samsung. |
| September 2012 | Sharp announces job cuts to address financial challenges. |
| June 2012 | Sharp became the name sponsor of a UCI World Tour cycling team, which was renamed Garmin–Sharp. |
| June 2012 | Hon Hai chairman Terry Gou pays for the Sakai plant and obtains 50% ownership. |
| April 2012 | Sharp announces its worst financial record in history, with a loss of JP¥376 billion (US$4.7 billion). |
| March 2012 | Foxconn (Hon Hai) agrees to acquire a 10% stake in Sharp Corporation for US$806 million and purchase up to 50% of LCD displays from Sharp's Sakai plant. |
| 2010 | Sharp became the #1 producer of photovoltaic (PV) cells in terms of revenues, establishing their leadership in the solar energy market. |
| 2010 | Launched the world's highest efficiency Solar PV panel with over 32.5% efficiency and made an investment to increase annual production capacity to 2.8 GW. |
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