Sharp Corporation
Sharp Corporation (シャープ株式会社, Shāpu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese electronics company. It is headquartered in Sakai, Osaka, and was founded by Tokuji Hayakawa in 1912 in Honjo, Tokyo, and established as the Hayakawa Metal Works Institute in Abeno-ku, Osaka, in 1924. Since 2016, it is majority owned by the Taiwan-based manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., better known as Foxconn.
| Native name | シャープ株式会社
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| Romanized name | Shāpu kabushiki gaisha
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| Formerly | Hayakawa Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (1942–1970)
Sharp Electric Co. (spin-off) (1956–1967) Hayakawa Metal Works (1924–1942) |
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| Area served | Worldwide
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| Key people | Jeng-wu Tai
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| Products | Televisions, audiovisual, home appliances, information equipment, ICs, solar cells, mobile phones, fax machines, electronic components, calculators, LCD panels, Automated Unmanned Ground Vehicles (A-UGV)
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| Revenue |  ¥2.050 trillion (2017) |
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| Operating income |  ¥34.67 billion (2017) |
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| Net income | ¥-24.87 billion (2017) |
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| Total assets | ¥1.773 trillion (2017) |
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| Total equity | ¥294.1 billion (2017) |
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| Number of employees | 41,898 (2018) (Foxconn 803,126)
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| Parent | Foxconn (65.93%)
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