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Sharp Considering Cutting Another 1,000 Jobs

April 27, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

Company Says Idea is Their Own, Not A Foxconn Requirement

Graphic of Sharp's LogoSharp Corp., the embattled Japanese manufacturer best known for LCD flat-panel televisions and soon to be division of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., (a Taiwanese company better known as Foxconn) is said to be strongly considering cutting another 1,000 jobs at the company as a result of continuing poor performance. This would be the third round of significant employment cuts in the last four years.

See more on Sharp’s continuing problems… [Read more…] about Sharp Considering Cutting Another 1,000 Jobs

Filed Under: Asian Connection, Financial, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: Apple, Foxconn, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., IGZO, LCD, LCD panels, LCD TV, Sharp, Terry Gou

Good News: Sharp is Forecast to Lose 2 Billion Yen in Fiscal 1st Quarter

July 29, 2014 by Ted 1 Comment

Photo of Sharp solar panelReport Says Sharp Plans to Withdraw from Consumer Electronics & Solar Businesses in Europe

In a new report out of Japan, the Nikkei is forecasting that Sharp Corp. will book a net loss of around ¥2 billion ($19.6 million) for their fiscal first quarter (April – June) this year. The report further says that the company plans to exit both the consumer electronics and solar panel businesses in Europe in order to refocus their efforts on other markets.

Why is a ¥2 billion loss good news? See more below… [Read more…] about Good News: Sharp is Forecast to Lose 2 Billion Yen in Fiscal 1st Quarter

Filed Under: Asian Connection, Financial, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: IGZO, Sharp

Sharp Says: This is Our Sharpest Set Yet

July 4, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

Sharp LogoThe next phase of the TV wars has begun in earnest now in the wake of Sharp’s (and Toshiba’s) CE Week Day 1 roll-out of 4K Ultra HD television. In a presentation full of bluster and gusto, Sharp threw down the gauntlet with its 70-inch, top of the line Aquos UHDTV selling for a cool $8,000.

Learn more about this flagship set below – and see what Sharp’s VP told us about which retailers will participate in the rapidly approaching roll-out for this new technology.

Is Sharp’s 4K sharp enough?… [Read more…] about Sharp Says: This is Our Sharpest Set Yet

Filed Under: Associations, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, Pivot Point, Shows & Events, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: 4K, Eric Gemmer, IGZO, Jim Sandusky, John Herrington, Quattron, Sharp, UHDTV, Ultra HDTV

New Details of Drama Emerge in Continuing Sharp & Samsung Soap Opera

March 14, 2013 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of model at Samsung boothA story that has stunned many in Japan, the partnership between two former arch-rivals Sharp Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co., continues to churn out surprising new details of the backroom drama worthy of the most melodramatic soap opera. As the Japanese press digs up more of these stories, it is clear that Sharp – as desperate as it had become – was nervous, measured, and a little tentative in approaching the new pact.

See some of the surprising behind-the-scenes drama that is emerging from this unusual partnership… [Read more…] about New Details of Drama Emerge in Continuing Sharp & Samsung Soap Opera

Filed Under: Asian Connection, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: Consumer Electronics Show, Foxconn, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., IGZO, Japan Ministry of Economy, Lee Jae-young, Lee Kun-hee, Mikio Katayama, Samsung, Sharp, Takashi Okuda, Terry Gou

Qualcomm Agrees to $120M Investment in Sharp; Is Sharp Saved?

December 4, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

Graphic of Sharp's LogoQualcomm, Inc. announced today that it has reached an agreement with Japan’s Sharp Corp. on the expansion of a technology agreement with its Pixtronix, Inc. division to create high quality color, low-power MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) displays based on Sharp’s IGZO (Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide) technology. The agreement also provides for Sharp to utilize existing LCD factories to provide manufacturing…and most importantly for the struggling Japanese manufacturer…for Qualcomm to invest $120 million to become a minority shareholder in Sharp.

Does this deal save Sharp?… [Read more…] about Qualcomm Agrees to $120M Investment in Sharp; Is Sharp Saved?

Filed Under: Asian Connection, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: IGZO, LCD, MEMS, Qualcomm, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Sharp

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