1912

• Founder, Tokuji Hayakawa, invents the Tokubijo snap buckle and acquires utility model design patent
• Establishes metalworking shop in Matsui-cho, Honjo-ku, Tokyo (now Shin-ohashi, Koto-ku, Tokyo) on September 15

1914

• Moves to Hayashi-cho, Honjo-ku, Tokyo (now Tachikawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo)
• Installs one-horsepower electric motor

1915

• Invents Hayakawa Mechanical Pencil and begins export to the US and Europe
• Establishes Hayakawa Brothers Shokai

1920

• Establishes branch factory in Oshiage, Tokyo (now Yahiro, Sumida-ku, Tokyo)

1923

• All factories destroyed during Great Kanto Earthquake
• Dissolves Hayakawa Brothers Shokai and relocates to Osaka

1924

• Establishes Hayakawa Metal Works in Tanabe-cho, Higashinari-gun, Osaka Prefecture (now the location of the Head Office)

1925

• Succeeds in assembling first Japan-made crystal radio set; begins mass production and sales
• Establishes sales office in Utsubo, Osaka

1926

• Begins export of radio sets and components to China, Southeast Asia, India, and South America
• Establishes Tokyo office in Hayashi-cho (Honjo-ku, Tokyo), a former site of the company's factory
• Adopts assembly-line production for radios

1927

• Holds Sharp radio trade fairs in Kyushu, Japan and Shanghai, China

1929

• Releases AC vacuum-tube radios

1930

• Hayakawa tours Hong Kong
• Begins attaching repair notices to radios. Retailers would notify the company of repairs they did by sending back these notices to the company.

1931

• Establishes sales agency in Hong Kong

1934

• Establishes Shanghai office
• Constructs Hirano Plant in Osaka

1935

• Hayakawa Metal Works Institute Co. incorporated with capital of 300,000 yen (May 1)
• Youths' School Ordinance issued in Japan

1936

• Installs intermittent belt conveyor system
• Makes Yokohama Motor Parts Manufacturing a subsidiary
• Changes company name to Hayakawa Metal Works Co.
• Establishes branch offices in Taipei and Seoul

1937

• Establishes Hayakawa Commercial School for Youth

1942

• Changes company name to Hayakawa Electric Industry Co., Ltd.

1943

• Head office building completed

1944

• Establishes Hayakawa Electric branch factory
• Establishes Izumi Plant in Izumi-cho (now Izumi City), Osaka (sold in 1948)

1945

• Establishes Kyoto Plant in Shimogyo-ku (now Minami-ku), Kyoto (sold in 1947)

1946

• Forms labor union
• Designated special accounting company

1948

• Establishes Sharp Shoji

1949

• Released from special accounting company designation
• Public stock offering, company listed on Osaka Securities Exchange

1950

• Plant to employ the visually impaired incorporated as Tokusen Metal Limited Partnership
• Establishes business principles called the Five Accumulations of Competency

1951

• Successfully develops prototype TV set

1952

• Begins publication of Sharp News, an information magazine for retailers
• Special bus begins touring the country to advertise Sharp radios and TVs
• Signs cooperative agreement with RCA of the US for TV technology
• Forms Sharp Friends Club to strengthen ties between dealers, retailers, and the company

1953

• Begins full-scale mass production of first Japan-made TV sets (TV3-14T)

1954

• Constructs TV plant at the head office (now Tanabe Plant, Osaka) and installs endless conveyor system
• Opens Ikutoku-en nursery school

1955

• Formulates in-house standards (HS: Hayakawa Standards)

1956

• Spins off sales division to establish Sharp Electric Co.
• Constructs new building for Osaka Head Office
• Constructs new building for Tokyo Branch in Taito-ku, Tokyo

1957

• Establishes Tokyo Sharp Geppan to sell Sharp products on monthly installment system; Sharp Geppan companies subsequently established nationwide
• Constructs Hirano Plant No. 2 in Higashi-sumiyoshi-ku (now Hirano-ku), Osaka
• Releases transistor radios
• Establishes laboratory

1958

• Begins publication of Mado, an in-house magazine
• Sharp Electric merges with Hayakawa Dengyo, a company that sold fluorescent lighting
• Sharp Shoji and QRK Shokai (exclusive Sharp dealer) combined to form Osaka Sharp Sales (regional sales companies subsequently established)
• Institutes Sharp Friend Shop system; Sharp Friend Shop Associations formed nationwide

1959

• Begins R&D on solar cells
• Constructs Yao Plant as company moves to become a comprehensive consumer electronics manufacturer
• Expands sales network in Southeast Asia by signing dealer agreements with Sampo Electronics and Roxy Electric

1960

• Constructs Yamato-koriyama Plant No. 1 (now Nara Plant)
• Establishes corporate health insurance association
• Introduces IBM computer at the head office

1961

• Establishes Central Research Laboratories

1962

• Establishes Sharp Electronics Corporation (SEC) in the US, the company's first overseas sales base
• Begins mass production of commercial-use microwave ovens (R-10)
• Osaka Municipal Hayakawa Welfare Hall completed with construction funds donated by President Hayakawa
• Builds shrine on Mt. Koya for holding Buddhist memorial services for deceased employees

1963

• Establishes service company in Osaka
• Company reorganized into three divisions: radio, home appliances, and industrial equipment
  Establishes Sharp Tokyo Product Center

1964

• Release world's first all-transistor diode electronic desktop calculator (CS-10A) as company moves to become a comprehensive electronics manufacturer
• Builds mass-production line for solar cells

1965

• Institutes 70 Strategy to strengthen distribution system
• Launches ATOM Unit program

1966

• Releases home-use microwave oven with a turntable (R-600)

1967

• Launches 55 Campaign that included Sharp technology fairs to celebrate 55th anniversary of company's founding
• Constructs Hiroshima Plant to mass produce transistor radios
• Sharp Electric absorbed into Hayakawa Electric
• Sharp Electronic Sales Okinawa Corporation established in Okinawa, then under US rule

1968

• Establishes Hayakawa Electric Europe GmbH (HEEG) (name changed to Sharp Electronics [Europe] GmbH [SEEG] in 1970) as sales base in West Germany
• Holds first Basic Management Policy Conference
• Constructs Tochigi Plant to mass produce color TVs
• Establishes Business Cooperation Centers nationwide

1969

• Launches MI campaign
• Signs cooperative technical agreement with North American Rockwell Corporation on ICs
• Osaka Municipal Abeno Youth Center completed with construction funds donated by President Hayakawa
• Establishes office equipment sales companies in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya
• Establishes Sharp Electronics (U.K.) Ltd. (SUK) as sales base in the UK
• Develops world's first GND (gallium arsenic negative-resistance light-emitting diode) semiconductor
• Releases world's first electronic calculator incorporating MOS LSIs (QT-8D)

1970

• Changes company name to Sharp Corporation
• Establishes Sharp Precision Machinery Co., Ltd. (name changed to Sharp Manufacturing Systems Corporation in 1994)
• Senior Executive Director Akira Saeki named president, President Tokuji Hayakawa named chairman
• Constructs Advanced Development and Planning Center
• Implements business group system
• Releases gallium arsenide double LED

1971

• Establishes Sharp Corporation of Australia Pty. Ltd. (SCA) as sales base in Australia
• Awarded the 1970 Okochi Memorial Production Prize for incorporating ELSIs in calculators

1972

• Releases company's first copier
• Launches new sales company system (regional sales companies consolidated into 16 companies by region)
• Launches S734 Project for developing COS calculators
• Adds Sharp Grand Award to annual employee commendation
• Opens Consumer Information Centers at nine service companies throughout Japan
• Establishes Sharp System Products Co., Ltd.
• Forms Sharp Employee Stockholder Association

1973

• Establishes Business Philosophy, Business Creed, and Basic Business Principles
• Sets up employee savings scheme
• Establishes Sharp Data Corporation (SDA) (name changed to Sharp Korea Corporation [SKC] in 1984) as manufacturing base in Korea
• Begins production of CMOS LSIs; releases pocket-sized COS calculator with LCD

1974

• Holds first company-wide QC circle convention
• Constructs former Sharp Tokyo Building (Sharp Tokyo Ichigaya Building)
• Establishes Sharp Electronics of Canada Ltd. (SECL) as sales base in Canada
• Establishes Sharp-Roxy Corporation (M) Sdn. Bhd. (SRC) as manufacturing base in Malaysia (name changed to S&O Electronics [Malaysia] Sdn. Bhd. [SOEM] in 2008)
• Launches ELM products
• Formulates company-wide quality standards (SS: Sharp Corporation Standards)

1975

• Begins mass production of color TVs at SCA in Australia

1976

• Launches New Life product strategy
• Sharp solar cells installed on Ume, Japan's first operational ionosphere-observing satellite

1977

• Establishes Sharp System Service
• Launches Special Project Team system
• Tokusen Metal Limited Partnership certified as special subsidiary of Sharp Corporation

1978

• Installs automated production line for the complete fabrication of calculators (awarded the Okochi Memorial Production Prize in 1981)

1979

• Establishes Sharp Electronics (Svenska) AB (SES) (name changed to Sharp Electronics [Nordic] AB [SEN] in 2000) as sales base in Sweden
• Sharp Manufacturing Company of America (SMCA) starts operations as production division of SEC
• Establishes SBC Software

1980

• Announces one-trillion yen initiative
• Forms Sharp Fellowship Society
• Launches New Business product strategy under a "new business style" concept
• Chairman Tokuji Hayakawa passes away
• Establishes Sharp Business Co., Ltd.
• Establishes Sharp-Roxy Electronics Corporation (M) Sdn. Bhd. (SREC) as manufacturing base in Malaysia (merged into SMM in 2009)

1981

• Establishes Sharp Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.
• Constructs Shinjo Plant (now Katsuragi Plant) in Nara
• Constructs mass-production plant for EL displays (starts full-scale operations in 1983)
• Develops laser diode with VSIS architecture

1982

• Establishes Sharp (Phils.) Corporation (SPC) as manufacturing base in the Philippines
• Establishes Sharp Finance Corporation
• Establishes Sharp-ECD Solar Co., Ltd. as joint venture with Energy Conversion Devices Inc. of the US
• Sharp multinet system goes online
• Tokusen Metal Limited Partnership reorganized into Sharp Tokusen Industry Co.

1983

• Establishes Sharp Engineering Corporation
• EL displays installed on the Space Shuttle

1985

• Sharp Manufacturing Company of U.K. (SUKM) starts operations as production division of SUK
• Holds comprehensive technology exhibitions in Beijing and Shanghai
• Establishes Sharp-Roxy Appliances Corporation (M) Sdn. Bhd. (SRAC) as manufacturing base in Malaysia (ceases operations in 2002)
• Establishes Sharp-Roxy Sales & Service Company (M) Sdn. Bhd. (SRSSC) as sales base in Malaysia
• Establishes Creative Lifestyle Focus Center
• Constructs Fukuyama Plant
• Establishes Sharp Trading Corporation
• Builds prototype of 3-inch color LCD TV

1986

• Builds "futuristic electric house" on the grounds of Yao Plant
• Establishes Sharp Electronics (Schweiz) AG (SEZ) as sales base in Switzerland
• Establishes Sharp Electronics GmbH (SEA) as sales base in Austria (merges with SEEG in 2004 to become SEEG Austria Branch)
• Establishes Sharp-Roxy Sales (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. (SRS) as sales base in Singapore
• Establishes Sharp Electrónica España S.A. (SEES) as manufacturing and sales base in Spain (ceases manufacturing in 2011)
• Senior Executive Director Haruo Tsuji named president, President Akira Saeki named chairman
• Establishes Sharp Electronics Taiwan Co., Ltd. (SET) as manufacturing base in Taiwan (liquidated in 2010)
• Launches Liquid Crystal Display Division

1987

• Establishes Sharp Electronics Sales Corporation
• Establishes Sharp Appliances (Thailand) Limited (SATL) as manufacturing base in Thailand
• Establishes Sharp Electronics (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. (SESL) as kit export base in Singapore
• Chairman Akira Saeki appointed as corporate advisor
• Establishes Sharp-Roxy (Hong Kong) Ltd. (SRH) as sales base in Hong Kong

1988

• The Sharp Columbus, a promotional event boat, cruises the waters of Japan for 18 months
• Establishes Sharp Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. (SCNZ) as sales base in New Zealand
• Establishes Sharp Precision Manufacturing (U.K.) Ltd. (SPM) as manufacturing base in the UK (liquidated in 2010)
• Introduces in-house recruiting system
• Develops hologram laser unit jointly with Philips International B.V. of the Netherlands
• Proclaims goal of becoming comprehensive electronics manufacturer on the strength of its optoelectronics technologies
• Develops 14-inch color TFT LCD

1989

• Establishes Sharp Manufacturing France S.A. (SMF) as manufacturing base in France
• Establishes Sharp Thebnakorn Co., Ltd. (STCL) as sales base in Thailand (name changed to Sharp Thai Co., Ltd. [STCL] in 2007)
• Establishes Kalyani Sharp India Limited (KSIL) as manufacturing base in India (name changed to Sharp India Limited [SIL] in 2005)
• Establishes Sharp Manufacturing Corporation (M) Sdn. Bhd. (SMM) as manufacturing base in Malaysia

1990

• Establishes Sharp Corporation (Taiwan) (SCOT) as sales base in Taiwan
• Establishes Sharp Laboratories of Europe, Ltd. (SLE) as base to conduct basic research in the UK
• Launches Liquid Crystal Display Group
• SUKM receives the UK Queen's Award for Export and Technology
• Establishes Sharp International Finance (U.K.) Plc. (SIF) as financial subsidiary in the UK
• Establishes Sharp Burotype Machines S.A. (SBM) as sales base in France (name changed to Sharp Electronics France S.A. [SEF] in 1991)
• Establishes Sharp Electronics (Italia) S.p.A. (SEIS) as sales base in Italy
• Company-wide small-group activities renamed Sharp CATS (Creative Action Teams)
• Establishes childcare leave system
• Achieves non-consolidated net sales of 1 trillion yen (fiscal 1989)

1991

• Establishes Sharp Electronics Benelux B.V. as sales base in the Netherlands
• Begins production at color TFT LCD plant (NF-1 production line) at Advanced Development and Planning Center

1992

• Establishes Sharp Electronic Components (Taiwan) Corporation (SECT) as electronic components sales base, and Sharp Technology (Taiwan) Co., Ltd. (STT) as IC design and development base (STT liquidated in 2007)
• Ties up with Intel Corporation in flash memory business
• Establishes Sharp Live Electronics Sales Corporation
• Establishes Shanghai Sharp Air-Conditioning Systems Co., Ltd. (SSAC) as manufacturing base in China (name changed to Shanghai Sharp Electronics Co., Ltd. [SSEC] in 1994)
• Constructs Makuhari Building
• Establishes Sharp Thebnakorn Manufacturing (Thailand) (STTM) as production division of STCL

1993

• Begins production at Fukuyama Plant using 0.6 μm process design rules
• Establishes Sharp Office Equipments (Changshu) Co., Ltd. (SOCC) as manufacturing base in China

1994

• Develops industry's first reflective TFT LCD requiring no backlight
• Establishes Wuxi Sharp Electronic Components Co., Ltd. (WSEC) as manufacturing base in China
• Establishes P.T. Sharp Yasonta Indonesia (SYI) as manufacturing base, and P.T. Sharp Yasonta Antarnusa (SYA) as sales base in Indonesia (the two merged to form P.T. Sharp Electronics Indonesia [SEID] in 2005)

1995

• Establishes Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc. (SLA) as research base in the US
• Establishes P.T. Sharp Semiconductor Indonesia (SSI) as manufacturing base for semiconductors in Indonesia
• Begins operations at Mie Plant for mass production of LCDs
• Establishes Sharp Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (SEM) as combined R&D base and parts supplier in Malaysia

1996

• Establishes Nanjing Sharp Electronics Co., Ltd. (NSEC) as manufacturing base in China
• Official Sharp Internet website opens

1997

• All Sharp production bases in Japan certified for ISO 14001
• Establishes Shanghai Sharp Mold and Manufacturing Systems Co., Ltd. (SSMC) as manufacturing base in China
• Establishes Sharp Electrónica Mexico S.A. de C.V. (SEMEX) as manufacturing base in Mexico
• Launches Environmental Protection Group and starts 3G-1R Strategy
• Introduces integrated distribution system in Japan

1998

• Establishes Sharp Middle East Free Zone Establishment (SMEF) as sales base in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Jointly develops world's first CG-Silicon (continuous grain silicon) technology with Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Develops and begins mass production of world’s first stacked CSP (chip size package)
• Establishes Sharp Document Systems Corporation and Sharp Amenity Systems Corporation
• Corporate Senior Executive Director Katsuhiko Machida named president, President Haruo Tsuji named corporate advisor
• Formulates Sharp Business Standards and Action Guidelines
• Establishes Sharp Electronics Marketing Corporation
• President Machida declares that by 2005 all TVs Sharp sells in Japan will be LCD TVs

1999

• Launches Sharp Space Town information service
• Develops 1-bit amplifier technology for reproducing ultra high-fidelity sound
• Establishes Sharp Electronics Inc. of Korea (SEI) as sales base in Korea
• Establishes Sharp Software Development India Pvt. Ltd. (SSDI) as software development company in India
• Publishes first Environmental Report

2000

• Launches advertising campaign for AQUOS, calling it a TV for the 21st century
• Establishes Sharp Microelectronics of China (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (SMC) as sales base in China (name changed to Sharp Electronics [Shanghai] Co., Ltd. [SES] in 2003)
• Establishes Sharp Business Systems (India) Limited (SBI) as sales base in India
• Becomes world's largest manufacturer of solar cells. Maintains this position for seven consecutive years, until 2006

2001

• Releases TVs with Advanced Super View LCD
• Establishes S.I. Solutions jointly with IBM Japan
• Kansai Recycling Systems Co., Ltd. starts operations (established in 1999)
• Establishes Sharp Telecommunications of Europe, Ltd. (STE) as mobile telecommunications development base in the UK
• Establishes usability labs
• Establishes Comprehensive Call Centers (Customer Assistance Centers) for handling customer inquiries
• Establishes BRM (business risk management) Committee

2002

• Ties up with El-Araby Group for air conditioning business in Egypt
• Operations begin at Mihara Plant
• Develops 3D LCD that can be switched between 2D and 3D formats

2003

• Revises Sharp Business Standards and Action Guidelines; enacts Sharp Charter of Corporate Behavior
• Launches Sharp Green Club (SGC)
• SEMEX in Mexico begins production of AQUOS LCD TVs
• Establishes consumer electronics R&D center in China
• Constructs Mie Plant No. 3 to manufacture System LCDs
• Changes name of small-group activities to R-CATS and starts unique activities
• Establishes CSR Promotion Division
• Develops reflective/transmissive Mobile Advanced Super View LCD

2004

• Starts eS-SEM strategic management system
• Operations begin at Kameyama Plant
• Establishes Sharp Technical Components (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. as manufacturing base in China
• Opens AQUOS Plaza sites in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka for the repair of large-screen AQUOS LCD TVs
• Announces environmental vision of becoming a zero global warming impact company by 2010 (achieved in 2008)

2005

• Takes part in Team Minus 6%, Cool Biz, and Warm Biz, three initiatives of Japan's Ministry of the Environment
• Establishes Sharp Electronics Sales (China) Co., Ltd. (SESC) as sales base in China
• Launches Sharp Yonago Corporation
• Establishes Sharp Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (SMTL) as manufacturing base in Thailand (reorganization of STTM)
• Establishes Sharp Group Charter of Corporate Behavior and Sharp Code of Conduct
• Electronic calculators recognized as IEEE Milestone

2006

• Establishes Sharp Manufacturing Poland Sp. z o.o. (SMPL) as manufacturing base in Poland
• Kameyama Plant wins the Economy, Trade and Industry Minister’s Prize in the 8th Japan Water Award
• Teams up with NPO Weathercaster Network to begin eco-education in elementary schools in Japan

2007

• Corporate Senior Executive Director Mikio Katayama named president; President Katsuhiko Machida named chairman
• Establishes Sharp Electronics Russia LLC (SER) as sales base in Russia
• SEEG split into three separate entities for consumer electronics, information products, and solar power systems
• Establishes Toyama Plant to manufacture silicon for solar cells

2008

• Introduces executive officer system
• Establishes Health and Environment Systems Group
• Sharp Corporation attains Privacy Mark certification
• Announces goal of becoming a total solutions provider for solar power

2009

• Establishes Sharp Electronics (Vietnam) Company Limited (SVN) as sales base in Vietnam
• Announces new environmental vision of becoming an Eco-Positive Company
• Starts production of LCD panels at Green Front Sakai

2010

• Akira Saeki, corporate senior advisor and former president, passes away
• Develops high-conversion-efficiency solar cells
• Starts production of solar cells at Green Front Sakai
• Solar cell business recognized as IEEE Milestone
• Establishes Sharp Corporation Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (SCMEX) as sales base in Mexico
• Establishes Enel Green Power & Sharp Solar Energy S.r.l. (ESSE) as independent power producer in Italy
• Establishes 3 Sun S.r.l. as manufacturing base in Italy
• Establishes Sharp Electronics Research & Development (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. (SERD) as design and development base in China
• Acquires Recurrent Energy, LLC, a US developer of solar power plants

2011

• Establishes Sharp Laboratories of China Co., Ltd. (SLC) as R&D base in China
• Establishes Sharp Solar Maintenance Asia Co., Ltd. (SSMA) as maintenance company for solar power plants in Thailand
• Establishes Sharp Brasil Comércio e Distribuição de Artigos Eletrônicos Ltda. (SBCD) as sales base in Brazil
• Establishes Sharp (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (SCIC) as Chinese headquarters

2012

• Executive Managing Officer Takashi Okuda named president; President Mikio Katayama named chairman
• Announces strategic global partnership with Hon Hai Group of Taiwan, a major electronic manufacturing service company
• Starts mass production of LCD panels using IGZO (oxide semiconductor) technology
• Establishes Sharp Electronics (Europe) Limited (SEE) as European headquarters in the UK
• Moves Tokyo Branch (at the time) to Seavans South Building (Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
• Celebrates 100th anniversary of company founding

2013

• Reorganizes Japanese domestic sales companies: establishes Sharp Business Solutions Corporation (SBS) to handle B2B sales; changes name of solar energy-related sales company to Sharp Energy Solutions Corporation (SESJ)
• Strengthens alliance with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. in LCD business and forms capital alliance with its Japanese subsidiary Samsung Electronics Japan Co., Ltd.
• Starts production of IGZO LCD panels for notebook PCs
• Construction completed on solar power plant in Thailand
• Executive Vice President Kozo Takashi named president; Takashi Okuda named chairman
• Starts operations of new home appliance plant in Karawang, Indonesia
• Enters into business and capital tie-ups with Denso Corporation, Makita Corporation, and Lixil Corporation and issues new shares through third-party allotment with the three companies
• Increases capital through public stock offering
• Cumulative sales of products with Sharp’s proprietary Plasmacluster air purification technology reach 50 million units worldwide

2014

• 50th anniversary since releasing the first calculator in Japan
• Develops Free-Form Display that enables the creation of new display designs to match a variety of applications
• 14-Inch TFT-LCD Recognized as IEEE Milestone

2015

• Representative Director and Executive Vice President Shigeaki Mizushima named chairman
• Issuance of Class Shares by third party allotment to Mizuho Bank Ltd., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. Ltd., and Japan Industrial Solutions
• New FFD (Free Form Display) technology developed allowing designers to integrate a display of virtually any shape into their products
• Releases 8K video monitor, world’s first product that conforms to the 8K standard image and supports HDR extended display at 8K resolution

2016

• Announces strategic alliance with Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Releases RoBoHoN, world’s first mobile robotic phone capable of walking on two legs
• Reassignment to 2nd Section from 1st Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange
• Head office relocated from Osaka City (22-22, Nagaike-cho, Abeno-ku, Osaka City) to Sakai City (1 Takumi-cho, Sakai-ku, Sakai City)
• Sharp's shares of 388.8 billion yen in total subscribed to Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. and 3 others
• J.W. Tai (Executive V.P. of Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.) named president
• Plasmacluster technology proven for the first time ever to reduce the risk of tuberculosis infection in tuberculosis hospitals
• Establishes Sharp Jusda Logistics Corporation (SJL) and consolidates logistics-related businesses
• Establishes ScienBiziP Japan Co., Ltd. (SBPJ) for handling intellectual property affairs
• Announces new corporate motto “Be Original.”

2017

• Merges with Sharp Manufacturing Systems Corporation (SMS), which handles production equipment, control devices, and medical-related equipment
• Establishes Sharp Universal Technology (SZ) Co., Ltd. (SUT) for overseeing Sharp’s Chinese business; also establishes consumer electronics R&D center at SUT
• Acquires shares of Skytec UMC Ltd. to relaunch LCD TV business in Europe
• Plasmacluster recognized by the Guinness World Records® as the best-selling air purifier brand of 2015
• Releases cooler bags and other products that make use of cold-storage material created at Tekion Lab, Sharp’s first in-house startup
• Introduces stock option system
• Transitions from a company with an audit and supervisory board to a company with an audit and supervisory committee
• Changes unit of shares (trading unit) of common shares from 1,000 to 100 shares (consolidates shares 10-to-1)
• Reorganizes Japanese domestic sales and service companies and merges them into Sharp Business Solutions Corporation (SBS); changes name to Sharp Marketing Japan Corporation (SMJ)
• Releases world’s first 8K-compatible LCD TV in China in October and in Japan in December
• Sharp Corporation’s common shares relisted on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

2018

• Signs sponsorship agreement with professional soccer team Cerezo Osaka
• Acquires Kantatsu Co., Ltd., a company that has its strengths in micro-lens units for smartphone cameras
• Sharp Energy Solutions Corporation (SESJ) takes over a portion of Sharp Corporation’s energy solutions business
• For the first time in a decade, Sharp records profits for all four quarters in fiscal 2017; business recovery allows Sharp to pay dividends for the first time in six years
• Sharp Energy Solutions (SESJ) receives orders for and constructs mega solar power plants in Vietnam, Mongolia, and Indonesia
• Acquires Toshiba Client Solutions Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation that handles Dynabook brand PCs
• Starts mass production of OLED displays at the Sakai Plant and Mie (Taki) Plant
• Releases string of 8K products, including the world’s first 8K tuner capable of receiving new 4K8K satellite broadcasts, an AQUOS 8K LCD TV with built-in 8K tuner, and an 8K-compatible USB hard drive
• Releases AQUOS zero, equipped with Sharp’s OLED display and weighing 146 grams, the world’s lightest smartphone

2019

• Reorganizes business organization into the three business groups of Smart Life, 8K Ecosystem, and ICT
• Spins off the electronic device business to establish Sharp Fukuyama Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (SFS) and Sharp Fukuyama Laser Co., Ltd. (SFL)
• Develops 5th-generation IGZO, an evolution of Sharp’s display core technology
• Begins providing COCORO Home, a new smart home service combining appliances and services of Sharp and other companies
• Full-scale launch of the TEKION LAB business under the Sharp brand, with the release of the TEKION COOLER bag
• Takes part in the Life Up Promotion project of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
• Establishes Sharp Cocoro Life Inc. to provide COCORO services and AIoT Cloud Inc. to provide AIoT platforms
• Develops a 120-inch class 8K LCD monitor, the world’s largest
• Co-develops with Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) a rollable 30-inch 4K flexible organic OLED display
• AIoT Cloud Inc. starts providing a business communication service called LINC Biz, offering chat and teleconferencing/videoconferencing functions

2020

• Establishes Sharp Manufacturing Vietnam Co., Ltd. (SMV) for the design and manufacture of electronic devices in Vietnam
• Establishes Yantai Xiazhi Precision Electronics Co., Ltd. (XZ) in China for the development, manufacture, and sales of production equipment and electronic components
• Launches production of nonwoven face masks at the Mie Plant; starts sales to general consumers
• Chairman and President Jeng-Wu Tai named Chairman and CEO; Executive Vice President Katsuaki Nomura named President and COO
• AIoT Cloud Inc. launches collaboration in gas equipment with Osaka Gas Co., Ltd and other companies; also starts providing consumer electronics data to Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc
• Starts providing COCORO OFFICE, a smart office service to support telework and operational efficiency
• Establishes XiaYan Technology(ShanDong) Co.,Ltd. (XT) in China as an R&D base for 8K technology and a provider of 8K solutions
• Verifies for the first time in the world the effectiveness of Plasmacluster technology in reducing airborne novel coronavirus
• Announces a company-wide policy of strengthening business in health, medicine, and nursing
• Spins off the display device business to establish Sharp Display Technology Corporation (SDTC)
• Acquires the Hakusan Plant from Japan Display Inc.
• Acquires NEC Display Solutions, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation; name changed to Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. (SNDS)

2021

• Enters field of constant-temperature transport of pharmaceuticals such as vaccines through collaboration with Sugiyama-Gen Co., Ltd. to develop products including constant-temperature transport container sets using Sharp’s 3°C Tekion cold-retention material
• Spins off camera module business to establish Sharp Sensing Technology Corporation (SSTC)
• Completes cancellation of all classes of shares
• AQUOS TV marks 20th anniversary (reaches cumulative sales of 50 million)
• Releases the AQUOS R6 smartphone, with 1-inch camera sensor, among world’s largest for smartphones, and Pro IGZO OLED display, the first with a variable refresh rate of 1 Hz to 240 Hz, through a technology tie-up with Leica Camera AG
• Signs joint development agreement with Nikon Corporation on the implementation of biomimetics technology (nature technology)
• Enters hearing aid market with release of Medical Listening Plug, an in-the-ear hearing aid
• Sharp’s proprietary moth eye technology, Plasmacluster technology, and visible light-responsive photocatalyst material demonstrated to inactivate and reduce novel virus
• Releases AQUOS XLED, a new TV brand with mini LED backlight
• Worldwide shipments of Plasmacluster products reach cumulative total of 100 million units

2022

• Develops TEKIjuN, the world’s first solid humidity-control agent, which adjusts and maintains target humidity in airtight spaces
• Philips Hue smart lights by Signify Japan become the first non-Sharp IoT appliances to work with the COCORO HOME smart life app.
• Document solutions business marks 50th anniversary
• Enters skincare market by releasing Medicated Crystaliq skincare items
• With restructuring of the Tokyo Stock Exchange into three market segments, Sharp shares are listed on the Prime Market
• Chairman Jeng-Wu Tai and President Katsuaki Nomura step down, Executive Managing Officer Po-Hsuan Wu named president and CEO; new management structure launched
• Announces policy to execute management emphasizing ESG
• Acquires Sakai Display Products Corporation (SDP)
• Achieves a conversion efficiency of 32.65%, the world’s highest, in a lightweight, flexible, practically sized solar module
• Develops LC-LH, an indoor photovoltaic device that can efficiently generate electricity from weak indoor light. The device can be mass-produced at significantly low cost and high quality using LCD production facilities.
• Verifies the effectiveness of Plasmacluster technology in a series of tests, such as its potential to alleviate asthma symptoms in a test using human airway epithelial cells created from stem cell culture

2023

• Signs an agreement with the city of Yao, Osaka Prefecture to collaborate in citizens’ health promotion
• Establishes NTT Qonoq Devices, Inc., a joint venture with NTT Qonoq, Inc., to develop and spread the use of XR (VR, AR, etc.) devices
• Sharp’s unique hole-less tub washing machine marks 30th anniversary
• Builds new air conditioner plant at P.T. Sharp Electronics Indonesia (SEID) in Karawang Regency, Indonesia; starts production and shipping
• Verifies for the first time in the world the potential for Plasmacluster technology to induce brain activation
• Joins the GX League, organized by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, which aims to transform Japan’s overall economic and social system