- CEO
- Tetsuji Kawamura
- Full Time Employees
- 43,445
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Consumer Electronics
- Address
- 1 Takumi-cho Sakai Japan 590-8522
- IPO Date
- Aug 3, 2012
- Business
- Sharp Corporation, a Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer founded in 1912 and headquartered at 1 Takumi-cho, Sakai-ku, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan, engages primarily in the development, production and sale of telecommunications equipment, electric and electronic application equipment, and electronic components worldwide across approximately 30 countries with distribution in 164 nations. The company operates through five key segments: Smart Life & Energy, offering refrigerators, superheated steam ovens, microwave ovens, small cooking appliances, air conditioners, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, air purifiers, fans, dehumidifiers, humidifiers, electric heating equipment, Plasmacluster ion generators, beauty equipment, LED lighting, electronic dictionaries, calculators, telephones, network control units, solar cells, storage batteries and masks; Smart Office, providing multi-function printers, information displays, business projectors, POS system equipment, factory automation equipment, office solutions, software and personal computers including the Dynabook brand acquired from Toshiba in 2020; Universal Network, encompassing televisions under the AQUOS brand, Blu-ray disc recorders, audio equipment, mobile phones and tablet devices; Display Device, manufacturing display modules and in-vehicle cameras; and Electronic Device, producing camera modules, sensor modules, optical sensors, optoelectronics devices, CMOS image sensors, wafer foundry services and semiconductor lasers. Targeting both consumer and business markets including households, offices, retail and industrial sectors, Sharp maintains a subsidiary network such as Sharp Electronics regionally and operates as a subsidiary of Foxconn. Recent developments include strengthened partnerships with distributor Tempo in Australia for expanded consumer appliances like drawer-style microwaves and AI-enabled products, deepened collaboration with parent Foxconn on AI, data centers and server technologies including potential use of Sharp facilities for Foxconn's Japan expansion, announcement of the FY2025-2027 Medium-Term Management Plan with doubled R&D investment in home appliances by fiscal 2027, transfer of its camera module business via equity and asset sales in June 2025, sale of fixed assets including the Sakai LCD plant to KDDI, and strategic shifts toward growth in AI, electric vehicles and robotics while reducing LCD focus.