Foxconn’s Tai Jeng Wu is New President and CEO of Sharp Corporation
On August 13th, Sharp Corporation reported that its board of directors approved the appointment of Tai Jeng Wu, corporate executive......
Executive Management / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 16, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2018
On August 13th, Sharp Corporation reported that its board of directors approved the appointment of Tai Jeng Wu, corporate executive......
3D Printing / Epson / Fujitsu / Hewlett-Packard / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Legal Proceedings / Lexmark / OKI / Patent-Infringement / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 5, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2018
Blame it on the rapidly strengthening Japanese yen versus the U.S. dollar and euro, slower economic growth in China, Brexit,......
Financial News / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 3, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
On July 29th, Sharp Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, posted a net loss of ¥27 billion ($24.3 million) for its April-to-June......
Mergers & Acquisitions / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 14, 2016 · Last modified July 20, 2016
Earlier this month, DEX Imaging, the largest independent document-imaging dealer in the U.S. Southeast, reported that it had acquired Modular Document......
3D Printing / Electronics for Imaging / Hewlett-Packard / HP / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Large Format / Legal Proceedings / Memjet / Office Superstores / OKI / Sharp / Wide Format / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 8, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2017
There was lots of industry news this week, with the breakdown by topic roughly as follows: inkjet: 3 articles (HP......
Executive Management / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published July 5, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2018
On June 30th, Sharp Corporation of Osaka, Japan, released a statement indicating that Kazushi Mukai, formerly the president of Sharp Business......
Brother / Fujitsu / Legal Proceedings / News / Ricoh / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 17, 2016 · Last modified November 2, 2016
In the seemingly strange-bedfellows news category this week was news of a Cartridge World-Samsung partnership. Under the partnership, Samsung has......
New Products / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 16, 2016 · Last modified February 28, 2017
Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America is launching four new mid-to-high volume color Advanced and Essentials MFPs, all available......
3D Printing / Brother / Canon / Financial News / Hewlett-Packard / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Lexmark / Memjet / Océ / Ricoh / Sharp / Toshiba / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 20, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
When it rains it pours, and this week, we have a host of important news from HP Inc., Memjet, Xerox,......
Financial News / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 17, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
This week, Sharp Corporation of Japan reported financial results for its fiscal year that ended in March 2015, with net......
3D Printing / Commercial & Production Printing / Epson / Hewlett-Packard / Inkjet / Market Reports & Forecasts / Memjet / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published April 1, 2016 · Last modified April 19, 2016
By now everyone’s likely heard that this week, Foxconn purchased a controlling, 66-percent increase in Sharp Corporation of Japan -......
On the heels of Foxconn Technology Group’s purchase of a majority interest in Sharp Corporation of Japan, Sharp Corporation has......
Financial News / Mergers & Acquisitions / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 30, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
After months of speculation, and a last-minute delay, Bloomberg News reports that Foxconn has finally acquired Sharp Corporation of Japan. Foxconn......
3D Printing / Commercial & Production Printing / Market Reports & Forecasts / Samsung / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 25, 2016 · Last modified April 19, 2016
With Samsung introducing new document-imaging solutions from voice-recognition specialist Nuance Communications, we got to thinking: how come we have smartphones......
Mergers & Acquisitions / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 23, 2016 · Last modified April 7, 2016
Reuters reports that Taiwan’s Foxconn will lower its offer for Japan’s Sharp Corporation by at least around 100 billion yen ($893 million)......
Commercial & Production Printing / New Products / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published March 9, 2016 · Last modified May 17, 2016
On March 8th, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America launched the latest additions to its Pro Series lineup of......
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