Foxconn Reportedly Makes $5.1 Billion Bid for Sharp Corporation
Bloomberg News reports that Taiwan’s Foxconn – which also goes under the name Hon Hai and is the world’s largest......
Mergers & Acquisitions / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 21, 2016 · Last modified April 19, 2016
Bloomberg News reports that Taiwan’s Foxconn – which also goes under the name Hon Hai and is the world’s largest......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 15, 2016 · Last modified January 27, 2016
What’s happening with Lexmark? The last time we visited with Lexmark, the firm was fresh from introducing a number of...
Financial News / Mergers & Acquisitions / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 12, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
Reuters reported on January 6th that Sharp Corporation of Osaka, Japan, has again denied rumors that it’s selling its copier......
3D Printing / Brother / Commercial & Production Printing / Electronics for Imaging / Epson / Financial News / Hewlett-Packard / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Memjet / News / OKI / Ricoh / Samsung / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 6, 2015 · Last modified February 23, 2017
Of note in this busy week of news is the generally good financial results from Japanese vendors for printers and......
Financial News / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 4, 2015 · Last modified December 6, 2016
February 4, 2015 – It’s been up-and-down for Sharp Corporation of Japan for the last several years, and though after......
3D Printing / Canon / Electronics for Imaging / Epson / Financial News / Hewlett-Packard / Inkjet / Managed Print & Document Services / News / Ricoh
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 23, 2015 · Last modified February 7, 2017
Epson brings it on to the U.S. with a new high-volume PrecisionCore-based color inkjet MFP with complete A3 capabilities, maximum 1,830-sheet media......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 20, 2015 · Last modified December 6, 2016
January 20, 2015 – Sharp Corporation of Japan reports that it expects its financial results for it fiscal year ending......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 12, 2015 · Last modified January 12, 2016
January 12, 2014 – NorthJersey.com reports that Sharp Corporation of Japan is selling its U.S. headquarters that are based in Mahwah,......
3D Printing / Canon / Document Scanning / Eastman Kodak / Epson / Financial News / Konica Minolta / Legal Proceedings / News / Patent-Infringement / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 14, 2014 · Last modified February 7, 2018
Perhaps the most interesting news this week was that U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settled with notorious “scan-patent troll” MPHJ......
Financial News / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 11, 2014 · Last modified December 6, 2016
Sharp Corporation of Japan reported results for the first half of its fiscal year (April to September 2014), with net......
3D Printing / Brother / Commercial & Production Printing / Electronics for Imaging / Financial News / Fujitsu / Hewlett-Packard / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Kyocera / Lexmark / News / Ricoh / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published October 24, 2014 · Last modified December 6, 2016
We know it’s been coming, but it seems October 29th may be the day that HP introduces its first HP-developed......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published August 4, 2014 · Last modified December 13, 2016
Sharp Corporation of Osaka, Japan, reported a 17.98 billion yen ($17.4 million U.S.) loss for its latest quarter, but says......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published June 23, 2014 · Last modified February 2, 2017
Sharp Corporation has developed what it’s calling the Free-Form Display, a revolutionary advance over conventional rectangular LCD displays, and which......
3D Printing / Brother / Canon / Epson / Financial News / Hewlett-Packard / Konica Minolta / Mobile Print/Scan / News / OKI / Patent-Infringement / Samsung / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 16, 2014 · Last modified February 7, 2018
Good news this week from Japan and Western Europe. This week in news from Japan, Sharp finally returns to a profitable year, Konica Minolta......
Financial News / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published May 12, 2014 · Last modified February 21, 2017
Sharp Corporation of Japan reported today that it had returned to profitability in its fiscal year ending March 31, 2014.......
Financial News / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 5, 2014 · Last modified May 11, 2017
On February 4th, Sharp Corporation of Japan posted financial results for its third quarter ending December 31, 2013, reporting that......
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