Sharp Corporation

Sharp Corporation (シャープ株式会社, Shāpu ) is a Japanese that designs and manufactures s products, headquartered in,. Since 2016 it has been majority owned by the Taiwan-based Foxconn Group. Sharp employs more than 50,000 people worldwide.

History
In September 1912, founded a metal workshop in. The first of his many inventions was a snap buckle named 'Tokubijo'. Another of his inventions was the Ever-Sharp in 1915, from which the Sharp Corporation derived its name. After the pencil business was destroyed by the, the company relocated to and began designing the first generation of Japanese radio sets. These went on sale in 1925.

The company was established as "Hayakawa Metal Works" in 1924, in Tanabe-cho, Osaka. In 1942, the name was changed to "Hayakawa Electric Industry Company". In 1953, Hayakawa Electric started producing the first Japanese-made, the Sharp TV3-14T.

Apple and Sharp
Sharp has produced LCD displays for Apple Computer since the first PowerBook 100, which was released in October 1991.

Sharp collaborated with Apple to manufacture the first MessagePad, along with its own Newton-based device, the Sharp Expert Pad PI-7000. Both were released on August 3, 1993 at Macworld Expo Boston. It was followed by the Expert Pad PI-7100, which was discontinued after disappointing sales.

Sharp has been major part of the supply chain of Apple Inc. in producing displays for iPads and iPhones based on technology. In August 2020, Sharp acquired a manufacturing plant from which supplies displays for the 2nd-generation iPhone SE, reportedly at Apple's request.