• Corporate Data
• Directors, Auditors and Officers
• Organization in Japan
• Business Activities
• Overseas Structure
• R&D Bases in Japan
• Overseas R&D Bases
• Affiliated Companies(Japan)
• Affiliated Companies(Overseas)

• Sharp Bases in Japan
• Showroom
• Notices

Corporate Data

Corporate Name

Sharp Corporation

head Office

22-22 Nagaike-cho, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8522, Japan
[ Guide map ]

Tel. 81-6-6621-122

Management Representatives

Katsuhiko Machida, Chairman
Mikio Katayama, President

Business Activities

Consumer/information products (audio-visual and communication equipment, health and environmental equipment, information equipment)
Electronic components (LCDs, solar cells, other electronic devices)
[ Business Activities ]

Founding

Founder, Tokuji Hayakawa, was awarded a patent for the "Tokubijo" snap buckle (he was 18 years old at the time). On September 15, 1912, he established a small metalworking shop in Matsui-cho, Honjo, Tokyo.
[ A Sharp Journey (Sharp History) ]

Origin of Company Name

Mr. Hayakawa continued to research and improve the techniques for making metal writing instruments, and in 1915, he invented a mechanical pencil that, after further improvements, would take the world by storm. In 1916, Mr. Hayakawa's mechanical pencil was named the "Ever-Ready Sharp Pencil." The present name of the company and its trademark are derived from that product.

Incorporation

In May 1935, the structure of the company was modified to become a joint-stock corporation under the name Hayakawa Metal Works Institute Co. (capitalization: 300,000 yen.)

Capital Stock

204,675 million yen
Note: Any fractional sum of less than a million yen shall be discarded.
(as of March 31, 2011)

Sales

[ Fiscal 2010 Financial Results ]

• 3,021,973 million yen (consolidated)
• 2,431,217 million yen (unconsolidated)

Employees

• Sharp Corporation: 21,600
• Consolidated: 57,500
• Entire Sharp Group: 65,100 (31,200 in Japan and 33,900 overseas) (as of December 31, 2011)