| 1971 |
- Receives Apollo Achievement Award from NASA for work in development of consumer applications for ELSI technology
- Receives Okochi Memorial Production Award for pioneering mass production of electronic calculators
- Establishes Sharp Corporation of Australia Pty. Ltd. (SCA) as sales base in Australia
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- US President Nixon announces temporary suspension of dollar-gold exchange (August 15)
- Floating exchange rate system adopted for the yen (August 28)
- All NHK TV shows broadcast in color (October 10)
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| 1972 |
- Markets SF-201 wet-toner copier
- Establishes Sharp System Products Co., Ltd.
- Establishes Consumer Information Centers in 10 locations throughout Japan
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- Sapporo Winter Olympics (February 3)
- US returns Okinawa to Japan (May 15)
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| 1973 |
- Markets EL-805, the world's first COS pocket electronic calculator incorporating an LCD
- Markets SJ-3300X, the first 3-door refrigerator with a special vegetable compartment
- Officially adopts "Sincerity and Creativity" as Sharp's business creed and philosophy
- Establishes SDA [now Sharp Korea Corporation (SKC)], a joint manufacturing company in Korea
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- Second switch to floating exchange rate system (February 14)
- Korean politician Kim Dae-Jung abducted (August 8)
- First oil crisis. OPEC increases crude oil prices and cuts production (October 16)
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| 1974 |
- Develops thin-film EL (electroluminescent) element
- Launches ELM product strategy to develop resource- and energy-saving products
- Constructs Sharp Tokyo (Ichigaya) building
- Establishes Sharp-Roxy Corporation (M) Sdn. Bhd. (SRC), a joint manufacturing company in Malaysia
- Establishes Sharp Electronics of Canada Ltd. (SECL) as sales base in Canada
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| 1975 |
- Achieves production of 10 million calculators
- Markets EL-8010, a calculator only 9 mm thick5
- Markets EL-8009 compact calculator
- Constructs color TV plant at SCA, Australia
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- Vietnam War ends (April 10)
- First summit of industrialized nations held (November 15)
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