| 1989 |
- Markets SJ-38WB, the industry's first dual-swing door refrigerator
- Markets XV-100Z, a 100-inch LCD video projector intended for home use
- Markets CJ-A300, the industry's first cordless phone with answering machine function
- Markets VL-C860, the industry's first camcorder incorporating a color LCD viewfinder
- Establishes Sharp Manufacturing France S.A. (SMF) as manufacturing base in France
- Establishes Kalyani Sharp India Limited (KSIL), a joint manufacturing company in India
- Establishes Sharp Thebnakorn Co., Ltd. (STCL) as sales base in Thailand
- Establishes Sharp Manufacturing Corporation (M) Sdn. Bhd. (SMM), a joint manufacturing company in Malaysia
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- Tian'anmen Incident (June 3)
- Berlin Wall torn down (November 9)
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| 1990 |
- Achieves net sales of one trillion yen
- Markets JX-5000, the world's first full-color desktop facsimile
- Markets UX-1, the world's thinnest home facsimile
- Markets RE-F1, the industry's first convection microwave oven with fuzzy logic control
- Introduces new pension system (Gold Life Plan)
- Establishes Sharp Techno System Co., Ltd.
- Establishes Sharp Laboratories of Europe, Ltd. (SLE) as research base in the UK
- Establishes Sharp Corporation (Taiwan) (SCOT) as sales base in Taiwan
- Establishes Sharp International Finance (U.K.) Plc. (SIF) as finance company in the UK
- Establishes Sharp Burotype Machines S.A. (SBM) [now Sharp Electronics France S.A. (SEF)] as sales base in France
- Establishes Sharp Electronics (Italia) S.p.A. (SEIS) as sales base in Italy
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- Mikhail Gorbachev becomes first USSR president (March 15)
- Iraq invades Kuwait (August 2)
- Reunification of Germany (October 3)
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