Sharp

The Story of Sharp

Sharp is a Japanese global company that manufactures electronic products and is headquartered in Sakai-ku, Osaka.

The company was founded in 1912, and its first product was a mechanical pencil introduced in 1915 under the name “ever-sharp”.

Due to the success of the mechanical pencil, the company continued under the name Sharp.

In 1923, the company’s production facility was destroyed by a large earthquake, and the company then moved to Osaka and began designing the first generation of Japanese radios.

Since then, Sharp has developed a wide range of consumer electronics and today also serves businesses around the world with technology for meetings, lectures, and presentations.

The company currently has about 50,000 employees and generates more than 2.27 trillion yen, which is approximately 1.3 trillion kroner.

Sharp - known for calculators and TVs

Sharp is particularly known in Denmark for their large selection of calculators and sharp televisions, but Sharp has a much broader range of products than just these two types.

Sharp has also been at the forefront of the development of Aquos LCD technology and in the mass production of solar cells, and has been able to keep up with the rapid developments in TV and audio.

If you were a child of the 70s or 80s, you may remember Sharp as a brand that was a status symbol, and it still is, although Sharp is not as widespread in Denmark as it once was, the company still leads the way in the development of new technology.

Particularly, Sharp has become a major brand in meetings and conferences, where the company has developed countless products for presentations and video meetings. 

Solar is especially known for products for the home, for example:

• Sharp TVs
• Speakers
• Radio
• Soundbar
• Air Purifier
• Microwave
• Electric Scooter
• and much more

The company also produces a wide range of products for businesses, including:

• Printer
• Office solutions
• Professional and interactive screens
• Solar cells
• and much more

5 Good Reasons to Choose Sharp

You can surely come up with many reasons to choose Sharp products when you need new electronics for your home; we have narrowed it down to the 5 best reasons to choose Sharp.

#1 - Extensive years of experience and development

Sharp has been developing and designing electronic products, especially in audio and video, since 1915.

The many years of experience have led it to a market-leading position in the global market for sound and image, with the development of LCD TVs and the ability to mass-produce solar cells.

The experience benefits you with a long lifespan of the products, as well as sharp images and amazing sound.

A company cannot get this far in development without having experience to draw on, and with more than 6000 engineers employed, there is plenty of knowledge to produce products that keep up with the times and at times dictate the times. 

#2 - High quality

Sharp is known for high quality in its products, whether it is printers for the office or the latest TV for the home; there is a focus on details, and the products often perform better than expected.

Sharp has a strong focus on delivering high quality in a sleek and aesthetic design, made from solid and good materials.

This means that with, for example, a TV from Sharp, you are guaranteed a sharp image with clear colors, very good sound, and a long lifespan.

Sharp's connection options for their products are also often varied, but always of high and solid quality. 

#3 - For businesses and homes

Sharp has divided the company into two main branches, one specializing in products for businesses and the other for private homes.

The products in the two sectors are specialized for the specific sector they belong to, meaning that you can easily find a flat-screen TV in both sectors, but in the business sector, we are talking about professional screens with interactive features, touch-sensitive screens, and screens with lighting that makes it easy to read numbers and graphs.

In the private sector, there are still really good flat-screen TVs, but here the screens are more optimized for film and TV viewing rather than numbers and graphs.

Thus, Sharp has really managed to specialize their products to meet customer needs and develop products with the features and specifications that both professionals and private individuals require or seek.

Sharp has significantly developed its business branches in recent years and is now one of the leaders in the market, offering everything from complete office solutions, furniture for meeting rooms, printers, and video walls for conferences and presentations. 

Their products in audio or sound are particularly special, as many speakers and microphones can distort or crackle or make the sound seem shrill, while Sharp's products maintain a full sound without distorting voices or music.

Speakers from Sharp are used both in meeting rooms and in private homes for both music and conferences, and in both situations, it is disruptive to the experience or the delivery to the meeting if the speaker doesn't have good sound.

With Sharp's speakers, you are ensured a good and rich sound experience, both privately and as a business.

#4 - User-friendliness

Sharp makes products where user-friendliness is highly prioritized, and this applies to both the advanced products for businesses and those for private individuals.

The products are known for being user-friendly both when you need to install them and set them up.

Even a product with many features and different settings has an intuitive user-friendliness that often makes the otherwise extensive user manual that comes with the product unnecessary, or at least reduces it to a reference work. 

#5 - Environmentally friendly focus

Sharp has had a strong environmentally friendly focus for many years and has, since 2004, produced products that stand out with environmental certifications for energy-saving and environmentally friendly properties.

Sharp was the first manufacturer to receive the EU's environmental mark for a TV and in recent years, Sharp's products have received international awards for outstanding environmentally friendly design.

Sharp is committed to achieving its goal of being an environmentally advanced company and works to accomplish this goal by among other things:

• Saving resources
• Saving energy
• Producing products with a long lifespan
• Increasing the recyclability of the products

All factories are ISO 14001 certified, which means that the factories meet specific requirements for environmental management systems, and the company's green consciousness is implemented throughout the supply and value chain.