Chronology

1926-1939

Year	Developments at Sharp	World Events
1926	・ Names radio sets "Sharp Dyne" ・ Establishes Tokyo office ・ Begins export of radio parts to China, Southeast Asia, India and South America	・ Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) established (August 6) ・ First public demonstration of television in the US
1927	・ Establishes Fukuoka office ・ Holds radio trade fair in Shanghai, China
1929	・ Markets AC vacuum-tube radio sets	・ World economy enters the Great Depression (October 24)
1930	・ Markets Sharp Dyne Type 31 (with horn speaker)	・ Ban on the export of gold lifted in Japan (January 11)
1931	・ Establishes radio wave laboratory and begins research on television technology ・ Establishes sales outlet in Hong Kong	・ Manchurian Incident (September 18)
1932	・ Markets Sharp Dyne Fuji Type 33 (with magnetic cone speaker)	・ Markets Sharp Dyne Fuji Type 33 (with magnetic cone speaker)
1934	・ Constructs Hirano Plant in Osaka ・ Markets Phonoradio Type 575 phonograph with built-in radio ・ Establishes Shanghai office
1935	・ Hayakawa Metal Works Institute Co. incorporated with capital of 300,000 yen (May 1) ・ Establishes Nagoya office ・ Stations employees in Thailand
1936	・ Changes company name to Hayakawa Metal Works Co. ・ Installs Japan's first intermittent belt conveyor system ・ Markets Pentode Radio Type 200, the first such unit to feature a cabinet made of phenol plastic (Bakelite) ・ Establishes 16 offices in locations including Tienchin, Taipei and Seoul
1937	・ Establishes Hayakawa Commercial School for Youth ・ Markets Sharp Dyne Type 7	・ Sino-Japanese War begins (July 7)
1938	・ Markets PA-500 record player ・ Establishes customer service centers in Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe
1939	・ Establishes offices in Manchuria and Changchun, China	・ NHK begins full-scale television experiments (Japan) ・ Nomonhan Incident (May 11) ・ World War Ⅱ begins (September 1)