| 2004 |
- ・ AR-266 series of digital MFP awarded Energy Conservation Center Chairman’s Prize at the Energy Conservation Awards (standby power consumption: less than 1 W)
- ・ Constructs new production facility for high-performance printed circuit boards at Mihara Plant
- ・ Receives Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister’s Prize at the Global Environment Awards for environment-related efforts, including closed-loop recycling technology for waste plastic
- ・ Opens dedicated AQUOS LCD TV showroom in Nagoya, Japan
- ・ Markets world’s largest 45V-inch full-HD LCD TV
- ・ Signs joint development agreement with the US State of New Mexico in the new energy field, including photovoltaic power generation
- ・ Begins start-to-finish integrated production of "Kameyama brand" large-screen LCD TVs at the Kameyama Plant in Mie Prefecture
- ・ Announces Illuminating Solar Panels intended to expand new applications
- ・ Markets Superheated Steam Oven, the dream cooking appliance of the 21st century that "roasts" with water
- ・ Kameyama Plant wins Grand Prize, Nikkei Monozukuri Awards, as a production facility that has adopted state-of-the-art technology and creative, original systems
- ・ Markets AQUOS high-definition recorder that can record and play back high-resolution images in HDTV format exactly as broadcast to/from HDD or Blu-ray Disc
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- ・ Crude oil briefly reaches US$50 per barrel
- ・ In China, President Jiang Zemin retires, establishing the power of President Hu Jintao
- ・ Bird flu runs rampant in Asia
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| 2005 |
- ・ Boosts annual solar production capacity to 500 MW, the world’s highest
- ・ Achieves world’s highest solar cell production volume for 6 years in a row
- ・ Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi inspects the Kameyama Plant, Sharp’s state-of-the-art LCD production facility
- ・ Announces goal of becoming a zero global warming impact company by 2010 and intention to strengthen priority business areas of solar cells, LCDs, and LCD TVs
- ・ Begins construction of new second LCD production facility at the Kameyama Plant
- ・ Establishes Sharp Electronics Sales (China) Co., Ltd. (SESC), a wholly owned sales subsidiary in China
- ・ Signs agreement to take over LCD business of Fujitsu Ltd.
- ・ Announces Color Renaissance concept for digital MFPs
- ・ Domestic shipments of camera-equipped mobile phones pass the 20 million mark
- ・ 17-inch X-ray sensor for medical treatment using a direct-conversion flat panel detector (FPD) wins grand prize of Nikkei BP Technology Awards
- ・ Total worldwide production of microwave ovens reaches 100 million
- ・ Markets world’s largest 65V-inch full-HD LCD TV
- ・ Starts mass production of Dual Directional Viewing LCD that displays different information simultaneously when viewed from right or left and Switchable Viewing-Angle LCD that controls viewing angle to prevent others from viewing the screen
- ・ Awarded Grand Prize in the 21st Corporate Communications Awards sponsored by the Keizai Koho Center, commending Sharp’s outstanding corporate public relations activities
- ・ Opens new copier manufacturing facility in Thailand
- ・ Products equipped with Plasmacluster Ion generators achieve total sales of 10 million units worldwide
- ・ Joint R&D laboratory established with the University of Tokyo on the Komaba Campus (Todai-Sharp Laboratories).
- ・ Electronic calculators first introduced to the world by Sharp recognized with a prestigious IEEE Milestone from the IEEE, a worldwide electrical and electronics engineering society. This recognition gives high marks to Sharp for contributing to the development of the industry and for its innovative work in reducing the size and power consumption of the desktop electronic calculator
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- ・ Anti-Secession Law passed in China
- ・ Hurricane Katrina devastates Gulf Coast of the US
- ・ Pakistan hit by giant earthquake
- ・ Rioting spreads across entire nation in France
- ・ NY crude oil price soars to US$60 a barrel for the first time
- ・ Simultaneous bomb attacks terrorize London
- ・ US President Bush begins second term
- ・ US shuttle launch a success
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