| 2010 |
- ・ Completely new corporate slogan for Japan adopted: “Sharp—Aiming for a different future”
- ・ Total attendance at Sharp’s elementary school environmental education programs passes the 100,000 mark in Japan; plus, awarded Minister’s Prize, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology at the 19th Grand Prize for the Global Environment Award for these efforts
- ・ Akira Saeki, Corporate Senior Advisor of Sharp Corporation, passes at age 92
- ・ Sharp Corporation and Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. jointly awarded the 56th (2010) Okochi Memorial Technology Award for the development and practical application of an LCD panel that uses high-performance crystalline silicon TFTs and integrates the peripheral circuits onto the panel itself
- ・ Operations start at thin-film solar cell plant at GREEN FRONT SAKAI, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, using large-size glass substrates measuring 1,000 x 1,400 mm. Also develops new single-crystalline solar cell with high conversion efficiency that will be mass-produced at this solar cell plant
- ・ Develops 3D touchscreen LCD with the industry’s highest brightness that is switchable between 2D and 3D modes
- ・ Commercialization and industrialization of solar cells from 1959 to 1983 recognized as an IEEE Milestone
- ・ Develops 3D camera module for mobile devices capable of capturing high-definition 3D video images, an industry first
- ・ Receives order to construct one of the world’s largest solar power plants (73 MW) in Thailand, and to supply thin-film solar cell modules for the plant
- ・ Develops world’s first four-primary-color 3D LCD by combining four-primary-color technology that adds Y (yellow) to the three RGB (red, green, blue) primary colors with FRED technology and Scanning LED Backlight technology. Releases AQUOS Quattron 3D LCD TVs that provide impressively bright, high-quality 3D images
- ・ Introduces BD-HDW700 and BD-HDW70 AQUOS Blu-ray Disc Recorders that support BDXL™ and can record and play back triple- and quadruple-layer Blu-ray Discs to provide extended recording times
- ・ Sharp, along with Enel Green Power (hereinafter “EGP”) and STMicroelectronics, establishes 3Sun S.r.l., a joint venture for production of thin-film solar cells in Italy. Also, Sharp and EGP establish Enel Green Power & Sharp Solar Energy S.r.l. to operate as an independent power producer, constructing solar power plants mainly in the Mediterranean region
- ・ Signs EUROTOP sponsorship agreement with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
- ・ Releases multi-screen display system with the world’s thinnest System Frame Width of 6.5 mm
- ・ Releases IG-CM1 Portable Plasmacluster Ion Generator
- ・ Releases LED residential ceiling lights, an industry first
- ・ Establishes iDeep Solutions Corporation, a new subsidiary focusing on providing solutions for corporate customers, to supply TeleOffice, an original system developed by Sharp to provide support for videoconferences and online Web-based conferences via cloud-based services
- ・ Acquires Recurrent Energy, LLC, a US developer of distributed solar projects, and makes it a wholly owned subsidiary of Sharp
- ・ Proves high-density Plasmacluster Ions provide three skin beautifying effects, and are also effective in reducing the risk of infection from the influenza virus and in reducing airborne bacteria and decreasing ammonia smell in veterinary hospitals
- ・ Establishes Sharp Support and Service Corporation to provide maintenance and support services to corporate customers for digital MFPs and network equipment
- ・ Markets smartphones featuring standard mobile phone functions such as Osaifu-Keitai® mobile payment system for introduction by three Japanese telecom carriers
- ・ Launches GALAPAGOS cloud-based media service business. As a first offering, begins TSUTAYA GALAPAGOS e-bookstore service and releases two models of GALAPAGOS tablets (featuring 5.5- and 10.8-inch LCDs)
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- ・ Financial crisis in Greece; price of government bonds in Euro-area countries fall
- ・ 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ takes place
- ・ China overtakes Japan as world’s second largest economy in terms of GDP
- ・ Japan endures record heat with highest summertime temperatures since 1898 when records began
- ・ Yen rapidly strengthens against the dollar, on the verge of breaking through the $1=¥80 barrier; government intervenes in the market for the first time in six and a half years
- ・ Japanese scientists Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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