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Tuesday 5 July 2016
Foxconn to assemble Sharp products in Taiwan
Foxconn Electronics plans to set up assembly lines in Taiwan to roll out Sharp's products for sale in the local market, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 28 June 2016
Taiwan market: Commtiva to market Sharp smartphones starting July
Taiwan-based Commtiva Technology, a smartphone marketing arm of Foxconn Electronics, will begin to market Sharp's smartphones in Taiwan in the first half of July, according to the...
Thursday 23 June 2016
Foxconn pushes new strategy to help Sharp transform
At the company's investor conference on June 22, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo said that several of Foxconn's vice presidents will join Sharp's...
Thursday 2 June 2016
Foxconn integrating Sharp, Nokia marketing efforts
Foxconn Electronics has begun to integrate the marketing and sales efforts of Sharp's smartphones and Nokia's feature phones after taking control of the two brands recently, according...
Friday 20 May 2016
Commentary: Foxconn moves one step further to become brand operator
The move by the Foxconn Group to take up control of two global technology brands, Sharp and Nokia, in less than two months has raised concerns that the EMS/OEM giant will eventually...
Monday 16 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Sharp transformation hinges on synergy
Sharp has published financial report for fiscal year 2015 (April 2015-March 2016), recording consolidated revenues of JPY2,461.5 billion (US$22.6 billion), net operating loss of JPY161.9...
Thursday 28 April 2016
Foxconn promoting Sharp products internally
Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry) employees have recently established a team to display and promote Sharp's white goods such as dehumidifiers, air purifiers and refrigerators...
Wednesday 20 April 2016
Flexium sees sharp drop in 1Q16 results
With weak iPhone 6s demand, Taiwan-based printed circuit board (PCB) maker Flexium Interconnect's net profit only reached NT$422 million (US$13.05 million) in the first quarter, down...
Thursday 14 April 2016
Digitimes Research: Foxconn looks to create synergy between Sharp, SDP and Innolux
Foxconn Electronics will invest JPY388.812 billion (US$3.42 billion) for a 66.00% stake in Sharp and one of the key challenges is how it can create a synergy between Sakai Display...
Wednesday 6 April 2016
Sharp may outsource mass production to Innolux, says Foxconn chairman
Sharp, following Foxconn Electronics' stake investment, will focus R&D and production on panels involving cutting-edge technologies, while Innolux, a member of the Foxconn Group,...
Wednesday 6 April 2016
Digitimes Research: Foxconn to actively develop AMOLED via investment in Sharp
A main motivation of Foxconn Electronics' investment in Sharp is to develop AMOLED panels mainly for use in smartphones, for Foxconn is a global leader in the smartphone OEM sector,...
Wednesday 6 April 2016
Digitimes Research: Foxconn investment to enhance Sharp competitiveness in panel market
Having taken control of Sharp, Foxconn Electronics will obtain Sharp-developed panel technologies including Oxide TFT-LCD, IGZO TFT-LCD, LTPS TFT-LCD and AMOLED. It is also expected...
Friday 1 April 2016
Digitimes Research: Foxconn to focus investment in Sharp on developing OLED
Of Foxconn Electronics' stake investment of JPY388.812 billion (US$3.42 billion) in Sharp, JPY200 billion is earmarked for OLED technology and this means that Foxconn's main motivation...
Thursday 31 March 2016
Taiwan IC design houses could benefit from Foxconn-Sharp takeover
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reached a deal to take over Japan-based Sharp, which could bring in more business opportunities for Taiwan-based IC design houses,...
Wednesday 30 March 2016
Foxconn Group to invest JPY388.812 billion in Sharp
Foxconn Electronics, its Cayman Islands-registered subsidiary Foxconn (Far East), Singapore-based Foxconn Technology Pte. and SIO International Holdings will together acquire 3.282...