| Sharp ceased production of the Sharp JX 9660 | | | | In the business market for electronic components |
| Printer - Sharp JX 9660 Toner a number of years | | | | Sharp is a player in photocopiers, fax machines, laser |
| ago. Sharp Corporation, a Japanese-based | | | | printers cash registers and other point of sale devices |
| manufacturer of consumer and commercial electronics, | | | | like ATM card readers. Sharp Solar is a Welsh-based |
| was founded by Tokuji Hayakawa nearly one hundred | | | | division that manufacturers crystalline silicon solar cells. |
| years ago. Mr. Hayakawa invented the Ever-Sharp | | | | It is a major manufacturer of PV (photovoltaic) |
| mechanical pencil and this product is where the | | | | modules. These solar cells are used in everything from |
| corporation gets its name. Today the Sharp | | | | lighthouses to satellites. |
| Corporation employs over forty thousand people in 30 | | | | For a number of years Sharp has been designing and |
| countries world wide. Sharp products are distributed | | | | marketing multi-function (MFD) devices. It has been a |
| globally, in all 164 countries. The firm is leading maker of | | | | risky strategy because digital technology is such a |
| semiconductors as well consumer electronics. JX96xx | | | | moving target. Some of the earlier products combined |
| was Sharps designation for its first generation of laser | | | | phone centers with fax and copiers where the fax |
| printers, fax machines and associated drums, toner | | | | printer was used as the copier. Technological |
| and cartridges. Sharp discontinued the JX 96xx line | | | | advances over the course of but a few years |
| some years ago. Parts and service are no longer | | | | lowered photocopier costs, quickly making an entire |
| advertised on the company's many regional websites. | | | | product line essentially obsolete. |
| Many after-market cartridge-ribbon-ink suppliers offer | | | | High end home theatre television set maker Loewe |
| Sharp JX 9660 Toner and/or cartridges for sale, for | | | | AG of Germany allowed Sharp Corporation to |
| those still using the product. | | | | purchase a 29% stake in the firm. Sharp already has a |
| At Sharp Corporation the core technologies at this | | | | market leader in flat screen television set technology in |
| time are audio-visual entertainment equipment like | | | | its low end Aquos brand of LCD display TV sets. |
| flat-screen LCD television sets and home theaters | | | | About 80% of Loewe AG's business is TV sets, but |
| systems, mobile phones, video projectors, CMOS | | | | the company also does audio systems and home |
| sensors, microwave ovens, CCD sensor and LCD | | | | video, both Blu-ray and DVD. |
| panels. The company is heavily invested in solar panel | | | | Consumer electronics company Pioneer Corporation is |
| research and development. | | | | Sharp's other associate company. Sharp has held a |
| Sharp was first out with a camera cell phone in Japan | | | | controlling interest in Pioneer since 2007. This didn't |
| (2000) and continues to hold market share in its home | | | | have much external impact on Pioneer until February |
| country. It is a fringe players in cell phones in other | | | | of 2009 when the company announced it was getting |
| markets, however. | | | | out of the TV set business entirely. |
