Report: FoxConn Will Acquire Sharp by End of Month
On February 5th, Reuters reported that FoxConn, previously known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, and supplier to Apple, will acquire Japan’s......
Mergers & Acquisitions / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 8, 2016 · Last modified May 18, 2016
On February 5th, Reuters reported that FoxConn, previously known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, and supplier to Apple, will acquire Japan’s......
3D Printing / Brother / Canon / Financial News / Hewlett-Packard / Konica Minolta / Kyocera / Memjet / OKI / Patent-Infringement / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 5, 2016 · Last modified February 7, 2018
You just know this was going to happen if a deal involves Carl Icahn: Nonetheless, we think it’s a good......
Financial News / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 4, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
Sharp Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, today reported results for its latest nine-month fiscal period (April 1 to December 31, 2015),......
Mergers & Acquisitions / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 2, 2016 · Last modified April 7, 2016
Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America reports that it’s expanding its direct regional-sales operation in Texas with the acquisition......
Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Epson / Financial News / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Lexmark / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 29, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
This week’s op-eds discuss Canon, Lexmark, and more. The economic slowdown in China continues to have global repercussions. This week......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 28, 2016 · Last modified June 21, 2017
Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America today announced three additional models in its new series of color workgroup copier/MFPs,......
3D Printing / Brother / Canon / Commentary / Epson / Financial News / Inkjet / Mergers & Acquisitions / News / Opinions / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 22, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
This week’s op-eds discuss the new Brother/Amazon ink service, the doings of Brother International, Epson and Sharp Corporation, Cost per......
Mergers & Acquisitions / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 21, 2016 · Last modified April 19, 2016
Bloomberg News reports that Taiwan’s Foxconn – which also goes under the name Hon Hai and is the world’s largest......
Financial News / Mergers & Acquisitions / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 12, 2016 · Last modified December 6, 2016
Reuters reported on January 6th that Sharp Corporation of Osaka, Japan, has again denied rumors that it’s selling its copier......
3D Printing / Brother / Commercial & Production Printing / Electronics for Imaging / Epson / Financial News / Hewlett-Packard / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Memjet / News / OKI / Ricoh / Samsung / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 6, 2015 · Last modified February 23, 2017
Of note in this busy week of news is the generally good financial results from Japanese vendors for printers and......
Financial News / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published February 4, 2015 · Last modified December 6, 2016
February 4, 2015 – It’s been up-and-down for Sharp Corporation of Japan for the last several years, and though after......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 20, 2015 · Last modified December 6, 2016
January 20, 2015 – Sharp Corporation of Japan reports that it expects its financial results for it fiscal year ending......
by Kathleen Wirth · Published January 12, 2015 · Last modified January 12, 2016
January 12, 2014 – NorthJersey.com reports that Sharp Corporation of Japan is selling its U.S. headquarters that are based in Mahwah,......
3D Printing / Brother / Canon / Commercial & Production Printing / Dell / Eastman Kodak / Electronics for Imaging / Financial News / Hewlett-Packard / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / Mobile Print/Scan / News / Patent-Infringement / Samsung / Sharp / Xerox
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 18, 2014 · Last modified February 7, 2018
We’ve been hard at work in 2014 keeping on top of the many important events and trends in the printer......
3D Printing / Canon / Hewlett-Packard / Inkjet / Konica Minolta / News / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published December 12, 2014 · Last modified November 23, 2016
We like what Canon’s doing with its new Maxify line of inkjet printers for business. While we initially wondered why......
3D Printing / Canon / Document Scanning / Eastman Kodak / Epson / Financial News / Konica Minolta / Legal Proceedings / News / Patent-Infringement / Sharp
by Kathleen Wirth · Published November 14, 2014 · Last modified February 7, 2018
Perhaps the most interesting news this week was that U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settled with notorious “scan-patent troll” MPHJ......
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