This Week in Imaging: A Sigh of Relief – for Now
The good news on the tariff front is that a U.S.-proposed 5-percent tariff – that could have gone up to...
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Konica Minolta Shifting Production in Response to Trade War
Konica Minolta joins Ricoh Company of Japan, which also recently announced that it will shift some of its copier/MFP production out of China.
Sharp Sees U.S.-China Trade War as ‘Opportunity’
Sharp CEO and Chairman Tai Jeng-wu said trade frictions between the United States and China could provide an “opportunity” to expand its business with Chinese companies, in contrast to many other manufacturers who have voiced concerns over U.S. tariffs on imported Chinese goods.
This Week in Imaging: Office Copier/MFP Revenue Growth Sluggish for Most
This week, we saw a host of office-imaging companies based in Japan report results for their fiscal years that ended...
Mixed Bag for Sharp’s Fiscal Year
Sharp said it has achieved 10 consecutive quarters of increasing net profits since the third-quarter quarter of its fiscal 2016 year.
Sharp to Re-Enter Television Business in U.S.
This isn’t the first business Sharp is re-entering. In June 2018, Sharp said it was getting back in the PC business – which it had quit in 2010.
Sharp Sales Growth Highest Among Vendors in 2018
The majority of growth was experienced in the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) and U.S. markets, rather than in Europe.
This Week in Imaging: The Inkjet-3D Printing Revolution
One of the interesting things about technology is that we can’t always see where it will eventually take us, a case in point being drop-on-demand inkjet printing.
Sharp Reports Latest Financial Results
The company stated that despite the U.S.-China trade war and other economic disruptions, it “secured bottom-line profit…with its profit margin outperforming” the same period a year earlier.
Sharp Expands Direct Managed-Network Coverage with Pink Hat Acquisition
Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA) today announced that it’s expanding its direct regional sales coverage of managed...
Sharp Returns to Consumer Electronics Show
For the first time in four years, Sharp Corporation will participate in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019 being held in...
Sharp Releases Results for First Half of Fiscal Year
Operating profit for the Smart Business Solution segment was 9.0 billion yen, down 7.3 percent versus the same period a year earlier.
New A4 Mono and Color Sharp Desktop Printers, MFPs with Mobile Printing
“Sharp continues to drive innovation by creating new offerings that raise the bar for entry-level print and MFP devices.”
This Week in Imaging: A Closer Look at HP’s Proposed Acquisition of Apogee
The big news this week was HP Inc.’s announcement that it’s seeking to purchase U.K.-based Apogee Corporation, which is said...
Sharp Reports Latest Financial Results
Net sales were higher year-over-year for six consecutive quarters beginning in the fourth quarter of Sharp’s fiscal-year 2016.
Sharp Set to Continue M&A Strategy
One of Sharp’s most recent acquisitions was American Business Machines in Houston, Texas.
