"Sharp Corporation (シャープ株式会社, Shāpu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products, headquartered in Sakai-ku, Sakai. Since 2016 it has been a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Foxconn Group. Sharp employs more than 50,000 people worldwide. The company was founded in September 1912 in Tokyo and takes its name from one of its founder´s first inventions, the Ever-Sharp mechanical pencil, which was invented by Tokuji Hayakawa in 1915." - (en.wikipedia.org 31.01.2020)
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