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A Sharp Journey

Chronology 1986-1988

Year	Developments at Sharp	World Events
1986	President Akira Saeki named chairman, Senior Executive Director Haruo Tsuji named president (June 27) Establishes Liquid Crystal Display Laboratories within the Corporate Research and Development Group Sharp marine solar power generating system installed at a fishery in Oita Prefecture Markets RE-1 microwave oven with see-through design Markets toaster/microwave oven and "cooking refrigerator" as part of the "U's" series of space- and time-saving products Markets VC-QIB "quick view" VCR Consolidates Domestic Home Appliance Sales and Marketing Group and Domestic Information Systems Sales and Marketing Group to form Domestic Sales and Marketing Group Establishes Sharp Electronica Espana S.A. (SEES) as manufacturing and sales base in Spain Establishes Sharp Electronics (Taiwan) Co., Ltd. (SET) as manufacturing base in Taiwan Establishes Sharp Electronics (Schweiz) AG (SEZ) as sales base in Switzerland Establishes Sharp Electronics GmbH (SEA) as sales base in Austria Establishes Sharp-Roxy Sales (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. (SRS) as sales base in Singapore	Space Shuttle accident (January 28) Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl Power Station, USSR (April 26)

1987	Chairman Akira Saeki appointed as corporate advisor Achieves production of one million "Shoin" Japanese word processors Markets PA-7000 electronic organizer Markets WD-850, the industry's first Japanese word processor to incorporate a large EL display Develops "superconducting magnetic resistor element," a ceramic superconducting high-performance magnetic sensor Develops quantum well laser diode with world's smallest current density threshold value Reorganizes domestic marketing companies to form Sharp Electronics Sales Corporation and Sharp System Products Co., Ltd. Establishes Sharp Appliances (Thailand) Limited (SATL) as manufacturing base in Thailand Establishes Sharp Electronics (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. (SESL) as kit supplier in Singapore Establishes Sharp-Roxy (Hong Kong) Ltd. (SRH) as joint sales company in Hong Kong	US government places 100% tariff on PCs, TVs and electrical tools as sanction against Japan's violation of semiconductor agreement (April 17) Largest ever drop in stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange (Black Monday) (October 19)

1988	Develops world's first 14-inch color TFT LCD Sharp traffic/weather information system installed on Seto Ohashi Bridge Markets DUET-E/J English-Japanese translation system that uses OCR Markets SJ-38WB, the industry's first dual-swing door refrigerator Markets ES-V458, the industry's first fully automatic hot-water washing machine Establishes Sharp Precision Manufacturing (U.K.) Ltd. (SPM) as manufacturing base in the UK Establishes Sharp Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. (SCNZ) as sales base in New Zealand	Iran-Iraq War ends (August 20)