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The article discusses the business strategies of Sharp. Corp. According to the author, the company is locked in a race with Sony Corp., Samsung Co. Ltd. and LG Electronics to make the biggest television sets at the lowest cost. The author notes that Sharp is the leading producer of big screen LCD television sets. Also noted is the promotion of Mikio Katayama to chairman of the company. INSET: Buy now, or wait? LCD or plasma?.

The article discusses the electronics industry in Japan as of November 2012, with a focus on sales of liquid-crystal-display (LCD) panels by the Japanese company Sharp. Topics include competition with Samsung Electronics for LCD panel sales; financial losses and debt reported by Sharp for 2012; and the company's turnaround plan.

The article reports on the statement from Japanese electronics company Sharp Corp. rejecting speculations that it is preparing to spin off its liquid crystal display (LCD) business.

The article reports that Toshiba, a consumer electronics firm, has been fined with $87 million by the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, California for price-fixing in the country with other liquid crystal display (LCD) screen manufacturers. According to the company, they have no illegal activity in the LCD business in the U.S. Meanwhile, Chi Mei Innolux, Sharp, and Samsung have agreed to pay more than $538 million for antitrust claims settlement.

The article reports on the announcement by Sharp of a long-term alliance with technology giant Toshiba. The deal shows how Sharp president Mikio Katayama hopes to fund a multibillion-dollar push to grab a bigger share of the fast-growing liquid-crystal-display TV market. Toshiba plans to return the favor by supplying an array of customized TV chips, which handle the growing workload of digital multitasking in high-end flat-screen sets.

The article reports that Sharp Corp. is starting the production at its tenth-generation (G10) liquid crystal display (LCD) panel factory at Sakai near Osaka, Japan, in October 2009. The company says that the demand for high-quality LCD panels is increasing despite the present credit crunch. It estimates a need for 37 million televisions this year in Europe alone.

The article unveils the plan of Corning Inc. to spend $174 million to expand its Generation 8 size liquid crystal display glass substrates manufacturing capacity at its facility in Shizuoka, Japan in 2006. The company has signed a supply agreement with Sharp Corp. Corning expressed its belief on the global success of liquid crystal display glass market.