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Sharp in Europe

Sharp established a first European sales office in Hamburg in 1968 and an office in Manchester the same year. There has been a steady growth in activity in Europe since then. The latest development was the opening in January 2007 of a new manufacturing facility in Torun, Poland.

Company Location Activity Established
Sharp Germany Hamburg, Germany Sales January 1968
Sharp UK Sales Stockley Park, UK 1 Sales September 1969
Sharp UK Manufacturing Wrexham, UK Manufacturing January 1985
Sharp Spain Barcelona, Spain Manufacturing April 1986
Sharp France Soultz, France Manufacturing May 1989
Sharp Laboratories of Europe Oxford, UK Research February 1990
Sharp Finance Stockley Park, UK 2 Financial Services May 1990
Sharp Telecommunications Bracknell, UK Development April 2001
Sharp Manufacturing Poland Torun, Poland Manufacturing January 2007

1 Re-located from Manchester (UK) in 2006.
2 Re-located from Watford (UK) in 2006.


Additional Sales offices are based in:
Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy and the Netherlands

2003 - SLE technology used in world's first laptop wirh "no glasses" 3d display