{"id":18980,"date":"2019-09-12T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T05:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/global.sharp\/were_sharp\/?p=18980"},"modified":"2019-09-12T14:00:38","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T05:00:38","slug":"sharp-holds-press-conference-at-ifa-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.global.sharp\/were_sharp\/2019\/09\/12\/18980\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharp Holds Press Conference at IFA 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On September 5th, Sharp held a press conference at IFA 2019 in Berlin, Germany, the world&#8217;s leading trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18981\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.global.sharp\/were_sharp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/hall600x-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kazuhiro Kitamura, Business Unit President, Global TV Systems Business Unit, and Head of Europe Business, explained Sharp&#8217;s 8K+5G Ecosystem Strategy, and Masahiro Okitsu, Executive Managing Director of Sharp Corporation, and Business Unit President, Smart Appliances Solutions Business Unit, followed with explaining its AIoT strategy. Sascha Lange, Vice President of UMC explained products announced on this day, and Damian Jaume, President of Dynabook Europe explained its PC products strategy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18982\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18982\" class=\"wp-image-18982 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.global.sharp\/were_sharp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/JP_managers600x-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kazuhiro Kitamura, General Manager of Global TV Systems Business Unit, Audio Business Unit, and Europe Business(left), Masahiro Okitsu Executive Managing Director of Sharp Corporation, and General Manager of Smart Appliances Solutions Business Unit (right) explaining details on strategies of Sharp&#8217;s business vision &#8220;Changing the World with 8K+5G and AIoT&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18983\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18983\" class=\"wp-image-18983 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.global.sharp\/were_sharp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/EU_managers600x-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UMC Vice President Sascha Lange (left), Dynabook Europe President Damian Jaume (right)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The press conference was held in Sharp booth at IFA 2019 where wide variety of products were displayed, including 120-inch 8K LCD display, and smartphone <i>AQUOS R3<\/i> introduced to European guests for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>IFA 2019 was held from September 6th to 11th, and Sharp booth was visited by many people, including Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Yoshihiro Seki. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18984\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18984\" class=\"wp-image-18984 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.global.sharp\/were_sharp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/8K600x-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"490\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Yoshihiro Seki (second from right) in front of\u00a0 120-inch 8K LCD display<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18985\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18985\" class=\"wp-image-18985 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.global.sharp\/were_sharp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/air-con600x400-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstration of AIoT functions of air conditioners and air purifiers<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18986\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18986\" class=\"wp-image-18986 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.global.sharp\/were_sharp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5G600x-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">5G products corner<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18987\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18987\" class=\"wp-image-18987 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.global.sharp\/were_sharp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/robohon600x400-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of <i>RoBoHoN<\/i> welcomes visitors in Europe<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Further details and pictures of Sharp booth at IFA 2019 are available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharp-world.com\/brand\/globalevents\/ifa2019\/booth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IFA 2019 site on the Sharp global web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sharp has presented its strategies and future products in IFA since its return to the trade show in 2017, and this year was no exception: Sharp will expand business in Europe with products and strategies presented in this event. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharp-world.com\/brand\/globalevents\/ifa2019\/booth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sharp @ IFA 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 5th, Sharp held a press conference at IFA 2019 in Berlin, Germany, the world&#8217;s leading trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances. &nbsp;&nbsp; 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