Sharp: TV not working, changed to desert grow strawberries-sharp-IT information

IT information news on May 9, according to Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported, sharp or will be launched this year in Dubai to produce container-type of Strawberry cultivation equipment, build plant factories.

High sweetness of Japan strawberries in the Middle East and the Near East have been quite popular, but due to the problems of production and transport costs, resulting in very high prices, only the wealthy can afford, was sharp in the reorganization saw the opportunity to test equipment in Dubai, business partner for trading companies and local supermarkets, restaurants and other institutions, may expand in the future to the U.A.E. away.

Sharpe tries to new business, accelerating the pace of restructuring, it is reported that the equipment will be LED and a number of original technology, its unique combination of 8 containers of equipment through the LED, air-conditioning can remove fungus "net Ionic groups" to achieve stable harvest strawberries all year round. General methods often need to build a large plant factory, at a cost of about 1 billion yen (about 60 million yuan), and sharp's small factory costs can be controlled below 100 million yen, can produce 300 to 400 a day up strawberries.

In addition sharp also actively develop new fields such as Robotics and medical equipment, focusing on smaller, profitable business.

夏普：电视不灵，改去沙漠种草莓了 - 夏普 - IT资讯

IT资讯讯 5月9日消息，据日本共同社报道，夏普公司或将于今年在迪拜推出用来生产草莓的集装箱型栽培设备，建立植物工厂。

甜度较高的日本草莓在中东和近东地区一直颇受喜爱，但因产量和运输成本等问题，导致价格极高，只有富裕阶层能消费得起，正在重组中的夏普看到这个机会，将在迪拜投放试验设备，生意伙伴面向贸易公司及当地超市、餐厅等机构，未来可能将业务扩展到阿联酋以外。

夏普试图通过扩展新业务加快重组步伐，据悉，该设备将采用LED等多项独创技术，采用其独创的8个集装箱型设备组合的方式，通过LED、空调等可以去除真菌的“净离子群”来实现全年稳定的收获草莓。一般的的种植方法通常需要建造大型植物工厂，耗资高达约10亿日元（约合人民币6000万元），而夏普的小型工厂费用可控制在1亿日元以下，最多每天可生产300至400颗草莓。

此外夏普还积极发展机器人和医疗设备等新领域，着眼于规模小、利润多的业务。